Re: [AMC-List] AMBASSADORS (now trucks)

[Russell Neyhart <rtneyhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good Morning,

  Trucks... why I have one.

  My wife and I had two small cars for quite some time before buying a 
truck in 2003.  We had an '89 Corolla All-Trac sedan and '90 Protege 
sedan in Maine.  Brought 'em to Virginia where the Corolla was traded 
(at 176k) for a '96 Tercel sedan.  We bought a Chinese folding cargo 
trailer that with the stakes was 4'x8'x2+'.  I towed this trailer behind 
my Protege for a between two and three years until buying a new '01 
Saturn SL2.  I then towed the trailer behind it until buying the truck - 
an '03 S10 4WD Crew Cab.  I don't haul a lot of "stuff" although at 
times I _do_ haul things I wouldn't want inside.  The small 4' bed hauls 
probably 90 to 95% of what I need and for the other 5-10% I have my 
trusty rusty super-special Chinese trailer.  I also use it when we go 
camping to tow our small pop-up camper.  Other than that, my wife uses 
it to go back and forth to work (a whopping 5-6 miles round trip).  The 
truck gets a (poor) 18 to _maybe_ 19 MPG highway.  At my previous job I 
had a company van (a Dodge Grand Caravan with the nifty Stow 'n Go 
seats) that got 22 MPG with the 3.3l V6.  I sold my Saturn during this 
time and took some of the cash to buy my Eagle as I wanted a second 
non-work-owned vehicle that was a bit more practical than the SL2.  Two 
car seats and some stuff filled it up REAL fast.  If my new job was 
around town here (haha - like THAT'll happen) I'd have just drove around 
the Eagle and not bought another Saturn - this time an LW300.

  Basically I use my truck halfway (by what seems to be what most here 
use a truck for) like a truck.  Judging by the fuel economy it gets with 
the 4.3l V6, I could've had a V8!  The only problem with a (insert your 
favorite brand here) full-size pickup is that I haven't much space to 
park as it is... at the end of my drive there are bushes on either side 
meaning a full-size wouldn't be able to open the doors there!  Ack.  If 
I get a larger camper, then I'll get a larger truck that my wife will 
drive around and to work as she doesn't drive much.  I'll drive the 
smaller somewhat more fuel-efficient car on my 70-mile round-trip 
commute.  Of course when I've done some more work to the Eagle...

Regards,

Russell
1988 Eagle Wagon
http://home.earthlink.net/~rtneyhart/
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