What trucks are for

[Hacker15e]

That must be the B-17 from the movie with the "Hollywood" nose art. The real plane was slightly more understated:

Yes, that's the ex-Dave Tallichet B-17, N3703G, one of a couple that wore that paint for the 1990 movie ("The Sally B" from over in the UK is the other that also wears this noseart on the right side of the nose, left over from the movie).

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/b17registry/b17-4483546.html

 

[Hacker15e]

Enough with the chevy and ford argument. The only thing missing from that pic is a cummins pulling that beast.

Bollocks to all that...

Boeing and Pratt & Whitney. No more questions.

 

[Apophis]

Awesome picture and an even cooler airplane!

It's probably just as bad, but I take great pride in revving my Mustang when I pull up beside a ricer with an obnoxious, aptly dubbed, fart can muffler. Woohooo American Muscle.

I think an exception can be made in this case. The most pathetic ricers are Toyota Corollas or equivalent that have an off-color spoiler (looks like something dug up from a scrap yard) bolted on to the trunk, and a Folgers coffee-can looking fart-pipe muffler.

I almost feel bad for the drivers of such vehicles. Almost.

 

[Screaming_Emu]

You just dont understand.

I'm glad I don't. Jeeps I get...fun to drive off road. Sports cars I get....fun to drive on a road. Trucks....you can put stuff in 'Em? Makes sense for a commercial vehicle. But using them as grocery getters and for commuting...I don't get it. Buy a vehicle 3 times the size that you need for the one time a year you might help someone move? Get something smaller and use the money you save on gas to rent one. That's why I see them more as status symbols. To be fair, it's not just trucks but a lot of vehicles. Basically anyone who revs their engine at a stoplight, puts a picture if Calvin pissing on another brands logo, etc. It's all the same.

And to call my car a ricer would be incorrect. Yes it was made in Japan and has a turbo, but it's completely stock. And holy crap was it fun to drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway last week.

 

[Apophis]

I'm glad I don't. Jeeps I get...fun to drive off road. Sports cars I get....fun to drive on a road. Trucks....you can put stuff in 'Em? Makes sense for a commercial vehicle. But using them as grocery getters and for commuting...I don't get it. Buy a vehicle 3 times the size that you need for the one time a year you might help someone move? Get something smaller and use the money you save on gas to rent one. That's why I see them more as status symbols. To be fair, it's not just trucks but a lot of vehicles. Basically anyone who revs their engine at a stoplight, puts a picture if Calvin pissing on another brands logo, etc. It's all the same.

Exactly. Anyways, I'm sure any feeling of superiority derived from owning such a vehicle immediately evaporates after a trip to the gas station.

Also, your vehicle doesn't qualify as a ricer; there are several criteria that must be met for a car to be considered a ricer.

This a list of my "ricer" criteria.

1. Must be a Japanese or Korean make.
2. Must have a fart can muffler of some sort.
3. Must have a spoiler (the more ridiculous the spoiler looks, the more "ricer" the car actually is)
4. Must have a strange-looking custom paint-job or graphics of some sort.
6. Ridiculous wheels/tires are also a plus (more like a negative, but you get the point)

 

[Murdoughnut]

3. Must have a spoiler (the more ridiculous the spoiler looks, the more "ricer" the car actually is)

 

[Pilotforhire587]

But, HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE!?!

That truck doesn't have a pair of dumbass chrome pipes sticking up through the bed. I see no clouds of black smoke?! Otherwise, how can it possibly have enough power to tow a 35,000-60,000 lb. airplane?

only retards that drive doge rams do that... CHEVY ROCKS AND THAT IS A HOT SHOT!!!

 

[AVIATOR83]

If Cummins was such a great engine it would have wound up in the Ford Super Duty in the late 90's. Which was in fact Ford's plan until they developed the Power Stroke engine.

Ha! Maybe that would be true back then if you could ever get one started in the winter months.

 

[AVIATOR83]

3. Must have a spoiler (the more ridiculous the spoiler looks, the more "ricer" the car actually is)

You didn't know? Putting a spoiler on your car adds like, I don't know, 20 horsepower.

 

[Apophis]

Awesome.

 

[killbilly]

Huh. Saw that B-17 this weekend. Neat.