Motor/Mouth: Debbie D.

Motor/Mouth is a bi-weekly series featuring WFMU staff and their rides. This installment puts Debbie D. (Debbie Does WFMU) behind the wheel.

Main form of transportation: 1999 Ford Ranger.

Mileage: 79.236.

Where did you get it? Macon, GA.

What made you pick it? It had been repossessed and was affordable.

How long have you owned it? 9 years.

How much longer will you keep it? Until it has some major repair job needed.

Favorite thing about it: I can hook up my ipod to the radio.

Least favorite thing about it: It has a busted window on the camper top.

Rate your satisfaction level from 1 (least) – 10 (most): 10.

What is your dream form of transportation? Ferry.

Anything else you’d like to mention: A few years ago, Rex and Coco and Spazz and I drove out to the Chiller Convention in Jersey. I got ticketed for having Rex and Dave riding in the back without seatbelts.

Debbie's Favorite Truck Driving Songs (from the bottom up):

Jim & Jesse Diesel On My Trail
Dave Dudley I Got Lost
Ray King Big Wheel
Russ Meyers Up
Doyle O'Dell Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves
Del Reeves Girl On The Billboard
Dick Curless Chick Inspector
Hylo Brown Truck Drivin' Man
Red Sovine Woman Behind The Man Behind The Wheel
Kitty Wells My Big Truck Drivin' Man
Merle Haggard White Line Fever
Red Simpson I'm a Truck
Kay Adams Little Pink Mack

Comments

[Andy Lester]

The Red Simpson link is wrong. It should be http://blogfiles.wfmu.org/DY/Red_Simpson_Im_A_Truck.mp3

Thanks for posting these. They're fantastic.

[Chris T.]

Thanks for the catch! Should be working now.

[red so-fine]

nice save with the driving tunes. this series is kinda lame without it.

[lane]

I have the same truck heh. 78k, same color!

[Debbie D]

Is your's dented on every side, Lane? That's what I get for living in Brooklyn...

[Lane]

well, I did rear-end someone on the freeway and now the bumber hangs down a bit and there's a rattle under the hood that I can't find:)

[Red Neckerson]

So many truck drivin songs, so few roads! Nice assortment!

[Debbie D]

Thanks, Red. That means a lot coming from you.