"mrdancer" <mrdancer_at__iw.net> wrote in message
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> "Joe" wrote in message...
>>
>> "Deke" wrote in message...
>
>> > I would give anything to have another Rampage-like pick up.
>> > Just big enough to haul what I wanted to haul (plywood, washer/dryer,
>> > camping stuff, etc), front wheel drive, economy, but not a gas guzzling
>> > full
>> > size truck. I've been looking for another one (Rampage) for several
>> > years,
>> > but they are hard to find. And the Dakotas are just to big, and not
> fuel
>> > efficient enough.
>> > D
>> >
>>
>> That's not a bad idea. I never knew anybody that had one, but my Dad was
>> telling me the other day that some of his coworkers got 40 mpg in those
>> rampages back in the olden days. That's hard for me to believe.
>
> I know lotsa folks that would love to have a small truck, me included.
> Everyone seems to be looking for those 1980's Toyota 4x4s w/ the 4-cyl.,
> 5-spd. setup - got decent mileage, you could beat the hell out of 'em, and
> they got you where you needed to go.
>
> Today's 'small truck' is way too big... might as well just get a full-size
> truck. Hey automakers... bring back the 3400-lb 4x4 pickup truck that
> gets
> 30+mpg!
>
I was just reading a car mag long-term test "update" on their Nissan
Frontier truck. That stupid thing got 14 mpg. No joke. That's real world,
their actual mileage.