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Re: truck opinion for a 17yr old
[Re: Big AL 76]
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10/16/15 03:57 AM
10/16/15 03:57 AM
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Madison County
hgmike
6 point
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6 point
Joined: Dec 2013
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Madison County
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I had a gmc canyon same as the Colorado in high school. Way better gas mileage and when I left for the military mom started driving it and still does to this day. Just don't expect to haul a trailer as it sits so low.
God, Country, Corps, Family, and Alabama Football.
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Re: truck opinion for a 17yr old
[Re: Big AL 76]
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10/16/15 04:03 AM
10/16/15 04:03 AM
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Marshall County
FurFlyin
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 39,449
Marshall County
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My recommendation would be a 1978 F800 pulpwood truck. Probably what I'm gonna get my wife to drive next. Apparently wheels and mirrors are consumable items..
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
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Re: truck opinion for a 17yr old
[Re: Big AL 76]
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10/16/15 04:24 AM
10/16/15 04:24 AM
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Alabama
3FFarms
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Alabama
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I'd jump all over that truck Vernon Tull has listed in the classifieds if I was buying one today. Vernon Tull's Truck
Ya'll are just overthinking it now
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Re: truck opinion for a 17yr old
[Re: AU7MM08]
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10/16/15 04:32 AM
10/16/15 04:32 AM
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Alabama
3FFarms
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Alabama
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kids should know how to drive manual transmissions if even they are dying off quickly I agree! My first truck was a manual. Dad threw me in there, gave me one lesson and sent me off. Can't believe I didn't burn up a clutch in that truck. 'Course, it was a Toyota. 
Ya'll are just overthinking it now
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Re: truck opinion for a 17yr old
[Re: Stikman]
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10/16/15 04:40 AM
10/16/15 04:40 AM
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McCalla
Big AL 76
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12 point
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McCalla
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For a 17yo I'd go with a single cab just because it limits the amount of passengers/distractions in the vehicle. And the uglier the better, my dad bought me the ugliest ford ranger in alabama at 16, it was do do brown and turkey turd tan and that truck made me work my butt off so I could get a new one!!!!
JUST MAKE SURE IT'S NOT DO DO BROWN AND TURKEY TURD TAN, MOST KIDS CAN'T FIGHT LIKE I CAN!!! Mine was a 77' International scout II with a 304 and such a bad leak when you got to school you smelt like oil.exhaust...also had a 76' pinto wagon in baby vomit/poop yellow green..4sp 2.3 and I did snatch the drive shaft out of it from spinning in the gravel..lol
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Re: truck opinion for a 17yr old
[Re: Big AL 76]
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10/16/15 04:51 AM
10/16/15 04:51 AM
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Madison County
hgmike
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6 point
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Madison County
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1989 Isuzu pup pickup. Thing ran terrible and left me stranded a few times. I sure did work my tail off to make payments on that gmc canyon. wish I still had that Isuzu now. Paw paw gave it to me.
God, Country, Corps, Family, and Alabama Football.
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Re: truck opinion for a 17yr old
[Re: Stikman]
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10/16/15 05:25 AM
10/16/15 05:25 AM
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Hartselle, AL
trlrdrdave
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14 point
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Posts: 7,604
Hartselle, AL
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For a 17yo I'd go with a single cab just because it limits the amount of passengers/distractions in the vehicle. And the uglier the better, my dad bought me the ugliest ford ranger in alabama at 16, it was do do brown and turkey turd tan and that truck made me work my butt off so I could get a new one!!!!
JUST MAKE SURE IT'S NOT DO DO BROWN AND TURKEY TURD TAN, MOST KIDS CAN'T FIGHT LIKE I CAN!!! How lot of sence in that post!
"In time of war, send me all the Alabamians you can get, but in time of peace, for Lord's sake, send them to somebody else." General Edward H. Plummer
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Re: truck opinion for a 17yr old
[Re: Big AL 76]
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10/16/15 06:51 AM
10/16/15 06:51 AM
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Posts: 6,138
Clay-Trussville area
Big Al
12 point
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12 point
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 6,138
Clay-Trussville area
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Just putting this out there as I was looking for my daughter a car not too long ago.
I have a friend who is a wreck investigator. He's a Vietnam vet, and a Birmingham PD vet. He said after all his time investigating wrecks and testifying in court, there are two vehicles he would not recommend for teenagers: Ford Mustangs and any pickup trucks. My daughter wanted both, but we took his advice ans stayed away. I really wanted to get her tank, but I guess gas mileage would've been rough and she would have been banned from driving it to school (or anywhere else for that matter. LOL).
Last edited by Big Al; 10/16/15 06:51 AM.
"Said I never had much use for one; never said I didn't know how to use it".
