Are you still driving your L even though it's winter?
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From: Proctorville, Ohio
Are you still driving your L even though it's winter?
I drove it to work today and I have a daily driver S-10. How many of you are still driving it because you can't make yourself put it away? I pull up Intellicast's maps and forecasts on the 'net and only drive it if the weather is promising. So far in 7 months, it's not seen a wet road yet... Undercarriage still looks showroom new. 
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Jim
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#1,757 built 3/30/00
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Jim
Black '00
#1,757 built 3/30/00
Clear corners
J.L. Single program
J.L. Stage II ram-air
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From: chicago
I'm not, had to trade in the L for an XLT 4WD :-(
13 inches of snow Monday, 5 Wed, it's going to snow tonight and tomorrow, Monday, Tues, Wed. and Thu of next week. the L was very fun, but damned scary in the snow and rain.
13 inches of snow Monday, 5 Wed, it's going to snow tonight and tomorrow, Monday, Tues, Wed. and Thu of next week. the L was very fun, but damned scary in the snow and rain.
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From: Vonore Tn.
Wednesday my wife helped me by pushing so I could get it out of the garage, now we're using her x-mas bonus for a donation to the health and welfare fund at Tire Rack. It's not scary it's down right dangerous in the snow on F1s.
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Not too much. It never goes out in rain or snow. But on nice days when the salt is washed off the road .... Sure.
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Are the Lightning really that bad in the rain? By the time mine gets here winter should be allmoat over, but mine will be a daily driver so I will have to drive it in the rain. Next winter I will prob get a winter beater.
Are there any other tires that work better in the rain?
Don
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1999 F150 4x4 4.6V8 regcab/shortbed
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Alpine CDA-7845, ADS P640 Amp, Focal Poly Kevlar seperates.
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Are there any other tires that work better in the rain?
Don
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1999 F150 4x4 4.6V8 regcab/shortbed
Oxford White with Wedgewood Blue two tone, with Blue Captains chairs
Bullet Cat Back, Superchip, K&N FIPK Intake.
Centerline Saber rims 17x8" with Firestone GTA 275/60hr-17 tires.
Alpine CDA-7845, ADS P640 Amp, Focal Poly Kevlar seperates.
SILVER 2001 LIGHTNING on order
http://members.tripod.com/donf150/Welcome/id7.html
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From: Belleville, MI
Still drivin' mine in the snow. 350 lbs. of sandbags and winter tires and wheels, not much problem here. I found the L to be pretty descent in the rain, alot better than I expected!
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Rain just makes it more interesting to drive... but when it rains on the road, it grows blooming idiots. Snow and ice are a totally different dimension. Then it's time for some winter tires and rims. Although you still get an adrenalin rush driving on F1s on ice, most of the time its an "OH ****!" kind of thing.
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Yeha looks are really important....till you crash into a tree because the F1's are S#!7 in the snow.
How will the L look without a front end?
THe F1's are really great in the rain...I didn't expect them to be that good at all. But snow is another story.
Besides...when the truck is covered in snow and salt...its a lil hard to care about how the wheels look.
Saw a red L with the black steel rims..and it sorta had a nascar basass look to it...even with those ghetto rims and winter tires.....
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How will the L look without a front end?
THe F1's are really great in the rain...I didn't expect them to be that good at all. But snow is another story.
Besides...when the truck is covered in snow and salt...its a lil hard to care about how the wheels look.
Saw a red L with the black steel rims..and it sorta had a nascar basass look to it...even with those ghetto rims and winter tires.....
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by FIRESVT:
Wednesday my wife helped me by pushing so I could get it out of the garage, now we're using her x-mas bonus for a donation to the health and welfare fund at Tire Rack</font>
Wednesday my wife helped me by pushing so I could get it out of the garage, now we're using her x-mas bonus for a donation to the health and welfare fund at Tire Rack</font>
If I asked my wife to shove anything of mine, she'd shove something somewhere if you know what I mean.
And for the rest of you, you've scared me into thinking maybe I should put the L up, on the chance it could start snowing while I'm at work sometime. 25 miles of pucker factor home. If I made it.
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Jim
Black '00
#1,757 built 3/30/00
Clear corners
J.L. Single program
J.L. Stage II ram-air