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Mailman Spends 10 Minutes Criticizing Our AV

I have yet to get a negative comment about the av unless it is about the gray cladding but my truck is painted so my comments usually are Hey man that isa cool Caddy or another Av owner scaring the SH%T out or me by beeping their horn till I cant hear to get my attention to ask me where I had my truck done.

 
THUMBS DOWN TO THE MAILMAN, BESIDES WHAT DOES HE KNOW - HE DRIVES A GRUMANNDELIVERY BOX!

IF HE DROVE AN AV AND RELAIZED THE POTENTIAL OF THIS VEHICLE - HE WOULD HAVE ONE.

REMEMBER THIS...

TO BE UNIQUE IS TO STAND OUT OF THE CROWD!!

OUR AV'S SET US APART!

AND I LIKE IT THAT WAY!!

PEACE
PHIL :B:
 
CoAvZ71 said:
While he's supposed to be working, instead our mailman took 10 minutes of his and ours to criticize our AV.
We used to have a weekend mailman we nicknamed "Mr. Friendly" who used to critisize everything we did. Like after we added on to the house and had the front yard re-landscaped... he says to me "Oh you landscaped - it's about time..." :7: He used to drive this beat 1st generation Plymouth Voyager that sounded like the tranny was going to fall out any second! At some point he was gone - must have gotten a lot of complains because he was not careful about where he was delivering mail.

My current mailman is cool though. He told me that (where we live anyway) that contractors usually use their own vehicles and regular postal employees use the Grumman "vans". He likes my AV - found out he has a Silverado :) Unfortunately he'll probably only be around another year or so because he's ready to retire.
 
You know, there's a certain amount of smugness about knowing you have the best all around vehicle out there and some are just clueless.

I can't begin to count the number of people actually come to me and admit at first they didn't like the Av but now think it's pretty cool.
 
For the past week or so, they are digging up the street a block from my office. They have it down to one lane, with a flag man on each end.

Every time I go by, the flag man on the "exit" side of the bottleneck smiles and stares as I go by. He doesn't just turn his head, but pivots his whole body 180 degrees as I go by. He doesn't turn around and face the way he should until after I make the turn at the end of the block.

Same thing down the street from home: a nearby house is having some work done. Contractor's trucks are lined up on the street, and one of the crew is standing at the end of the driveway. He's on the phone, but as I pass he watches me go by and keeps on looking until I turn. During all of this, I noticed he's just holding the phone out about a foot away from his head -- guess he forgot he was talking to someone!

Now, I have no way of knowing what that contractor was thinking -- good or bad. But from the face on the flagman, it's pretty clear he's thinking approval.

-- SS
 
ShapeShifter said:
For the past week or so, they are digging up the street a block from my office. They have it down to one lane, with a flag man on each end.

Every time I go by, the flag man on the "exit" side of the bottleneck smiles and stares as I go by. He doesn't just turn his head, but pivots his whole body 180 degrees as I go by. He doesn't turn around and face the way he should until after I make the turn at the end of the block.

Same thing down the street from home: a nearby house is having some work done. Contractor's trucks are lined up on the street, and one of the crew is standing at the end of the driveway. He's on the phone, but as I pass he watches me go by and keeps on looking until I turn. During all of this, I noticed he's just holding the phone out about a foot away from his head -- guess he forgot he was talking to someone!

Now, I have no way of knowing what that contractor was thinking -- good or bad. But from the face on the flagman, it's pretty clear he's thinking approval.

-- SS

I'll tell ya what he was thinking....have you watched the GMC commercial lately...don't be surprised if they dump a load of dirt back there..... :D :B:
 
Hey, chicks seem to dig the Avy! ;D
I really dont care about the mailman. We know what our Avalanches are capable of. I love when my Avy causes sore necks rollin' down the road.
 
Had another interesting encounter today.