-Matthew Quigley in "Quigley Down Under"
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Re: truck opinion for a 17yr old
[Re: Big Al]
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10/16/15 07:15 AM
10/16/15 07:15 AM
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NW Alabama
R_H_Clark
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NW Alabama
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Just putting this out there as I was looking for my daughter a car not too long ago.
I have a friend who is a wreck investigator. He's a Vietnam vet, and a Birmingham PD vet. He said after all his time investigating wrecks and testifying in court, there are two vehicles he would not recommend for teenagers: Ford Mustangs and any pickup trucks. My daughter wanted both, but we took his advice ans stayed away. I really wanted to get her tank, but I guess gas mileage would've been rough and she would have been banned from driving it to school (or anywhere else for that matter. LOL). I understand about the Mustang but what was the deal with pickups?
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Re: truck opinion for a 17yr old
[Re: R_H_Clark]
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10/16/15 07:34 AM
10/16/15 07:34 AM
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Posts: 6,138
Clay-Trussville area
Big Al
12 point
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12 point
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 6,138
Clay-Trussville area
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Just putting this out there as I was looking for my daughter a car not too long ago.
I have a friend who is a wreck investigator. He's a Vietnam vet, and a Birmingham PD vet. He said after all his time investigating wrecks and testifying in court, there are two vehicles he would not recommend for teenagers: Ford Mustangs and any pickup trucks. My daughter wanted both, but we took his advice ans stayed away. I really wanted to get her tank, but I guess gas mileage would've been rough and she would have been banned from driving it to school (or anywhere else for that matter. LOL). I understand about the Mustang but what was the deal with pickups? He said they are too light rear ended and many younger drives (as well as older ones) lose control. Of all the wrecks he's worked, he said the most that were killed were driving Mustangs or pickups.
Last edited by Big Al; 10/16/15 07:35 AM.
"Said I never had much use for one; never said I didn't know how to use it".
-Matthew Quigley in "Quigley Down Under"
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Re: truck opinion for a 17yr old
[Re: R_H_Clark]
#1484009
10/16/15 07:36 AM
10/16/15 07:36 AM
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Over yonder
extreme heights hunter
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Booner
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Over yonder
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Just putting this out there as I was looking for my daughter a car not too long ago.
I have a friend who is a wreck investigator. He's a Vietnam vet, and a Birmingham PD vet. He said after all his time investigating wrecks and testifying in court, there are two vehicles he would not recommend for teenagers: Ford Mustangs and any pickup trucks. My daughter wanted both, but we took his advice ans stayed away. I really wanted to get her tank, but I guess gas mileage would've been rough and she would have been banned from driving it to school (or anywhere else for that matter. LOL). I understand about the Mustang but what was the deal with pickups? X2 Not trying to start any crap but I'm calling bs on both accounts. Unless he is saying a mustang will get a kid I trouble versus it being unsafe. Also, there ain't no way in hell a pickup truck (full size) is going to lose against a kia, Camry, Altima or whatever popular has savers there is. If he is saying that the drivers skill level is best suited for something besides a mustang or a truck, I can go along with that.
Last edited by extreme heights hunter; 10/16/15 07:42 AM.
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Re: truck opinion for a 17yr old
[Re: JBing]
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10/16/15 07:45 AM
10/16/15 07:45 AM
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Posts: 821
Montgomery
Stikman
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Joined: Sep 2015
Posts: 821
Montgomery
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Older straight 6 Cherokee. I have a 93 with over 250k and the parts are everywhere and the 4wd is unbeatable. $2500 is what I paid for mine.  I can speak from experience if you are ever to be in a head on collision a jeep Cherokee is the vehicle you want to be in. 60mph S10 traveling about the same speed with drunk driver changed lanes and hit us head on. Jeeps front end was demolished but the cab was in perfect shape not a single bruise was led on us!
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Re: truck opinion for a 17yr old
[Re: Big Al]
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10/16/15 07:47 AM
10/16/15 07:47 AM
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Montgomery
Stikman
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6 point
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Montgomery
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Just putting this out there as I was looking for my daughter a car not too long ago.
I have a friend who is a wreck investigator. He's a Vietnam vet, and a Birmingham PD vet. He said after all his time investigating wrecks and testifying in court, there are two vehicles he would not recommend for teenagers: Ford Mustangs and any pickup trucks. My daughter wanted both, but we took his advice ans stayed away. I really wanted to get her tank, but I guess gas mileage would've been rough and she would have been banned from driving it to school (or anywhere else for that matter. LOL). I understand about the Mustang but what was the deal with pickups? He said they are too light rear ended and many younger drives (as well as older ones) lose control. Of all the wrecks he's worked, he said the most that were killed were driving Mustangs or pickups. Ford Mustangs are about the most balanced cars on the market almost a 50/50 weight transfer
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