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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Norway
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Thanks, guys!

I'm very happy with it. The diesel is very sluggish, especially with the big wheels (no turbo). When driving it home on the highway, with the bed full of wheels, I had to drop down to third when the hills got long. But it's quite frugal. Gas prices varies from 12.50 NOK to 15 NOK per liter spending of weekday and oil prices. (1 USD = 8.75 NOK), diesel is between 10.50-14 NOK per liter.

The truck uses well under a liter per 10 kilometers. You have to do the math yourselves to get the MPG... :-) I gave 50k NOK for it, which is about 5700 USD. Quite a lot, but it has the lift I wanted and two sets of 33s. Also, these trucks are very popular up here, so the good ones demand a premium. On a side note, a new VW Golf costs about 34k USD up here. But then again, our salaries are higher than yours. I digress...

What will I use it for? Well, my commute is just 6-7 minutes in urban environment, so I really don't NEED it, in fact, a small saloon or a compact would make more sense, but this is what I wanted, dammit! A pure indulgence (as if an old 911 isn't an indulgence enough, people might say).

Heat in the cabin is good enough. But there isn't much of a winter this year, even up here in Norway, so I really don't know how it will be when (if) it gets really cold.

Plans for it? I'm making a subwoofer box for it to have behind the seats right now, and I want to add a light bar on the bumper. Also, I've always had a thing for KC Daylighters with the smiley on the yellow covers, so maybe four of those on the roll bar?
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