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["Robert Walton" <waltonrp AT bellsouth.net>]

> If you do not need a full sized pickup, the little Japanese pickups are
> hard to beat.  The full sized ones should be just as reliable.

Hmmm, do I need the full sized or just want it? I sometimes have a problem 
between the two. I would think that the full size would come in hand for 
hauling wood, etc.

> My current pickup is a full sized Dodge 318 5 spd.  It has 120K miles on 
> it and should easily get me to the moon.  The one before this was a 
> Nissan.  At 130K miles the only reason I got rid of it was I needed the 
> towing capacity of the Dodge.  At 130K miles the Nissan had no repairs, 
> none, never.  Nothing other than normal tune ups, brakes at 60K, etc.  At 
> 120K miles the Dodge had the rear end repaired under warranty and I had to 
> replace the plenum gasket.

That Nissan sounds like the Jeep I had in the 90s, never did more than 
maintenance and it just kept on running.

Rob


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