Yesterday I had to drive our Ford Exploder (GSA) vehicle about an hour south of us to Pasco. Apparently the military feels that SUVs are unsafe and we are all going to quad cab pickups. So I am tooling down 82 listening to the tunes on the radio not paying much attention, when I notice a car pulling up beside me in the left hand lane. As I glanced over a rather elderly gentleman was in the passenger seat. As I looked over at him, he seemed to notice my uniform, he straightened up in his seat and offered me a crisp salute...I of course saluted him back and gave him a nod as he smiled and they drove on. I honestly can not describe the feeling I got when this man offered this simple gesture. It truely made my day.

I ended up picking up a 2003 Dodge dakota Quad cab 4x4 with the Magnum V-6 and only 54 miles on it ...I only have one word for this truck...gutless...

I only have one word for this truck...gutless...
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still faster than my tow rig and it has something like 340 Ft lbs of torque.

glad to here you had your day made! :cheers:

a rather elderly gentleman straightened up in his seat and offered me a crisp salute...

As a slightly less than elderly gentleman, let me offer you a salute as well.

*standing at attention offering a crisp salute*

:cheers: for all you do BMC, this one's for you. ;)

Thanks 79...as far as the Dakota...when you are crusing around seventy and go for a pass...you can't just press on the gas...you have to smash it to the floor and wait for it to kick down then slooowwwwlllyyy accelerate it is gutless. This is the V-6 magnum, I am sure the
V-8 would be ideal in a truck this size.

ya my dad has one of the gutless dakota's i told him after he bout it and i drove it around the block that is was gutless and he needed to take it back a get the 318 they offer he just looked at me and laughed. now he wishes he got the 318

Yeah you have to love it when they show us military some respect I mean I dont expect it thats not why we do it but it sure does make you feel good when the give you a hand shake buy you lunch or just thank you for your sacrifices. It makes me really love being in the air force[/quote]