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Old 05-05-2008, 03:13 AM
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Today was a very nice day up here in the great northwest. So after a late morning motorcycle adventure, my wife had to go to work. I decided to round up the dogs and go for a drive in the box. My daughter LOVES when the dogs ride with us in the backseat with her. We went from our house through downtown Olympia and then down by the water so the dogs could run around. Turned out the tide was in so they couldnt get down by the water like usual :-( oh well we all still had a great time enjoying the weather and driving around in the box.

The dogs are a lab/dane mix and a chihuahua.

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days like this are few and far between around here. have to enjoy every minute of the sunshine!

hope you enjoy the pictures all you dog owners :-)
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Awesome pics man. The box is looking great! Cool dogs too They go well with the box!
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Beautiful day, beautiful dogs, beautiful box! A home run! Looking good PW!
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lookin good. props for a clean ride.
dogs look like they're having fun!
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nice pics looks like you a full back seat..bay. dogs etc....
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lol i loved the close up of the dog with the scion way in back.....nice
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Your dogs rule!

I love my mini pin, he's awesome.

The taillights look great on a PW box, I wasn't too excited about 'em till I saw them on your box!
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Box and dogs look great!
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Very cool!
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Nice photos Rob, pro photos.
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what camera do you use? those are awesome pics.
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^^^X2
Those pics came out AWESOME!...
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thank you for the kind words everyone. i guess the dogs really do kind of go with the theme of the box lol.

the photos were taken with a Nikon D40x and it's little kit lens at iso100. that little 18-55 lens that came with really performs fairly well. i was impressed.

thanks again everyone :-)
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PW for life!!!
what size rims? also, are those 45 series tires?
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Yeah, looks good! I think I saw you last weekend on I-5.
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Originally Posted by HMRNBOX
PW for life!!!
what size rims? also, are those 45 series tires?
haha yea my favorite box has always been the PW. thats why i got this one :-) wheels are 17" and yes the tires are 205/45. looks fine but next time around ill probably go with a 215/40.

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Yeah, looks good! I think I saw you last weekend on I-5.
really? where at?? thanks!
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Nice Pics! Lucky for you the dogs are black. I have a red dog and its impossible to get his hair out of the seats.
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between Tacoma and Fife.
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um i dont wanna sound like an a$$ or anything but isn't a bit dangerous to have a big dog like that around babies?
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Originally Posted by x_boxy
um i dont wanna sound like an a$$ or anything but isn't a bit dangerous to have a big dog like that around babies?
No. Hell, smaller dogs tend to have the bigger problems with babies than larger ones do.

I've been looking at getting a cheap daily driver to save my tC from the perils of dog hair, and because it'd be easier than trying to load them all in a coupe. Do you think your xB is big enough to fit a Shetland Sheepdog mix, a Lab/Beagle mix, and a St. Bernard mix? I work for the Humane Society of Missouri and foster for a rescue, so I've got a motley crew of animals that I lug around a lot.

I don't know if anyone's done this before, but one of the pictures from your excellent photoshoot was perfect for a promotional picture idea I've been kicking around in my head.

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