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But how it really towers over what's on the road now is in height. At 108 inches, or 9 feet, the CXT stands only a foot below a basketball rim and more than two feet above the Hummer or the F-350.

"It's not going to fit into the standard garage," said Mark Oberle, a spokesman for Navistar, based in Warrenville, Ill., outside Chicago. "We can see it a as a vehicle for business people who want to make distinct impression. For personal use, it's for people who want to make a statement."

One of the statements: the buyer has a great deal of money to spend. The price for the CXT ranges from about $93,000 to $115,000 fully loaded, with such creature comforts as a DVD player and leather upholstery.

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Am I the only one who thinks of the Simpsons truck the "Canyonero"?

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What Navistar doesn't see is the vehicle being mass-produced.

It expects to sell only about 50 this year and doesn't expect it to challenge the market niche of the H2 sport/utility vehicle, which saw sales of 34,529 last year.

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Originally posted by Gir Draxon:
And all the parking anywhere close to the mall won't accomadate the height. Useless even for the most callous consumer.

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I'd park it where I could make it fit.

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Originally posted by oldgoat:
Not to worry, penis enhancement therapy is getting more sophisticated every day. (at least according to the emails sent to me) When they finally perfect it, there will be no more market for such vehicles.

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Can you name the truck with four wheel drive,
smells like a steak and seats thirty-five..
Canyonero! Canyonero!

Well, it goes real slow with the hammer down,
It's the country-fried truck endorsed by a clown!
Canyonero! (Yah!) Canyonero!

[Krusty:] Hey Hey

The Federal Highway comission has ruled the
Canyonero unsafe for highway or city driving.
Canyonero!

12 yards long, 2 lanes wide,
65 tons of American Pride!
Canyonero! Canyonero!

Top of the line in utility sports,
Unexplained fires are a matter for the courts!
Canyonero! Canyonero! (Yah!)

She blinds everybody with her super high beams,
She's a squirrel crushing, deer smacking, driving machine!

Canyonero!-oh woah, Canyonero! (Yah!)

Drive Canyonero!

Woah Canyonero!

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"We can see it a as a vehicle for business people who want to make distinct impression. For personal use, it's for people who want to make a statement."

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You mean... Sports Utility Vehicles aren't actually about "Sports" OR "Utility", but only about stroking the driver's ego? It can't be!!

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Originally posted by Hinterland:
SUV's are great for having furtive, sweaty, messy sex in, though. Especially when they belong to your investment banker neighbour.

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And your partner in the escapade is the investment banker's spouse.

Do women who drive large trucks wish that they had
a wang?

Do those who criticize trucks wish they could dump there foreign cars?

Just a few questions to ask yourselves.

[ 13 September 2004: Message edited by: madman ]

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WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE???

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Yeah, it's definitely one of those things that can make you despair of humanity, or at least its richest and stupidest (I think there's a correlation) segment.

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SUV's are great for having furtive, sweaty, messy sex in, though.

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I don't know how furtive it would be, exactly, in a vehicle big enough even for an NBA player to stretch out in. Though if it were your neighbour's vehicle... yeah, I can see that.

That photo above resembles nothing so much as the tractor part of a tractor-trailer. Why don't these dolts just buy one of those? They'd be about as practical, and diesel fuel might make them cheaper to run.

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Do women who drive large trucks wish that they had a wang?

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No; except for that tiny minority who actually need them for work purposes, they're dolts, same as the men. Foolishness is not gender-specific.

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Do those who criticize trucks wish they could dump there foreign cars?

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And the problem with specifically foreign cars is what exactly, madman?

For that matter, I know of no International assembly plants in Canada. These are foreign trucks we're talking about here.

[ 13 September 2004: Message edited by: 'lance ]

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Originally posted by madman:
Since when does penis size have anything to do
with truck size?

Do women who drive large trucks wish that they had
a wang?

Do those who criticize trucks wish they could dump there foreign cars?

