Can't have nice things
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I got an 87 F150 that hauls trash and kayaks... what's my status?
Depends, 300 302 or 351?
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In memory of my 95 extended cab
Towing and having a real back seat. I'm really not sure what's so complicated.
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It’s not like people with trucks haul anything nowadays. Just a status symbol.
I'll ask again, any data to actually support this. Been asking 6 years now and rarely get a response. And when I do it's t9 secondary sources that all link back to a private industry report with no methodology or a MSNBC report with some of the shittiest questions for a poll I've seen
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Towing and having a real back seat. I'm really not sure what's so complicated.
Parking is what's complicated, mostly.
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Having a tiny bed is totally OK because the people that drive these silly things dont put anything back there anyway. They even have locking hard covers on them.
These aren't trucks, they are lifestyle accessory vehicles for people who feel the need to prove that they are a big boy.
People that work in trades, construction or other manual work drive a van or they rock an old Chevy cruze to the jobsite. Why would they waste their own money on a truck when it doesn't make them any more money?
I see plenty of these modern roided out status symbols on actual construction sites, probably used as commuters.
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I'll ask again, any data to actually support this. Been asking 6 years now and rarely get a response. And when I do it's t9 secondary sources that all link back to a private industry report with no methodology or a MSNBC report with some of the shittiest questions for a poll I've seen
Do you think there is some dataset that says that people make poor choices due to emotional immaturity?
Maybe there is a dataset that shows the rate of unladen trucks per mile?
You won't get it because it doesn't exist, asking for it is an absurd notion because you know it cannot be produced.
Not like the smol pp crew is busy logging miles to the grocery store and office.
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Towing and having a real back seat. I'm really not sure what's so complicated.
Don't need a truck bed to tow. Need a strong frame and good electric engine (better torque)
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I have a midsize truck from a yester-decade that by now seems like a small truck. Even if it had a long bed and full cab it would be more practical, and I'd argue universally acceptable size and shape than full-sized trucks pulling even a crew cab + short bed combo. When you see a full size with a crew cab and a long or god help us extended bed, it just makes the blood boil. Because as we all know, on top of the "needs two parking spaces and probably takes 4-6 depending on the driver" situation, they have nothing in their beds practically all the time.
Trucks aren't inherently a problem, and it's okay if they're unladen plenty of the time. But most people need a truck like mine; most people have a truck like the full-sized nonsense described above. That's the problem.
Very few people need a truck like yours. They need one guy in their friend group with a truck like yours who they can ask for a favor every couple years.
In some places some substantial percentage need, like, an uncovered coated spray off space big enough to throw a deer into.
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I'll ask again, any data to actually support this. Been asking 6 years now and rarely get a response. And when I do it's t9 secondary sources that all link back to a private industry report with no methodology or a MSNBC report with some of the shittiest questions for a poll I've seen
Source: go outside. Hell, even in a home depot parking lot, with heavy samplibg bias in your favor.
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In memory of my 95 extended cab
This is all a result of the absurdly idiotic chicken tax + American automobile companies refusing to build small trucks
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Depends, 300 302 or 351?
300, it will probably outlive all of us
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Don't need a truck bed to tow. Need a strong frame and good electric engine (better torque)
I have an EV myself but towing with electric vehicles has its disadvantages.
Tounge weight and towing capacity is usually lowere by the exact difference in weight of the lithium ion batteries you are already hauling. usually 1 ton difference to its ICE counterpart.
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I have an EV myself but towing with electric vehicles has its disadvantages.
Tounge weight and towing capacity is usually lowere by the exact difference in weight of the lithium ion batteries you are already hauling. usually 1 ton difference to its ICE counterpart.
So you're saying they have shit frames? And need stronger frames to go with their atrong electric motors?
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In memory of my 95 extended cab
And now the Orange Turd wants these shits in Europe.
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And now the Orange Turd wants these shits in Europe.
They are already here, usually driven by dudes who can barely see over the top of the steering wheel.
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In memory of my 95 extended cab
Most new trucks are basically just luxury SUVs for men who stomp their feet and say they want the boyyyy car, not the mom one.
Note to any offended truck owners: I said most! Some of my best friends are truck owners!
Actually true! And the best part is that my truck-owning friends are petite women. But they both do actual farm work in addition to their day jobs, so their trucks are beat up and dirty workhorses.
They insist on lending me a truck any time I need to do a big lumber run to home depot. You know that old saying about instead of owning X you want multiple generous friends who own X, lol.
In addition, I have been busy this summer and I have literally spent a couple grand on lumber for what is hopefully a once in a lifetime project. Believe it or not, I'm still driving an old Mazda3 and didn't have to buy a truck! (Granted, my initial purchase was so big that I would have paid the delivery fee even if I daily drove a Canyonero with a trailer)
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Very few people need a truck like yours. They need one guy in their friend group with a truck like yours who they can ask for a favor every couple years.
In some places some substantial percentage need, like, an uncovered coated spray off space big enough to throw a deer into.
Very few people need a truck like yours. They need one guy in their friend group with a truck like yours who they can ask for a favor every couple years.
Or just get a rental for that day, unless they live in the middle of nowhere. But in the latter case they will know someone with that type of truck for sure.
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And now the Orange Turd wants these shits in Europe.
They literally don't fit on European streets.
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I may not haul things every day, but when I do need to haul things, it’s worth it despite people like you being condescending about it.
️Ever considered a trailer?
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In memory of my 95 extended cab
You need a more aerodynamic cover for the bed, then you've invented the hatchback
