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Well it is sad, but true. I am driving the rental untill the Elise arrives. However, the funniest part of it all is that when I went to rent the "car" all they had was a new Ford F-150 truck. I have had it a little while now, and althogh it is close to 180 dollars a week to rent it, it is a nice truck. I have always hated pickups, I think that most of the components are cheap and that they are unsophisticated. I also have always hated driving them around and corner that is not perfectly flat because the back end always wants to step out a little bit.
Well let me tell you, the truck I am driving is pretty darn good. Although it was the cheapest version of the truck available, it does have four doors and a standard sized bed. It is the complete opposite of the Elise in every way. I have owned a Land Rover Discovery before, and you sit up a lot hight in the F-150. The interior has the best fit and finish of any truck I have ever seen, and for once it actually looks modern and mildly sophisticated. The seats are even slightly bolstered, a nice change from the old benches of yesteryear. Although it is plesent to drive, and exceptionally quiet, I do feel like I am driving a Blue Whale. There is no such thing as a 3 point turn, it is more like a 5 or 7 point. There is also the delight of the annoying FORD invention of the pinging alarm when you aren't wearing your seatbelt. That doesn't bother me as I alyaws wear mine. But the truck has the added feature on the PASSENGER seat. Apparently it can sense if someone is in the seat, and gives you like 20 seconds to have them put their seatbelt on or else! While I find the fact that driving a truck has not been as bad as I would have though, the way some manufacturers engineer annoyances is increadible. I have yet to get groceries in the truck yet, but when I do, I will put something heavy in the passenger seat and see if it triggers the pinging alarm.
The good news is that after driving the truck for a while, I will be good at avoiding cars in a car 1/3 the size of this one. Also, I will be estatic for the time where no computerized saftey interventions spend their time trying to annoy me into something I have little physical control over (buckeling the seatbelt of a passenger). The alarm is so loud that it is frightening, and after having it go off twice on the highway for the passenger seatbelt, I think I trust myself to be responsible more than I trust any company to watch out on my behalf. :no: :no:
Thought some of you might find this interesting. If you are in the market for a truck, take a look at the new Ford, it was plesently suprising. However, be aware that it is designed to scare and annoy you......for saftey purposes.
Well let me tell you, the truck I am driving is pretty darn good. Although it was the cheapest version of the truck available, it does have four doors and a standard sized bed. It is the complete opposite of the Elise in every way. I have owned a Land Rover Discovery before, and you sit up a lot hight in the F-150. The interior has the best fit and finish of any truck I have ever seen, and for once it actually looks modern and mildly sophisticated. The seats are even slightly bolstered, a nice change from the old benches of yesteryear. Although it is plesent to drive, and exceptionally quiet, I do feel like I am driving a Blue Whale. There is no such thing as a 3 point turn, it is more like a 5 or 7 point. There is also the delight of the annoying FORD invention of the pinging alarm when you aren't wearing your seatbelt. That doesn't bother me as I alyaws wear mine. But the truck has the added feature on the PASSENGER seat. Apparently it can sense if someone is in the seat, and gives you like 20 seconds to have them put their seatbelt on or else! While I find the fact that driving a truck has not been as bad as I would have though, the way some manufacturers engineer annoyances is increadible. I have yet to get groceries in the truck yet, but when I do, I will put something heavy in the passenger seat and see if it triggers the pinging alarm.
The good news is that after driving the truck for a while, I will be good at avoiding cars in a car 1/3 the size of this one. Also, I will be estatic for the time where no computerized saftey interventions spend their time trying to annoy me into something I have little physical control over (buckeling the seatbelt of a passenger). The alarm is so loud that it is frightening, and after having it go off twice on the highway for the passenger seatbelt, I think I trust myself to be responsible more than I trust any company to watch out on my behalf. :no: :no:
Thought some of you might find this interesting. If you are in the market for a truck, take a look at the new Ford, it was plesently suprising. However, be aware that it is designed to scare and annoy you......for saftey purposes.