# Is there no whetting the appetite for huge vehicles? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 11, 2005, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-whetting-the-appetite-for-huge-vehicles/289541 "2005-02-11T04:33:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-whetting-the-appetite-for-huge-vehicles/289541/1 "2005-02-11T04:33:54Z")
Give me a break. [http://money.cnn.com/2005/02/10/pf/autos/monster\_trucks/index.htm?cnn=yes](http://money.cnn.com/2005/02/10/pf/autos/monster_trucks/index.htm?cnn=yes) I look for the saturn crawler to come out next. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-whetting-the-appetite-for-huge-vehicles/289541/2 "2005-02-11T05:12:29Z")
Ugh! Those are some monster big trucks. Slight correction: whet - to sharpen or hone. Perhaps you meant sate - to appease or quell? ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-whetting-the-appetite-for-huge-vehicles/289541/3 "2005-02-11T06:20:56Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > Ugh! Those are some monster big trucks. > > Slight correction: whet - to sharpen or hone. Perhaps you meant sate - to appease or quell? The op was correct, its whet or sharpen the appetite, in a sense, a teaser. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-whetting-the-appetite-for-huge-vehicles/289541/4 "2005-02-11T06:32:20Z")
I dunno, **picunurse**. I think **Rhiannon8404** is correct. Probably should be “sating the appetite”. That said – egads. Hope those trucks just stay on the track or out in the country. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-whetting-the-appetite-for-huge-vehicles/289541/5 "2005-02-11T13:44:16Z")
Cool lookin’ truck… Now that my appetite for it has been whetted, I think I’ll rush out and buy one. ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-whetting-the-appetite-for-huge-vehicles/289541/6 "2005-02-11T14:35:17Z")
Dang! I was going to buy a Hummer, now it looks like I have to check those out too. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-whetting-the-appetite-for-huge-vehicles/289541/7 "2005-02-11T16:37:03Z")
I wouldn’t buy one. Too small for my tastes! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-whetting-the-appetite-for-huge-vehicles/289541/8 "2005-02-11T16:56:49Z")
Eh, give me a Canyonero over those piles of metal shavings any day. _12 yards long, 2 lanes wide, 65 tons of American Pride!_ ---
**Author:** ![Bean\_Counter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@Bean\_Counter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bean_Counter)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-whetting-the-appetite-for-huge-vehicles/289541/9 "2005-02-11T17:25:15Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > I look for the saturn crawler to come out next. OOTINI! ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-whetting-the-appetite-for-huge-vehicles/289541/10 "2005-02-11T17:47:18Z")
> [@Bean Counter](#): > > OOTINI! Are you a Jawa? ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-whetting-the-appetite-for-huge-vehicles/289541/11 "2005-02-11T19:25:40Z")
It’ll be life imitates _The Simpsons_ if these trucks develop unexplained fires (which will, indeed, be a matter for the courts). > [@audiobottle](#): > > Eh, give me a Canyonero over those piles of metal shavings any day. > > _12 yards long, 2 lanes wide, > 65 tons of American Pride!_ ---
**Author:** ![Cowgirl\_Jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Cowgirl\_Jules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowgirl_Jules)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-whetting-the-appetite-for-huge-vehicles/289541/12 "2005-02-11T21:28:14Z")
We may buy something like that when we retire and decide to hit the road. Of course, we’ll be hauling a trailer full of horses too, and we probably wouldn’t get the model that’s all blinged out. But then, Cowboy’s licensed for commercial trucks and is perfectly capable of driving something like that. I’d get a commercial license too, if we do that, because I just don’t think it’s right that any old Joe can go drive a behemoth on the public roads like that. Or like those giant RV’s - those are scary with who-knows-who behind the wheel. ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2005, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-whetting-the-appetite-for-huge-vehicles/289541/13 "2005-02-11T21:32:15Z")
> [@Bean Counter](#): > > OOTINI! You are a very, very, very bad person. I almost hurt myself on my Blizzard when I saw that. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-whetting-the-appetite-for-huge-vehicles/289541/14 "2005-02-12T04:21:01Z")
Damn, they beat me to it. I was looking at one of these [http://www.volvo.com/NR/rdonlyres/0245F14F-73AB-49BB-82F0-6BB6F6A60692/0/20608017\_small.jpg](http://www.volvo.com/NR/rdonlyres/0245F14F-73AB-49BB-82F0-6BB6F6A60692/0/20608017_small.jpg) for my daily commuter vehicle. The only problem was what to do with the unfinished-looking area behind the cab. I had ideas to make the ultimate conversion van or mini-winni. A factory-quality pickup lookalike is just the ticket. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-whetting-the-appetite-for-huge-vehicles/289541/15 "2005-02-12T04:53:39Z")
> [@Cowgirl Jules](#): > > We may buy something like that when we retire and decide to hit the road. Of course, we’ll be hauling a trailer full of horses too, and we probably wouldn’t get the model that’s all blinged out. [These Chevys](http://www.cowboycadillac.com/gmc.htm) might be better for horse hauling. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-whetting-the-appetite-for-huge-vehicles/289541/16 "2005-02-12T04:56:31Z")
> [@audiobottle](#): > > Eh, give me a Canyonero over those piles of metal shavings any day. Will [this](http://www.cowboycadillac.com/badboy193.jpg) do?