I did some cogitating on this and have a few theorems to proffer:
1. The reason there use to be less contentiousness was because in the olden days everybody had the same engine. So what were they going to flame about, my red truck is better than your blue truck? In a canny move to balkanize the TDR, DC dreamt up the 2G. Not willing to let a sleeping dog lie, they conjured up the 24v. And finally, not willing to let sleeping dogs lie, the double whammy coup de grace, a 3G WITH the HPCR engine
2. Used to be us po' folk could only rubber neck when a CTD roared by. However as the years passed swftly by, like sand through an hour glass, or something to that affect, the CTD owners got to jonesing for a new model (see #1). This created a whole new clientele who actually could afford a CTD by mortgaging house and home or indenturing loved ones. Unfortunately, this new clientele were mere commoners, dirt chickens, or gentlemen of the baser sort, moi excepted, of course.
3. Just more Biblical prophesy coming to pass. To whit " But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived" . If you think I'm wrong, take a gander at some of the "toilet" humor circulating on the "OTHER" category, or better yet don't. Why even I have been carried away by the hypocrisy into the carnal depths of depravity, tsk, tsk.
4. Finally, I shall not be casting any stones because I am indeed guilty of inflamed passions and hurling verbal molotovs at those who would dare suggest dino is not good enough, everyone doesn't have to own a dually, a 1G is better than a 2G is better than a 3G, an auto is as good as a five speed, or, heaven forbid, a five speed is superior to a six speed. :-laf
1. The reason there use to be less contentiousness was because in the olden days everybody had the same engine. So what were they going to flame about, my red truck is better than your blue truck? In a canny move to balkanize the TDR, DC dreamt up the 2G. Not willing to let a sleeping dog lie, they conjured up the 24v. And finally, not willing to let sleeping dogs lie, the double whammy coup de grace, a 3G WITH the HPCR engine

2. Used to be us po' folk could only rubber neck when a CTD roared by. However as the years passed swftly by, like sand through an hour glass, or something to that affect, the CTD owners got to jonesing for a new model (see #1). This created a whole new clientele who actually could afford a CTD by mortgaging house and home or indenturing loved ones. Unfortunately, this new clientele were mere commoners, dirt chickens, or gentlemen of the baser sort, moi excepted, of course.
3. Just more Biblical prophesy coming to pass. To whit " But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived" . If you think I'm wrong, take a gander at some of the "toilet" humor circulating on the "OTHER" category, or better yet don't. Why even I have been carried away by the hypocrisy into the carnal depths of depravity, tsk, tsk.



4. Finally, I shall not be casting any stones because I am indeed guilty of inflamed passions and hurling verbal molotovs at those who would dare suggest dino is not good enough, everyone doesn't have to own a dually, a 1G is better than a 2G is better than a 3G, an auto is as good as a five speed, or, heaven forbid, a five speed is superior to a six speed. :-laf