By The Way...

Okay, now, this new pickup from Navistar is just totally ridiculous:

At 258 inches, or 21-1/2 feet long, the CXT is about 4-1/2 feet longer than the new Hummer H2 pickup, and about 2 inches longer than the F-350 Crew Cab.

But the way it really towers over what's on the road now is in height. At 108 inches, or 9 feet, the CXT stands only a foot below a basketball rim and more than two feet above the Hummer or the F-350.

"It's not going to fit into the standard garage," said Mark Oberle, a spokesman for Navistar, based in Warrenville, Ill., outside Chicago. "We can see it as a vehicle for business people who want to make a distinct impression. For personal use, it's for people who want to make a statement."

Yeah, but the statement is: I am so very compensating for something.

When I was 20, my step-dad lent me the use of his Ford F-250, and that thing was honestly just about the most massive thing you could drive without adding an axel. I honestly worried I would accidentally trample a Volkwagen Bug when I drove that thing. I can't even imagine why anyone would want to drive a truck that's larger, unless they're hauling coal or goats or something.

Go take a look at this monstrosity. Would you want one?

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• #9 Comment from olddog299 
  9/14/04 9:47 AM | Permalink

  There's a smaller truck by the same outfit that is the same or similar to the Hummer or the Ford F-350 in size.  I have seen them alot over the past couple of years hauling 5th-wheel travel/recreational trailers and the goose-neck stock/horse trailers.  This thing you've cited is a monster - reminds me of the old 5 ton farm trucks I had to drive with hay on them.  Couldn't get out of their own way.   Stopping was an adventure.  Wipers were still vacuum driven in an era of electric wipers.  Fuel mileage was in the same vicinity, too.  I don't miss them.  The rigs they have today, turbo-charged diesels, air brakes, Jake brakes, air suspension seats, full remote hydraulics for the load bed -- far safer to drive.
  
  wil
  
• #8 Comment from myairmnsangel 
  9/14/04 8:27 AM | Permalink

  looks like a semi on the front.  Yeah I am sure all the country boys will be running for that one.  I am just happy w/ my Vue.  Have a good day.
  
  Lillian
  
  http://journals.aol.com/myairmnsangel/lilliansthoughtfortheday/
• #7 Comment from caliinone 
  9/14/04 2:43 AM | Permalink

  YIPPEEE!  I WILL TAKE TWO PLEASE. ONE WHITE WITH BLACK/ CHROME & ONE WITH BLACK, WHITE/CHROME. WHY NOT, THERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE I WOULD LIKE TO "RUN OVER"! LOL  U KNOW WHO U R !
• #6 Comment from thisismary 
  9/13/04 8:07 PM | Permalink

  For the love of Pete!  A statement? As in a statement to the nice police officer that is writing up the accident report when you inadvertently wipe out every parking meter on a city block while trying to parallel park? Yikes.
• #5 Comment from plittle 
  9/13/04 8:06 PM | Permalink

  They'll sell like hotcakes. People who drive trucks are not wired the same as the rest of humanity. I'll bet you can fit a big-ass gun rack in the rear window of that.
  -Paul
  http://journals.aol.ca/plittle/AuroraWalkingVacation/