ok does anybody know what the point is?

[jgillott]

But then, my trucks paid for, as well as my house....

I wonder how many in the next generation will ever be able to say that?

 

[Cummins12V98]

"I wonder how many in the next generation will ever be able to say that?"

I have heard that question asked since I was a child and every generation is still buying houses.

 

[jgillott]

"I wonder how many in the next generation will ever be able to say that?"

I have heard that question asked since I was a child and every generation is still buying houses.

There is a difference however in "buying a house" and being able to pay for one. I own mine. My parents owned theirs. I'm assuming the same for you and your family. How many of these young people now taking these 30 year mortgages of hundreds of thousands of dollars will actually ever pay off that debt?

 

[XJman]

See it all the time. In fact I see more brodozers with giant pipes than I see the traditional Japanese ricer anymore. I've always heard giant useless exhaust tips called fart cannons or grapefruit launchers.

An old co-worker of mine had a 6.0 powerstroke with a 6" exhaust and 10" tip. It was pretty obnoxious.

 

[mwilson]

Ive also seen “Brodozers” referred to as “Mall Crawlers”....especially when equipped with a gob of LED lightbars...

 

[6V92TA]

*Rant on*
There's tons of idiots in my town with a 6" lift in front and nothing in back, 8"-10" exhaust tip, usually straight-piped, and wheels that are wider than the tires, which are low profile 24" most of the time.
Me and a friend at work put together a douche bag checklist for trucks, which, unfortunately, a lot of people here qualify for.

Of course, this is only my opinion, and folks are free to drive douche bag trucks if they want.

I just shake my head when I drive by in my mostly stock old man truck. (I'm only 37 by the way)

*Rant off*

over the years I learned that stock is best..

 

[Deleted member 995608]

over the years I learned that stock is best..

It's called maturing.

 

[Shadrach]

At least I don't see any Dodge Cummins with the stupid stick on hood scoops and fender vents like I do on lots of cars. I saw one the other day with 3 hood scoops front fender vents and 1/4 panel vents. Does that ever look STUPID. Just my humble opinion
David

 

[HHhuntitall]

I think I'm caught a century late.... I built my own house. Had a friend help me with the concrete, as that's what his dad did as we graduated college.... I had land I'd bought while in high school. Granted, my Dad helped me by cosigning the note, but he didn't make any of the payments. 6-7 years later it was mine, and I had the money to build a shop. It was a grand hall.... roll up the 10'x8' door, drive my old Dodge in, pop the hood, grab a selzer water, turn on the TV while I torqued (retorqued) head studs on my old '96.... There was a bedroom, bathroom, and laundry room. I got married a year later, and that became a 2000 sq' home with 4 bedrooms and a kitchen. But every stud had my hand laid on it, and every piece of sheetrock. I pulled all the wires, made up the plugs, and hung the lights. There are some things that aren't perfect... but it's mine. I moved in with my old college furniture at less than $30k.... a year later I spent another $15k to finish it, but it's mine, it's paid for, and I have a 400yd shooting range off the front porch.

Sadly, one kid in 4000 per year will able to say that they even live in a house by the time their 23 yrs old..... And I'd bet less than 1 in 400,000 know how to change a lightbulb on their own. Their parents have failed them..... we, as neighbors, are failing them. I see the majority of kids graduating from highschool who can't even drive a standard!! Hell, I was driving a 10spd grain truck grossing 50-55k lbs to the grain elevators in Ft. Worth when I was 13. What the hell has happened to our "I can do that" generation?!?! There are some who can learn, and do learn, quickly, and actually see the benefit in a work ethic. Those are the ones being snatched up by fire departments, large corporations, and oilfield in high paying positions. Or they're starting their own businesses and pulling themselves up by their own shoestrings. But we gotta quit worrying about sending our kids to college and start worrying about actually getting them to learn something.....

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