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1988 Toyota pickup
2016 F150

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'03 F-250 V-10 w/ 8' bed and extended cab. 48K mi.
It's my Cowboy Cadillac. Cruises @ 80 mph and surges ahead when I put my foot in it. Pulls heavy loads with ease.
Gets ~12 mpg at all times: fast, slow, uphill, downhill, towing, not towing, heavily or lightly loaded.
I love having my eyes 6 1/2' off the ground. It's big enough to find in the parking lot, which also makes parking lot maneuvering like taking the Scharnhorst for a spin around the local marina.
Thus it's name: The Scharnhorst.
I love my truck.
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A second generation Dodge Diesel 6 spd one ton which job is to haul the truck camper and tow either the boat or our little 4x4 Rocky. Recently upgraded to that PU from an almost identical 3/4 ... the 3/4 ton is for sale right now. Photo is the day we brought the wide hip girl home. Purchased the one ton from my Dad's estate after he died.

Our grocery getter is a 2018 Honda CRV.

Photo of the Rocky is it being towed by the 3/4 ton Cummins we are sending down the road.

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'03 F-250 V-10 w/ 8' bed and extended cab. 48K mi.
It's my Cowboy Cadillac. Cruises @ 80 mph and surges ahead when I put my foot in it. Pulls heavy loads with ease.
Gets ~12 mpg at all times: fast, slow, uphill, downhill, towing, not towing, heavily or lightly loaded.
I love having my eyes 6 1/2' off the ground. It's big enough to find in the parking lot, which also makes parking lot maneuvering like taking the Scharnhorst for a spin around the local marina.
Thus it's name: The Scharnhorst.
I love my truck.
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The Achille Lauro! ;)

...nice rig, though. :s0155:
 
Thank you.
The photo is of a representative sample. My truck has a diamond plate tool box and cab steps. Otherwise the pic looks like my beloved truck.
The Achille Lauro was famous for being taken over by terrorist subhumans.
OpSec procedures and defensive equipt. for the Scharnhorst make such unlikely. I expect the 1st salvo to straddle the opposition.
 
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2000 Jeep TJ..I've owned it for 12 years and have 165k on it. Flawless performance. 4.0/242cui is an awesome motor. I've owned 3 jeeps, all with the same motor. :s0115:
 
I thought I was the low mileage guy with a 2012 F-150 at 32,000 miles, I'm around 4,500 annualy, you are close to 3,000 annually. …. both are paid for and that is the very best kind of truck.

Paid for is where it's at. When we were car shopping in '14 it came down to Hyundai 2.0 Turbo (276 hp) or a Charger Hemi. (Yeah, I know - apples and rutabagas). I liked the Hyundai, loved the Dodge. The final decision came down to -$-. Much as I loved the Hemi, we could pay cash for the Hyundai. Not sorry we chose it.
The 1st summer we had it we went on vacation thru the West, and I was delighted that the turbo easily pulled to 100+ mph while passing @ >5000' altitude. The next year the 2.0 Turbo lost ~40 hp.
When we buy a conveyance we usually keep it until the wheels fall off. We can't buy into the idea that a car payment is just another one of the monthly bills that you always have.
 
1949 Chevrolet Shooting Brake (i.e. Suburban)
Family member since 1972.
Clifford Research 292 with 4 bbl, headers, & cam, Getrag 5-sp, Camaro disc brakes. rebuilt running gear, steering, and suspension, powder coated undercarriage, twice pipes w/ Cherry Bomb glasspacks (really sounds smarta$$).
Original USAF ID# still on firewall and underside of the hood.
The idea was to return it to functionality as what it was designed to be - to keep the original design intent updated as req'd for today vis-a-vis safety, unleaded gas, etc.
It gets a lot of looks.

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