Just a few questions to ask yourselves.

[ 13 September 2004: Message edited by: madman ]

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For the first question. I thought it was sports cars. Or is that just a wish?

No for the second but they might wish it didn't have so many gears.

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Originally posted by madman:
Since when does penis size have anything to do
with truck size?

Do women who drive large trucks wish that they had
a wang?

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I sent the story to a friend in Calcutta. We were wondering if Bush would plan to invade a new petroleum-producing country every time some cretin bought one of those.

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Originally posted by oldgoat:
Not to worry, penis enhancement therapy is getting more sophisticated every day. When they finally perfect it, there will be no more market for such vehicles.

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Originally posted by madman:
Since when does penis size have anything to do
with truck size?

Do women who drive large trucks wish that they had
a wang?

Do those who criticize trucks wish they could dump there foreign cars?

Just a few questions to ask yourselves.

[ 13 September 2004: Message edited by: madman ]

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1. Since ostentation and display have been linked to outward shows of virility. Go read Freud. If you have trouble with any of the big words, feel free to ask for help.

2. Perhaps some do. Regardless, there is still the display factor, the "Lookit me! Lookit MEEEEEEE!!!!!" status thing going on. Let's face it, you don't choose this sort of vehicle unless you have a pathological need to be noticed. Narcissistic personality disorder, anyone?

3. I don't have a foreign car. I had a VW beetle once, and I drove a Jetta for a while. I liked them. Right now, a minivan suits our purposes best. I only drive a couple of days a week, though. I prefer to walk when I can.

A truck for wannabes...I own a ford f150 for practical reasons...it's dented, scratched and has had the shit beaten out of it. If I need something bigger I'll get a f250 or 350.

Here's what I call a truck!

REAL Truck

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Originally posted by Zoot:

Driving that sort of vehicle is wrong-headed, juvenile-attention-seeking and just plain silly.

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The whole big/fast vehicle obsession seems to be a reaction to the whole "you're grown-up now, time to get out of the sandbox" meme. Some people just want to hang onto that child-like response to big noise and flashy colors, and the negative impact on the environment and their neighbors is a positive reinforcement of that response.

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Originally posted by lagatta:
Doug, a boob job - for anyone not afraid of carrying dubious chemicals around in their bodies for cosmetic reasons - is MUCH cheaper than one of those frigging trucks.

I sent the story to a friend in Calcutta. We were wondering if Bush would plan to invade a new petroleum-producing country every time some cretin bought one of those.

Does Ahnie have one?

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Originally posted by cynic:
Like Bernard's link shows, this cxt thing is just a semi without the practicality. Just get a Kenworth for crying out loud.

The whole big/fast vehicle obsession seems to be a reaction to the whole "you're grown-up now, time to get out of the sandbox" meme. Some people just want to hang onto that child-like response to big noise and flashy colors, and the negative impact on the environment and their neighbors is a positive reinforcement of that response.

As an adult, one is required to be sensible. These things say in a pouty voice, "no we don't".

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It's something to help keep me sane.

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Originally posted by Hinterland:
This is what I want.

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In a debate on fuel efficiency standards, US Senator Trent Lott said, in effect, that the Smart Car is un-American.

He urged his fellow legislators, "don't make the American people drive that runt of a car."

Don't you just love these?

Would probably suck in winter, though, and no good at long distances, maybe.

But still, all I mostly use a car for is to get from A to B (ie. to the dépanneur and back for smokes and beer), so I think it would be ideal.

[ 16 September 2004: Message edited by: Hinterland ]

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That is, of course, if you don't mind the rust, the unidentifiable bad smell and the fact that the drivers' seatbelt doesn't work properly.

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I could probably identify the smell. The smell of smug, bourgeois self-satisfaction (...just kidding). Hey, I'm not buying no beater with 250,000 km's on it, no way, no how.

[ 16 September 2004: Message edited by: Hinterland ]

Thanks for that cartoon (err, no pun intended)...

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