Yeah, if you lived up in the Snow Belt, the first thing we learned about buying a used car from someone was to get on our back, and shimmy up under the car to look for frame welds and slag. The road salt up there will eat into a car frame like nobody’s business, and a lot of shady types (private owners AND dealers) would fill in all the pockmarks and the like where the frame had corroded out. I’ve seen plenty of cars driving down the road that looked like they were a folded poker card because the frame gave way and snapped. Down here in the South where I live now, it’s a different story. The sun cooks the hood, roof, and trunk lid on cars. I still have my old ‘03 Pontiac Sunfire 2+2 sports coupe I bought new, and the trunk lid and spoiler looks like it was hit with God’s hair dryer. The whole finish has peeled off from a sun-baking. That old thing has been through two engines and a lot of abuse (mainly because my wife is a lousy driver) but it still makes for a good backup car in a two car household.
When the first 4WD SUV types hit the market they were basically a pickup with a cover over the bed, and in the case of the ‘newer’ Broncos, fiberglass from the ‘old’ cab area back...
First question when looking at them
HOW is it plowing snow.
Any answer other than ‘I don’t know, never tried it’ meant you should ‘walk away’...
I have had SUVs or at least the ‘fancy pickups’ since the 80s and I have yet to own an SUV that jumped the curb and ran down pedestrians.
Also, I have concealed carried since early 90s (after I stopped drinking) and my weapon has NEVER just shot anyone and my Ruger has never taken on the roll of ‘assault weapon’.
What am I missing???? <: <: <: