Size is relative

Volume 10, Issue 111; 17 Oct 2007

Several years ago, when my little MightMax died, I replaced it with another used pickup. Limited by the amount of time I was willing to spend on the process of replacing my truck and the number of used trucks actually on the lot, I got my not so little Tacoma.

Everytime I look at it, I think it's huge. It clearly had some sort of “off road” package when it was new: a cranked up suspension, huge tires (which I recently replaced with slightly smaller, slightly cheaper ones when the originals gave out) and a “clutch start cancel” button that I will never use and only occasionally pretend to fully understand.

Then the electrician drove up.

Big, bigger, ...

Clearly, size is relative.

Comments:

Wow! Is that an electric truck? Because if it isn't it must consume an enormous amount of gas...

Posted by Peter on 17 Oct 2007 @ 04:28p UTC [link]

I said it was my electrician's truck, not an electric one. And since he has to pay for the gas, I can just imagine what the bill is going to be :-)

Posted by Norman Walsh on 17 Oct 2007 @ 07:14p UTC [link]

Quick, invade another middle-eastern country to get more oil...

Posted by Adrian on 18 Oct 2007 @ 01:56a UTC [link]

Wow! That is a big truck! I wanted a Tacoma v6 for so long, but the dealer convinced/pressured me into a Dodge Dakota v8 (13-16gpm). It's been a nice truck, but the gas prices have now driven me to getting a motorcycle.

I'll still keep the Dakota for when there is snow/ice on the roads, but I'll be on the bike the rest of the time getting 55-60mpg!

Posted by Scott Hudson on 18 Oct 2007 @ 03:38p UTC [link]

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