PM: Jay Leno’s Garage – Mar. 2005
An article by Jay Leno about the amazingly over-sized International CXT… what is ostensibly a “pickup truck” built on the same platform used by dump trucks & whatnot.
Totally obnoxious, but Jay’s writing is funny, so it’s an enjoyable read. Here’s a little quote:
When you take people to lunch in most vehicles, you can look in the rearview mirror to see if all your passengers are ready. With this big boy you actually have to unbuckle your seatbelt, turn around and look just to find them all. There are people sitting in hidden pockets of this thing. I mean, I took a whole bunch of people to lunch—I’m not even sure how many. And everybody had a seat.
You know, with an SUV, you’re up high so you can see two or three cars in front of you. In the CXT, you can see the horizon. When people see you in their rearview mirror, they’re startled. Probably the only thing they can see is the bumper. If you want them out of the way, just hit the giant air horn. Of course, if you had an accident with this thing, you might damage the planet. You could actually dent the Earth.
And of course, the highly amusing:
There are a few minor challenges, though. You can’t park it anywhere. I went to the market in it and there were four spaces marked “Compact.” So I took all of them.
Heh heh heh…
