Car #14: November 1, 2008 - Present
1998 Nissan Pathfinder

TRUCKULENT BASTARD

UPDATE 3/25/2009: Back in November 2008, I realized I wasn't going to be able to trek the icy tundras of Connecticut in a Corvette and live to tell the tale, so with the help of a $1,000 loan from my dear, concerned mother, and a few more grand from some really evil bastards at the Chase Credit Card corporation, I acquired this shiny brown vessel of good thinkin', Abe Lincoln. OK, so I can't claim too many smarts here. Just because my Vette-rokkin' ass got a winter ride doesn't mean MENSA is going to come knocking on my condo door tomorrow. No, it's kind of like eating a rice cake after eating a REAL cake, and calling yourself awesome for not having had two real cakes instead. Follow me? It's all beside the point anyway, because after having taken this truck through the tidy-whitey, poorly-plowed towns of Torrington & Burlington back & forth to work all winter, I can tell you I may as well have driven the damn Corvette, with freshly waxed snowboards duct taped to the tires. A four-by-four is fantastic winter driving, but if your tires are made out of greasy cheese, you'll just be slide-by-fouring. Nothing's more embarrassing than being stuck in the snow REGARDLESS of driving a 4x4. At least in the Corvette I'd have had an excuse, ya know? Anyway, yeah... I've fishtailed in this thing since the day the first flake fell, and one day I even came about TWO INCHES AWAY from sliding right into a Mercedes while pulling into a gas station parking lot. It's really only a matter of time before I have some very juicy damages to report here. DAMAGE INFLICTED: None yet, "engine knock" on wood.