I've got the Ford Drop in bed liner and it looks like it was for a long box and cut to fit my short box. So needless to say I'd like to do something better. I have a fibreglass tonneau on it, so maybe a Line-X liner or something.. Any suggestions?

 

Get a Bedrug!

 

I agree with the bed rug.

A truck with a fiberglass tonneau on it does not sound like a good candidate for a spray-in.

 

yep fiberglass covers are great looking but don't allow frequent real work.

Bed rugs look really nice with the FC covers.

That said I'm a huge fan of LineX...

 

I have a Line-X too but, if I had a fiberglass cover what's the point?

 

Fiberglass cover ++ Bedrug === Made for one another.

 

Gas Mileage

 

Line-X improves gas mileage?

 

I think he was speaking to the fiberglass cover.

 

Then he misunderstood me since I'm the one he quoted.

What is the point of spraying Line-X in a bed that already has a fiberglass cover?

It's like wearing a belt and suspenders.

 

I was ToddziLLa. Raoul, If you think that I misunderstood you reread your statement-- perhaps I didn't misunderstand you so much as you mistated your question.

My comment was merely a quick oneoff answer to your question, that the main point of a fiberglass cover (for me at least) is gas mileage (and also IMHO security, which I didn't even mention).

Hardly. A bed cover, hard or otherwise, has nothing in common with nor is it necessarily opposed to a bedliner. They are different tools completely, for completely different applications. That they both install on your bed is irrelevant. Just because I need to remove a cover to fully use my bed does not mean I want it my bed unprotected when I do use it. Just because my bed is protected by a liner does not mean I want to leave my golf clubs in an uncovered bed or drive my 300 weekly miles with my tailgate dragging air.

 

"I have a Line-X too but, if I had a fiberglass cover what's the point?"
Using basic sentence structure, the 'point' would refer to the subject 'Line-X'
"...what is the point of a Line-X?"

To which you replied 'gas mileage'.

Would you agree we do not have a 'meeting of the minds'?

(Please don't reply, 'gas mileage'.)
I'm the worst on here for thread drift and I don't mind discussing covers at all but, you quoted me and answered a question I did not ask. So I had to call you on it.

p.s.
I think covers are great and they have many good 'points'.

 

Sorry to beat this to death, but it's my nature to try and straighten any tangents I go off on.

From your postscript it seems we actually agree on the merits of covers, and judging by your response to my comments, I now know exactly what it was your comments were meant to say. As a former English teacher, I still have to stand by my assessment of the actual meaning in what you wrote, however, and contend that I did in fact answer your question as it was asked without your additional clarifications.

As for any basic sentence structure, you didn't have one. What you had there was actually three independent clauses joined by two conjunctions. Independent in this case just means that each clause can stand on it's own. None is dependent on the other for meaning, or, that is to say-- each has it's own subject and verb and is a simple sentence in its own right.

I have a Line-X.

I had a fiberglass cover.

What [is] the point?

Your first clause is very straight forward; I is the subject, have the verb, and Line-X the object. After that your syntax gets a bit muddy. The first clause is joined to the remaining two clauses by the conjunction "but," which usually indicates exception. The next clause is "I had a fiberglass cover." I is your subject, had the verb, and cover your object. This clause joins to the last clause (by following but and the comma) with the conditional conjuction, if, meaning "In the event that" or "On the condition that." The last clause, "what is the point" is pretty straight forward as well-- what is your subject, is the verb, and point the object.

Put it all together and the question you asked was:

I have a Line-X [except that] what is the point [in the event that] I had a fiberglass cover.

or even as positioned in your sentence:

I have a Line-X [except that] [in the event that] I had a fiberglass cover what is the point

Either way the clause, "what is the point," can only refer to "I had a fiberglass cover," because of how you used your conjuctions. This is the question you asked and the one that I answered. Given your reply to my answer, my guess is that you intended to write something nice and simple like:

What is the point of Line-X, if I have a fiberglass cover?

 

Line-X: Cool.

Tonneau Covers: Cool.

Any combination of the above: Awesome.

End of story.

 

Oh, so you're an English teacher.
How many fingers am I holding up?