A Glock and a Chevy Trock

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RedCrosse

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Hello Ladies and Gents,

How would I say about the Glock?

Well, a few weeks ago, I purchased a 1978 Chev pickup, smallblock 350, tow package, used. Two owners. Real solid truck for a solid price. Good for another hundred thousand miles. The paint and dashboard have that working truck look to them, but the vehicle has a beauty all its own.

Last week, I purchased a used Glock 19. The gun reveals the "I've been carried around in someone's holster and been shot a few ten thousand times." It appears to me to be a one owner go-to gun for carry. The gun will still pop the crosshairs off a target and eat any ammo I feed it. It is rugged, but also possesses a beauty all its own. How can one go wrong for $300 including a factory hi-cap mag?

In conclusion, it has been a very good month. I love my Kimber Ultra, but is more like a brand new 1999 fuel injected, leather interior, CD playing Silverado or something.

There is just something very cool about a used Glock and a gas guzzling old Chevy trock. Solid, man, solid.


[This message has been edited by RedCrosse (edited August 26, 2000).]
 
Comparing a Glock to a Chevy doesn't make sense to me. Yes, the OLDER Chevys were well built. But the newer Chevys (late 80's through 90's) and most newer American cars/trucks in general are not built to high standards IMHO. Most Toyotas and Hondas will outlive American vehicles by at least twice the amount-- sometimes a lot more. Glocks have not suffered the letdown of quality like the NEWER American vehicles such as GM and Chrysler have. I really don't think it is fair to Glock to compare them with Chevy's.

[This message has been edited by Quantum Singularity (edited August 26, 2000).]
 
My 91 F350 long chassis van has required one fan belt, all hoses, one set of tires and two batteries in just over 150,000 miles. It has not eaten any Glocks but it has consumed a Toyota pickup, a Probe, a Suburu, a Buick and a Camero....with no repairs required to my vehicle. The hitch/winch mounts at each end help. The Toyota was two years old and declared a total. Amazingly, none of em were my fault, big as a house yet they keep tryin to park under it.

Sam
 
1989 Toyota Pickup with 137,000 miles. The oil comes out of it cleaner than it went in. Doesn't burn a drop. Everything else runs like the day it came off the assembly line.

But I traded the Glock in after six weeks. Just can't stand the trigger.
 
Glad to hear you made some wise purchasers. The truck wars are older than the Glock wars. We each have our favorites. I'll take a 1978 Toyota 4x4 with a T22 engine over anything else. Others of course have their favorites.

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"Get yourself a Lorcin and lose that nickel plated sissy pistol."
 
1987 Toyo pickup w/ 125k miles on it, needs next to Zero maintenance and a G27 for daily carry going on 10k rounds and needs almost Zero maintenance. It takes more effort to keep me up to par than those 2 partners.
I had a 72 Chevelle Malibu that I loved, but man that thing could guzzle petrol!
 
I got a '68 oldsmobile and a Ruger SRH . Neither one of them burn oil but they both take off real fast! :) O.K., so it's late!
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by C.R.Sam:
My 91 F350 long chassis van has required one fan belt, all hoses, one set of tires and two batteries in just over 150,000 miles. It has not eaten any Glocks but it has consumed a Toyota pickup, a Probe, a Suburu, a Buick and a Camero....with no repairs required to my vehicle. The hitch/winch mounts at each end help. The Toyota was two years old and declared a total. Amazingly, none of em were my fault, big as a house yet they keep tryin to park under it.

Sam[/quote]

Ford is the one American company that makes decent trucks (you notice I only mentioned GM and Chrysler as having poor quality). Still, I would take a Toyota Tundra any day over a Ford 150. I got nothing against Ford, but the Japanese really know how to make excellent quality vehichles.
 
Actually, unless it says FORD on it,it is not a truck. A pickup maybe, but not a truck.

Dont you wish Bob Seger had gone to FMC first?

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You have to be there when it's all over. Otherwise you can't say "I told you so."

Better days to be,

Ed
 
Uster have an International 2050 with long wheelbase and a Cummins 903. Made it into a pickup. Was real cool in the dessert, could drive over stuck Jeeps. Nuthin like havin eight big wide drivers for backin out of the soft sand. Never had to worry bout the wife wantin to drive it. No power steerin and 5speed with 4 speed brownie, no synchros.

Always thought more cubic inches was first priority then use blower for serious. That 903 Cummins satisfied the urge. That tractor would out run most of the hot rods, till you missed a gear. Drawbacks were turnin radius and stopping distance of the Queen Mary. Also rather rough on carport roofs.

I do like the Cummins turbo six that the Dodges are usin, would like to transplant one into my Ford van.

Sam....Who put that tree there?
 
I had a 1982 F-250 that had more than 500,000 miles on ot. It was on its second transmission and third rear end. The engine had never been apart. It had the original timing chain. It ran GREAT and would tow anything. I got rid of it because I needed a van.
Like a rock!

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You have to be there when it's all over. Otherwise you can't say "I told you so."

Better days to be,

Ed
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Ed Brunner:
I had a 1982 F-250 that had more than 500,000 miles on ot. It was on its second transmission and third rear end. The engine had never been apart. It had the original timing chain. It ran GREAT and would tow anything. I got rid of it because I needed a van.
Like a rock!

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500,000 miles is very impressive. The only car I have seen with that many miles that still runs well is a Lexus LS400 that a friend owns. Your F250 must have been a gem! :)
 
hard to out do a toyota. my 86 4runner has 330,000 miles on it. I'm not going to buy a new one cause I'm curious how far the crazy thing will go. also got to love the glocks. my g32 is just getting started with about 500 rounds but I hope it will do as good as the yoda.
 
My brother wanted me to sell it to Ford and do one of thost Toyotaish commercials, but I didnt want to jump up in the air.

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You have to be there when it's all over. Otherwise you can't say "I told you so."

Better days to be,

Ed
 
Old man's 77 toyota compact pickup is the base model. Heck, this was back in the days where only the left side review mirror was standard (we don't have a right one). Has 700,000 miles on it and it still runs like a champ. They sure don't build them like they used to.
 
"They sure don't build them like they used to."

You can say that again. Toyota quality has slipped big time.

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"Get yourself a Lorcin and lose that nickel plated sissy pistol."
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Tecolote:
"They sure don't build them like they used to."

You can say that again. Toyota quality has slipped big time.

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I tend to disagree. Toyota is by far the highest quality vehicle out there. Their Lexus division is superior to any American luxury car, and at least equal to the European luxury makes (in my opinion better than the European luxury cars).


[This message has been edited by Quantum Singularity (edited August 29, 2000).]
 
How lame! Toyota trucks are girl trucks. They don't have enough power to pull a greasy string out of a cat's a$$. On top of that a grown man can't fit in one without a wench. The new Tundras are nice and have good power but they are still more like a compact than a full size. Why would I pay the same price for a Toyota as I would a Ford or Chevy? They are the same price yet you get a weaker drivetrain, a weaker frame, less cargo room, less passenger room, and inferior towing capacity. Maybe the the Tundra corrects some of these problems but then again maybe not. The only area I can think of where Toyota might win out over the American models is mileage but I need a truck that can do truck things and a 4 or 6 cyl. engine just does not make enough power for heavy use.
 
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