Why we do it?

[So.Cal.Super]

Originally Posted by original-71

besides all the thumbs up,honking and seeing people in the rear view mirror coming 80mph on the freeway then slamming on there brakes as they get close to the truck, i fell in love with these trucks back when i was about 9 years old. my uncle had a 72 short bed cherry red chromed out engine just beautilful, one time he pulled out to a side road and told me "boy iam only gonna show you this one time" he lit up the tires and i remember having a smile from ear to ear.sadly he had to sell it to buy a house and now iam that drives him around in mine.

That's a great memory, but I have to ask, Have you ever used that line on him?

"boy i am only gonna show you this one time"

Reminds me of my son and how sad he gets when I tell him the truck isn't running for some reason or other, He gets bummed.