I'm at the grocery store, parked, with the bedslide out, and loading the groceries onto it. Just then a little blue Ford Explorer SportTrack (same color, could've been my Av's disadvantaged little brother) parks in the space next to me. As he gets out, his eyes go wide and he says "Wow, now thats a real truck!"
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What could I do but grin, say "Yes it is, thanks" and keep on suavely loading groceries.
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The next thing I pick up is a 12-pack with a poorly glued end flap... it lets loose, and the 12 cans go clattering back into the shopping cart from about two feet up. As I'm trying to stuff the cans back into the case, he snickers and says "Don't you just hate it when that happens?" and walks off.

Oh well, it was nice while it lasted.
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-- SS
 
Just bringing back this ancient thread because this same mailman was back at it again >:D :8:.

This time it was directed at my mom.

Mailman: How do you like your Avalanche (hoping it was just my dad that like it)

Mom: We love it

Mailman: You know, that truck is awfully big.

Mom: Yeah, well, sometimes it's not big enough ;D. It gets a lot of use and sometimes we need every inch.

Mailman: Well, what about that cladding - I still haven't gotten use to it. I heard they were coming out with an optional naked Av in '04 (he's just a little behind the times isn't he)

Mom: I love the cladding. It keeps away the dings.

Mailman: Yeah, I have a Durango and it has painted cladding that gets a lot of chips in it but at least it's painted.

(Then he left - mom left rolling her eyes :rolleyes:)

What gets me is if he has a Durango, why does he poke fun at the Avalanche for its size?? :8: :7:? Afterall, Durangos get the fuel economy of a 3/4 ton Avalanche and it is so much smaller.

He has no right doing that especially when his vehicle costs more to run than an Av.

Must be pure jealousy ;D. Oh yeah, I sure am glad my mom stood up for the Av :B:. I told her and my dad if he ever brings up mpg to remind him the Av's mpg is far better than his Durango's.
 
Next time, ask you mailman about the low oil pressure causing Durango engines to fail, or the transmission falilures, or the steering problems, or the interior trim problems. Ask him which one of these he has had with his Durango. Or just send him to this consumer site regarding the Durango. http://www.consumeraffairs.com/automotive/dodge_durango.html

Or you can just say what I say when someone tries to criticize my AV.

"Oh, please, just shut up." Explicative optioinal due to your age...
 
In Arizona we call it Av envy...

Av'n It,
Todd
 
We have a cool Mailman....he is just the opposite...loves the ride! Move to my neighborhood or sick the dog on yours!  :cool:
 
My Mailman has a `burb and he wouldn't mind an Av. But with four kids and his wife, he needed the burb's seating. He was certainly interested in my mods..

WoW! Talk about ressurecting an old topic!

 
Same mailman since 1993, he didn't like the cladding at first but it grew on him. Of course when I added waags and teflon wheels and then traded LPM for Arrival Blue he made comments but my mailman is my friend. Friends are supposed to say what they think.

As for walking the route, my mailman walks. He got his second DWI last winter and has no drivers license so he has no choice, another mailman drops him in the neighborhood.  :2:
 
? he might not like the AV, but don't pi$$ the mailman off.? things might not get delivered if you know what i mean. ;)
 
I just wish my mailman can get the right mail in the right box  :8: I always get neighbors mail and always have neighbors bringing me mine :8:
 
cadboy1 said:
I just wish my mailman can get the right mail in the right box? :8: I always get neighbors mail and always have neighbors bringing me mine :8:

On rare occasions my mailman gets dyslexic, I met some nice retired folks down the road with reverse of my address. We think the new owners of that home are crackheads, I hope they never get my mail.  :mad:
 
One of my partners bought a black Z-71 extra cab Silverado the same week I got my Avy.  He refers to my truck as "your station wagon".  I'm sure it's because his 'Rado still has those "super-aggressive" Bridgestone straight tread "off-road" tires for that cool off-road action:)  He's really jealous in disguise, because I did some research before I pulled the trigger, and got the more versatile vehicle.  Another partner grabbed a Z-66 at the same time,  He and I just laugh this latest example of "Avy-envy.
 
I just consider the source.... Only the classy appreciate class.... All others sit and wonder
 
People can criticize all they want, just gives me another opportunity to inform the clueless on what a great truck the AV is.

CW
 
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