I see this on my daily walks with the dog and, if I were a “Karen”,
this is what I would say.
You have that new muscle car in your driveway. It still has
the “happy tag” on it. Is your garage too full of “stuff” to park it inside?
Have your forgotten we live in an area with frequent
thunderstorms? That most years the hail repair gypsies are parked all over town
in vacant lots? Right now is monsoon season, and we get thunderstorms almost
every afternoon.
At a minimum, buy and use a quality car cover. A good one
costs ½ of your monthly stroke on that ride.
On the other hand, between summer thunderstorms and winter
blizzards, Sisty the Insurance Adjuster is kept busy.
Why do I even care? I appreciate certain cars and have never
liked seeing machinery or animals abused.
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I feel the same way about special cars. People buy them with big bucks, and then park them in the street. Not right.
Oh, you and I both know they make the 'ass'umption that nothing will happen to THEM because they're speshul...
Fredd
I drive beaters, by choice, but look under the hood and you will find no slack in maintenance.
OldNFO
On another route we walk, there is a snowblower sitting outside. OK, it is summer but tarps are cheap. Want to take odds on gas stabilizer?
Fredd
I drive beaters, by choice, but look under the hood and you will find no slack in maintenance.
OldNFO
On another route we walk, there is a snowblower sitting outside. OK, it is summer but tarps are cheap. Want to take odds on gas stabilizer?
I can get the new truck 90% in the garage, but there's still ~12" of the bed hanging out. That's better than nothing, I guess.
SLW was suggesting we put a canopy over that part of the driveway, but I don't recall ever hearing of a "hail resistant" driveway canopy, and it still leaves the sides open to get hit.
DRJIM
That is a problem. I suggest a car cover until the "season" is over. Soon enough you will be using the snow rake.
And now I have a vehicle suitable for bringing home a new snow blower!
With installed tie down points!
Per the people that make the "Bullring" tie-downs, I'll install them after the bedliner is sprayed on. Pop the plugs, spray the bedliner, and then install the tie-downs.
Good tie down points are often an afterthought.
Only if you've never owned a truck!
IIRC, my '72 El Camino had a couple of them in the bed, but not very many, and not nearly enough.
Now I have to see where to buy a cargo net I can string between them to keep the groceries from sliding alllll the way forward in the bed!
Something that has come in handy for me over the years is a "bed web" similar to this.
https://www.etrailer.com/Cargo-Nets/Covercraft/80112-03.html
I'll probably get one of those for times when we have to haul something that won't fit under the tonneau.
For now, I think what I'm looking for is called a "Bulkhead Net" that goes side-to-side between the bed rails so you can divide the bed fore and aft into a small section between the net and the tailgate. It's similar to the nets people use when they take off the tailgate.
I've seen those, or similar.
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