What people online think I drive when I mention owning a pickup truck versus what I actually drive
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Nice. I'm planning to get a compact pickup soon. The prices are starting to get really steep where I live. It's like $4000+ for a 25 year old truck with 180,000 miles on it.
we have reached a time when the normal size vehicle is called a compact
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I cant actually tell what you drive, it's hidden behind that douchemobile in front.
I 'enhanced' and it seems to be a Nissan, aka 'pickup-mobile' for the chicks....
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I remember a time when that Frontier was considered a big truck, especially compared to Rangers and Tacomas.
Now the Rangers and Tacomas are almost as big as the Dodge in this...
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we have reached a time when the normal size vehicle is called a compact
Everything has gone the way of the fast-food soft drink size.
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I did the same when a coworker showed up with an F350 crew cab 6.5ft bed. Lifted, offroad lights, cb antenna, diesel (which is the HD option in the US). He lives in the suburbs and pays laborers for everything. So I plopped my dutiful little Mazda B2300 next to it (Ranger) that regularly hauls a little bit of wood.
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I cant actually tell what you drive, it's hidden behind that douchemobile in front.
Nissan Navara King Cab D40. In the US these are called Frontier.
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Plot twist: they're both OP's
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Frontiers are awesome little (relatively) work trucks. I don't ever need to haul people so I ripped out the rear seats and installed shelving for anything I need to keep secure and dry. Big enough bed to throw nasty/oily parts. And a good enough towing capacity for most rental equipment like bobcats and lifts. Basically a half van.
Frontier is exactly as much truck as most truck owners actually need. I love it. I wish it was more fuel efficient but it's a mild, modest, effective vehicle and i have not yet run into a situation it couldn't deal with. Wonderful purchase. It turns like a boat but that's a decent trade off to avoid the Toyota Tax on the Tacoma.
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I cant actually tell what you drive, it's hidden behind that douchemobile in front.
Yank tank!
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Everything has gone the way of the fast-food soft drink size.
It's so stupid, if you actually need a small truck your options are to buy used basically.
We just need a couple small (easy to navigate in cities, good on gas) 4wd trucks on the market. You're basically stuck in Ford Transitsright now, which they've just stopped making, or buying 20yr old Mazdas and Rangers. Or being forced into the same F150s every other fleet operator has. I know the market for these vehicles exists (though demand is low) why does no manufacturer try to fill it?
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Best parking I've ever seen on a truck that big, and it's still crooked.
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Fuck people who buy those big beasts, then can’t handle them for shit, and try to park as close to the front door as possible, fucki ng up parking for every other vehicle. Never even trying to park straight…ungh.
Every trip in a truck with an empty bed is a waste. Tooling around with stuff in the bed without the intent to deliver/use it at your destination is even worse.
Yet that describes 99.99999% of all pickup truck use in America. Just a huge ass waste of gas and space in parking lots.
Trucks are expensive too! If I were a scam artist I would definitely be targeting people driving shiny pickup trucks with empty beds. Because they definitely aren't practical or realistic people.
Wait: Maybe that's how MAGA started?
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It's so stupid, if you actually need a small truck your options are to buy used basically.
We just need a couple small (easy to navigate in cities, good on gas) 4wd trucks on the market. You're basically stuck in Ford Transitsright now, which they've just stopped making, or buying 20yr old Mazdas and Rangers. Or being forced into the same F150s every other fleet operator has. I know the market for these vehicles exists (though demand is low) why does no manufacturer try to fill it?
Actually small trucks stopped being made in the early 2000s. Mid size, which has also been growing for several years, is the smallest kind that got made after the EPA regulations changed.
People like to blame truck owners for their bigass vehicles, but I think they're only half responsible, with the other half being that actually small trucks just don't really exist anymore.
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It's so stupid, if you actually need a small truck your options are to buy used basically.
We just need a couple small (easy to navigate in cities, good on gas) 4wd trucks on the market. You're basically stuck in Ford Transitsright now, which they've just stopped making, or buying 20yr old Mazdas and Rangers. Or being forced into the same F150s every other fleet operator has. I know the market for these vehicles exists (though demand is low) why does no manufacturer try to fill it?
They are starting to at least make some more reasonable vehicles. Not exactly small but not the oversized monsters.
Ford Maverick, Honda Ridgeline, Hyundai Santa Cruz, Chevy Colorado, GMC Canyon, etc.
Honestly if the towing capacity was more I would have gotten the Maverick instead of the F150 for work. Sadly it can only haul 7,000lbs and I haul around a 10,000 GVW trailer all the time. The F150 in got cancelled haul 13K.
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Unpopular opinion: unless you regularly haul things, you don't need a truck of any size. Unless you regularly go off-road or are transporting 5+ people and a dog or more, you don't need an SUV. You can rent one of those for the rare times you need it! And in the meantime, you'll save gas money and pedestrian deaths will go down...
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Every trip in a truck with an empty bed is a waste. Tooling around with stuff in the bed without the intent to deliver/use it at your destination is even worse.
Yet that describes 99.99999% of all pickup truck use in America. Just a huge ass waste of gas and space in parking lots.
Trucks are expensive too! If I were a scam artist I would definitely be targeting people driving shiny pickup trucks with empty beds. Because they definitely aren't practical or realistic people.
Wait: Maybe that's how MAGA started?
That's how you know it's all for show. People casually forget you can rent trucks for 20 dollars a day too. "Oh well I'm glad I have it for towing and moving". Bull. How often do you tow really? And even then I'd expect it to sit at home most of the time. Moving? Once a year. Rent a truck. I go to home Depot and rent theirs when I need it.
Buying a truck like that shows you are way too worried about what people think of you, you have to feel "big", which usually means you're a small man, and probably bad with money.
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Best parking I've ever seen on a truck that big, and it's still crooked.
I will never understand why truck owners love backing into stalls.
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Nice. I'm planning to get a compact pickup soon. The prices are starting to get really steep where I live. It's like $4000+ for a 25 year old truck with 180,000 miles on it.
It's like $4000+ for a 25 year old truck with 180,000 miles on it.
And even worse if you're picky about features, like a manual transmission or four wheel drive.
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I did the same when a coworker showed up with an F350 crew cab 6.5ft bed. Lifted, offroad lights, cb antenna, diesel (which is the HD option in the US). He lives in the suburbs and pays laborers for everything. So I plopped my dutiful little Mazda B2300 next to it (Ranger) that regularly hauls a little bit of wood.
So I plopped my dutiful little Mazda B2300 next to it (Ranger) that regularly hauls a little bit of wood.
My truck has the same engine as the Ford Pinto and that's the way I likes it!
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Unpopular opinion: unless you regularly haul things, you don't need a truck of any size. Unless you regularly go off-road or are transporting 5+ people and a dog or more, you don't need an SUV. You can rent one of those for the rare times you need it! And in the meantime, you'll save gas money and pedestrian deaths will go down...
Everyone has things they want but dont need. I doubt that guy has any real need for that thing but I'm sure it's a ton of fun to own and drive around nevertheless.
