[Shotimes] (OT) Marauder

[Ron Nottingham]

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From: <IdriveaSHO@aol.com>


> Maybe I missed something but what is a work and gentrified truck producer?
>
> Gentrify: The restoration and upgrading of deteriorated urban property by
> middle-class or affluent people, often resulting in displacement of
> lower-income people.
>

That about sums it up for trucks.  Back in the mid-80's, trucks were trucks.
Didn't have all the frue-frue (sp?).  By the late-80's/early-90's, the
manufacturers started tarting up their trucks (sure, you could get a Lariat
or a Silverado before, but you could still go out on a dealer lot and buy a
work truck).  From about the mid-90's on, I have yet to see a work truck
(vinyl seats, basic V8, basic looking interior, steel wheels).  Now all I
see when I visit a dealer's lot are custom trucks, manufacturer custom
packages, 18"+ wheels, leather interiors, $30k+ price tags.  I once asked
about a truck that could actually do some work (sorry, I don't think I would
like to get my greasy clothes on a nice leather interior), and what the
price would be.  The salesperson just gave me a blank stare, and said no
dealer sells trucks like that anymore, except through their fleet sales (if
they do fleet sales).  Well, guess what, I couldn't buy through their "fleet
sales" because I only wanted a "fleet" of 1.  They wouldn't even allow me to
piggyback an order on another fleet order.

Now, if this isn't displacement of lower-income (or in my case, CHEAP!)
people, what is?  :-)

Ron N. - Dalton, GA
90 SHO
"It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile"