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Pick up a 1000-2000 beater and use that for daily driving. Sell the civic and get the CUCV. CUCV gets built up and you can keep it safe from the winters and wear and tear of crazy drivers. Beater handles commuting duties.
Re: RE: A question on the daily drivability of cucvs?
He wants a pickup. They had much lower gears than the M1009 Blazers like yours and with the factory 31" tires are NOT speed demons. 50mph and it sounds like it's going to come apart. 55-60 and it sounds like the end of time is coming.
He's looking at M1008's and 28's. With the lower gearing they have they're a bit noisier than the M1009's I'd suspect.
When I replaced the original mufflers on mine with Cherry Bombs I basically couldn't tell a difference in the noise level in the cab. Tells you something about how loud it is.
It's loud. Find one of these threads with me posting in it. It's loud...and really loud...
I love it and I would daily drive it if I had to (and am planning on for a while after we sell our house and move south - the current DD won't be leaving with us) but I am SOO glad I have a more...
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