Chapter 2: The drive back to Ohio!
Up until the time i finally found my 4xi4 Luv in Florida, I had never driven a Luv or even rode in one. The salesman picked me up at the airport and drove me straight to the dealership where i paid for the truck, looked inside it, but never drove it until the next morning when i started home in it. I checked into a motel close to the dealer but i was so excited i couldn`t sleep and should have just started home the day i got the truck.
But anyway, i was up bright and early and couldn`t wait to get started home in my new Luv.
When i arrived at the dealership that morning, i threw my things in the cab, shook hands with the salesman, climbed in the cab and fired her up for the first time.
Now, up until this time, i had never owned a truck or any other 4 cylinder powered vehicle. I had always owned 396 Chevells, one 427 Corvette and other high performance cars. No four "bangers"!!
I pulled out onto the 4 lane in front of Jim Quinlan Chervrolet and hammered down on all 80 horses under that big 4x4 decal on the hood!
Wow, was i sick!

I said to myself, my god, what have i got here??? I will never get home in this damned thing!!l lol!
But, other than the power, i loved everything else about my shiney little LUV. Besides, it was too late to back out now, so i just settled back, turned the "air" on and watched the nearly 1100 miles go "slowly by!
The 4xi4 Luv had only been out for a short time when i got mine and very few people had seen one at that time. I was amazed at the how people looked at the truck and waved and smiled and gave me a "thumbs up" when they passed me. I don`t think i passed one vehicle on I-75 all the way home!
I never got over 55mph all the way home. And i stopped many more times than i needed to and it took me nearly 24hrs. to get home. So , the engine in my truck wasn`t completely cooled down for the first 24hrs. i owned it.
As the miles and the years rolled by, i got used to the 80hp and fell deeper and deeper in love with my LUV. Now 26 years and 165,000 later, i still have my LUV. But, sadly i will probably never drive it again.

Even though it still runs, it is so rusty that it is not safe to drive and is beyond restoration. But i will probably never get rid of it? I just can`t do it.
Stay tuned for Chapter "3" The Truck pull!!
Ike