On Dec 17, 10:00*pm, Frogwatch wrote:
Went to pick up my new(ish) tow vehicle, a 2007 Nissan 4wd Frontier
with 15,000 miles. *After driving my old Nissan 4wd for 23 yrs, I
suppose I was not really prepared for modern tech. *I got in, looked
around and declared angrily, "This thing isn't 4WD, where's the other
shift lever?". *Salesman: *"Uh, sir, new trucks have this switch here
to put it in 4H or 4L". *Me: *" A switch, thats all?". *I really dont
know what to think of it, no shift lever to seem macho when its time
to climb up something. *Am not really sure what to think of the auto
tranny either. *After driving the old Nissan with 320,000 and the old
Dodge with an undertermined number of miles, ANYTHING else drives like
a car and it just doesnt FEEL TRUCKLIKE. *Will just have to get used
to it. *Maybe throw a buncha tools in the back to roll around and some
empty oil cans and it'll feel right.

I don't think anybody makes a real truck anymore.. The last truck I
had that felt like a truck was my old Jeep CJ.. and you are right, two
shifters and you had to go outside to lock in the hubs... The Chevy
Blazer I drive now has less than 100,000 miles and because I have used
it like a truck, it's falling apart, literally...