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Dakota, Why wait? I would be on the phone as soon as it hit the shop telling them I refuse to take it back, find me another one. This is a business, Penske makes millions off of these leases and can adsorb the cost of putting you in a new(er) truck without hesitation. The key may be if the...

OVM, did you grill it or pan fry it?

For those who are having a problem, ask customer service to send you the drivers and if they refuse, ask to speak to someone like a supervisor and get their name. Then ask them if they can explain to you why this problem exists. The two units I had here all crapped out on me after a week, one...

My HP is five years old, been dropped, slammed, rides on the floor of the cab and looks like crap. If you have a heat problem, get one of them laptop bases with a fan in it and keep airflow moving around it. Don't put it on the seat, or on carpet floor but on a solid surface. I used to use...

Moose, Who says they are paying extra? About 90% of the loads I call on are these types. Even though they 'fit' on my truck, the customer wants to see a 53 or 48 foot trailer in the dock. When I have talked to customers directly and get to know what they are paying, the use of my truck most...

Lawrence, Just a suggestion, maybe reaching out to the carriers to tell them what's going on may help get a few trucks who's owners are not EO members to the event.

Dakota, When they told you to bring it back, I would have told them to come and get it. It is not just the problem of having to endanger yourself by driving a defective vehicle that is barely drivable but the point that they could do a bit more to ensure that nothing else happens. Isn't there...

Well it won't make any difference because unless you know how to handle the money, learn how to be an effective expediter, and all that good stuff ... paid or not paid... deprecation or interest ... means nothing. I have met some who have been at their best with used older equipment, they sock...

OVM, As several NPR economist and commentators repeated this in their morning broadcasts today; " ... it isn't the fact that the average consumer have stopped spending but a real fact that they don't have the money to spend ..." AND also from NPR " ... given the choices that consumers have...

What's the hurry?

Steve, if you are not generating an income, then you can't make your truck payment. The following makes more sense than anything else.

Wait a frikn' minute there. 1 - I don't hate the administration, I think it is a poor choice for the country on one hand but on the other, it is needed. 2 - all of the signs from Obama point to his immaturity as a "leader" of our country, which to repeat we need right now. 3 - the doom and...

Layout, no the 70's was nothing at all to compare, even today, the 70's had some insecurity and ambiguity but nothing like today or in 1931. Even though there was problems on the political front, there was still direction and still some sort of positive forward motion within the country. In...

Leo, Talk to a good dealer who will dig around for you, and will take the time to research it for you. They make a "delete passenger seat" kit for cutaways and export vehicles. This kit should include two pieces, one to remove the seat and one for the airbag which is disconnected and can be...

I would be very careful by saying what constitutes a weapon. Regardless, the company you drive for may think that a pellet gun is still a gun.

Well OVM, the problem with the Bush's tax commission report is that it left out a lot of possible changes to the system and was done to appease some within the administration. The fact is and always will be that corporate taxes are always paid at the consumer level, never paid by the...

You know Chef, you have to put the entire speech and time in perspective to understand what it was really about. I don't mean that it may not just be applicable now but at that time, Coolidge and Hoover reversed a lot of damage that was done by Wilson and to great relief of the nation. Even...

Why does tea have food coloring in it? Aspartame? Stay away from that.

It seems amazing that the FTC can force a divesting of 26 locations of two medium size companies while they approve mega mergers and retro-mergers of super large companies that we end up bailing out.

It is a policy, the program was written that way specifically to prevent problems happening outside of the 'exclusive use' policies. Remember the customer is paying for that exclusive use truck at below market rates. Once the load is booked and assigned, the truck is 'locked' on that load and...