Trucks to Drive Before You Die - PickupTrucks.com
You know the one truck you REALLY need to drive before you die. Pick any manufacturer: Chevy, Ford, Dodge, it doesn't matter. Pick one of their models from the 1940's to the 1950's with an inline 6, three speed column shifter, two solid axles and 2-wheel-drive with an open diff. Cram four people and a dog in the bench seat and 1500lbs worth of your earthly possessions in the bed, and then drive it over a mountain pass in the winter without chains and then across Death Valley in the summer. Make sure to take unpaved roads in both locations. You will drive it like your life depends on it because in all probability it will. I guarantee you will come away with a much better appreciation of the concept of the truck, the technology involved with today's vehicles, the solid no-nonsense engineering from the prime time of Detroit, and a lot more memorable experience than a... There are only a few pickups that I would want to take for a test drive, and oddly both come from Germany and yes one from Australia. If what you tell them is legit they may have more and similar complaints against that one dealer and the legal power of the state (that you pay tax money too) will put the fear of God into them and shortly you'll get a phone call from the dealer... Source: news.pickuptrucks.com
