patdaly

You owe me a keyboard.

j-fox

I just tell them they are cute when they act mad.
Or I can't hear you over this diesel.

dj_souvlaki

i had some people i know complain to me about my truck and how harmful and wastefull it is. so a week later i bought a 2001 suburban as well lol.

Than my father bought the tundra.

Now they wont even talk to me lol

BigErksG2

Aint that the truth, you pay $30+k to get 42mpg and have to pay $5k every 5 years for a new battery pack. I bought a beater civic for $3k drive it like I stole it and still get 35 mpg and I dont need a new power pack every 5 years. Not to mention liability insurance with the salvage yard repair plan make maintainence and the cost of driving much less. There are people who make good financial and environmental decisions and there are people who want to appear to make good financial and environmental decisions.

radshooter

I tell people that I will be first in line to buy a hybrid when they get one that will pull an 18K fiver over the Colorado Rockies. We are travelling medical people, covering western USA, and live in our fiver. If the fiver doesn't go, we don't go to the contracts.

dodgeguy71

I have to agree with the "bonehead move" for the smoke show after she is already complaining about just idling is wrecking the environment. I figure I'll say something along the line of, "I have to let the exhaust temps get below 300 degrees, if you insist that I shut it down NOW perhaps I can send you a bill for the $2000 turbocharger, if that does not appeal to you perhaps you can shut up?". Then maybe I can blow some of that nasty cigarette smoke in there face......

lvmknsmoke..

ya sounds like somethin i would do.. it wasnt her business at all.

pind

I just got a complaint from the new neighbour next door, about my truck fuming his house out when it idles.

Mind you, we live on 3.5 acre lots, and his house is nowhere near my truck (s)

However, I've been here 11 years, and he bought his place last winter. Seems a bit of a whiner. Works on diesel generation systems, but doesn't like diesels. Did I mention he's british? and I'm irish. this isn't going well so far.

However, he seems to get the picture that I'm a mobile guy with a career, not a stationary guy with a job, so hopefully it all works out.

Gotta love snivelers, they make me feel good about myself.

03 ant a hemi

The worst part is there will be a day sooner then later when these people get their way. We loose ours. You cannot blame it on your current President. It's the whole Western culture is changing and trying to find blame on everything else but themselves.

It sure will be funny to see a Big old Dodge 4x4 on 44's rolling past with the hum of a electric motor, with some sort of steam generator to make a look of smoke out a set of dummy stacks.

Timmay2

Lol... In her defense some of ya'll just dont really know how bad the truck smells or how loud it is until you're on the recieving end.

I once was idling my truck and went in my friends house, which was a good 150 ft away, and my truck was very audible in the house, even could smell it a little.

Just have some common courtesy for everyone around that doesn't have the same interests as you, and they won't complain so much.

Cost of idling cost more than the cost of a good oil that wont burn in the turbo, which is the only reason to idle... if you wanna make yourself and everyone else a little happier

MCummings

Been shutting down "hot" (400*) for years now, and no problems.

patdaly

Eh, just lob a .50 over his house........... Irishers never back down.

dodgeguy71

with dual turbos seems you can afford to buy another if the need be.....I on the other hand don't have money for twins......let alone another single. It takes about 3-4 minutes of idling and when rolling through a parking lot to find a parking space and park the truck, less than that, usually below 300 when I get parked.

I agree on the fumes, I get a good dose each time I hook up my trailer, don't know why I thought that would be a good idea.

cougar

Back when I had the old Ford NA Navstar
I was at the drive up teller one day. I would shut it down because it was so noisy so I could talk to people. Well, this old bat in a Cadillac pulls up to the box on my right. After finishing my busyness I made the mistake of being nice. I told the lady that she may want to close he window while I start my truck, it alway lets out a huge black cloud on start. Instead of being appreciative of the warning she starts the wacko rant. So I put my foot to the floor and cranked it. The bat and her Cadillac faded from sight, along with that end of the building. A week later the teller said they were smoked out inside as well because it was sucked in through the shuttle tubes. They didn't like the bat either and thought it was funny to see the whole drive through disappear.

dj_souvlaki

did that to a guy in a acura vigor. he was acting like a total ... kept cutting me off so on the first chance i got i went full throttle when my exhaust was in his window. i had about 5 liters of 2 stroke oil on a cold winters day with cheap diesel.

he had to stop and get out of his car.