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Picked up my Deuce today

patracy

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Picked up my Deuce today from SETOYOTA. I can't say enough good things about Chuck! Not only was he very accommodating during all our dealings, he filled the deuce up, gave me a manual for it, and even loaned me his budd socket! (I've got one on order, but it'll be next week before it gets here)

I started out this morning from home with my Father and his Girlfriend at about 5:30am. Since I've never driven a deuce that far, I wanted a "support vehicle". It was probably overkill with all that I brought. (Full toolbox, air hose, glad hand hose, impact, chains, fluids, jacks, exc.) But with my luck, had I not brought any of that I'd have been on the side of the road. aua

Anyhow, I'll share the pics Chuck sent me first.










I also checked out some of his other nice MVs! I forgot to get a pic of his immaculate hummer DOH! aua





After letting the deuce warm up and scraping off the sticker on the windshield we were ready to roll.


A short drive and I'm out to I-75 for a long slow ride home. :mrgreen:


The trip was pretty uneventful, but I was grinning most of the way. My ears are still ringing though. LOL For the most part, I cruised at 50mph since it seemed happy there. I did wind it out to 56 a time or two...

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhxJlxqwWyk[/media]Finally made it to my exit!


Tomorrow I'm going to try to take care of the paint on the hood. I'm loving the deuce!
 
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PATRACY,

Congratulations on such a good looking truck! Thanks for taking the time to post all the pics.

I haven't had the guts to run the-55-mph-top-speed-deuce on a divided highway yet... :shock: How far did you back up traffic? :lol:

In any case, I don't think the turbo fully cooled down in the first month I had my truck; I drove it all over town. :driver: I'm sure you will be too!

Welcome to SS, and good luck!
Dave
 
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The only time I really screwed up traffic was trying to get off I-285 to I-20 west. The off-ramp is on the far left lane. But amazingly people allowed me over. (I've driven through there a many of times in my 2500 dodge pulling a trailer, and it's a battle.) People seemed to be "nice" to me while I was driving it. I got to "honk" for a car full of kids. That put a smile on all our faces. :)
 

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Glad your happy. She is a good ole girl. Thanks for the compliments on my stuff too.
 

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Too bad you didn't get it 10 days ago. You could have brought it to the rally and got very intimate with it.
 

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Here's the tires I picked up yesterday. Got a great deal on them, and can put you in touch with John if anyone is looking for them. (He can get various sizes and styles as well)

 

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Congradulations. They are fun to drive. I find that most people will drive around the deuce with patients because they respect the military part of it or they are just scared because it is so huge.
 

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Man I didn't realize it'd be this difficult to get insurance.

1. Progressive - Won't touch it, even the commercial side wouldn't. (Anyhow I didn't want to give George Soros any more money!)
2. Geico - Still waiting on them to call me back! And I use them for my personal auto.
3. USAA - Won't touch it.
4. Hagarty - I don't have a building to store it in, and I'm not getting warm and fuzzies with them.
5. Gulfway - Got a quote for $218 a year for 300K CSL, but I'm wondering about how much I can "use" the deuce.
6. JC Taylor - Didn't persue any further when I read the terms
7. Farm Bureau - Haven't heard back from them (have homeowners with them)
8. State Farm - waiting on a call back.
 

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I insured all of mine through Farm Bureau, as a farm vehicle, think it is code 215 or 21.5, at any rate they figured it as a commercial style farm truck, liability only 50.00 every 6 months. Great sounding Deuce. Hope this helps, Dan.

PS, can you pm me on the tires you bought? TIA. Dan.
 

patracy

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Got it insured today. $237 for liability. I used state farm. I was going to use gulfway, but their answers to my questions about driving it made me question if I would be insured.

Now I've got a flat to deal with before I get to drive it tomorrow. aua
 
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