What people online think I drive when I mention owning a pickup truck versus what I actually 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.
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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.
My grandfather drove around a beat up Datsun pickup, smaller than most sedans these days. But it did the job for what he used it for, and ran forever. I think I've seen less than five on the road in the decades since. They seem out of place in today's SUV/huge truck world.
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My grandfather drove around a beat up Datsun pickup, smaller than most sedans these days. But it did the job for what he used it for, and ran forever. I think I've seen less than five on the road in the decades since. They seem out of place in today's SUV/huge truck world.
I think 70s-80s small pickups are going to become collectables in the future.
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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...
Sorry that 'murican fattism has reached you
I don't mind. I'm a car guy myself, and I like them in all shapes and sizes. I'd probably drive one too if I lived in the US, but over here they're just way too big and impractical not to mention they stick out in traffic like a sore thumb and, quite frankly, make you look kind of like a douche.
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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?
I just looked up the dimensions of that thing and it has 10cm (3inch) shorter bed than mine. How you even manage to pull that off with a truck that big is beyond me.
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For anyone interested: there's a new community for small trucks [email protected]
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I will never understand why truck owners love backing into stalls.
- Easier to fit into tighter spots
- Easier to get the vehicle straight and on the middle of the slot
- Safer as you're far more likely to hit a person/car when backing out onto the street rather than backing into a parking slot that you can see in the mirrors in it's entirety
- Faster to leave if you're in a hurry (probably why it's called assault parking)
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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.
Those were the requirements I had on top of a black color.
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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.
The new Toyota Hilux Champ seems kinda nice too I think. It's kinda ugly but kinda not - and dirt cheap
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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...
Capitalism and consumerism is about buying shit we dont need man.
That why America doesnt buy public healthcare, its needed so we dont buy it. Ok?
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Sorry about your massive penis.
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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...
I will somewhat disagree with the SUV comment, as my escape counts as an SUV, and I regularly fill it far past a sedan's capacity when I go grocery shopping (the savings from driving 3+hours each way to the nearest Costco far outstrips the cost in gas) and when I go camping.
And, as I camp in a tent, and have kayaks I can strap to the roof, I don't need a truck at all, because my car can get me to every campsite that a truck can get to, often easier than someone dragging a camper can.
Plus, since its a plug-in hybrid, and Canada doesn't burn fossil fuels for power, my fuel efficiency is significantly better than the average sedan in drives under 100km, and breaks even above that.
On a 60km drive, I average 2L/100km, a 100km drive I average 4.6L/100km, and on a 300km drive I average 6.6L/100km (100km/h), 7.5L/100km (110km/h), or 8.8L/100km (120km/h), which is well within what sedans average.
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I will somewhat disagree with the SUV comment, as my escape counts as an SUV, and I regularly fill it far past a sedan's capacity when I go grocery shopping (the savings from driving 3+hours each way to the nearest Costco far outstrips the cost in gas) and when I go camping.
And, as I camp in a tent, and have kayaks I can strap to the roof, I don't need a truck at all, because my car can get me to every campsite that a truck can get to, often easier than someone dragging a camper can.
Plus, since its a plug-in hybrid, and Canada doesn't burn fossil fuels for power, my fuel efficiency is significantly better than the average sedan in drives under 100km, and breaks even above that.
On a 60km drive, I average 2L/100km, a 100km drive I average 4.6L/100km, and on a 300km drive I average 6.6L/100km (100km/h), 7.5L/100km (110km/h), or 8.8L/100km (120km/h), which is well within what sedans average.
All absolutely valid points and my only counter argument here is that is why wagon sedans exist. Growing up in Poland a wagon was the family hauler bringing all the stuff you mentioned to pretty much anywhere you need. People even haul rvs with the wagons and you’re still smaller and relatively more pedestrian friendly. Hell they even make performance cars in wagon spec like the bmw m3. Not saying that to discredit your point just that there was another option before the suv craze came about
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For anyone interested: there's a new community for small trucks [email protected]
If only we could import the modern ones to the US!
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I’ve never seen something as big as the one on the left, in my entire life. Probably because I haven’t been to the US in a long ass time?
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Sorry about your massive penis.
Nothing to apologize for
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All absolutely valid points and my only counter argument here is that is why wagon sedans exist. Growing up in Poland a wagon was the family hauler bringing all the stuff you mentioned to pretty much anywhere you need. People even haul rvs with the wagons and you’re still smaller and relatively more pedestrian friendly. Hell they even make performance cars in wagon spec like the bmw m3. Not saying that to discredit your point just that there was another option before the suv craze came about
The last wagon style sedan I had had worse fuel efficiency than a modern f150 does (though it was an early 2000's model).
Brakes on that thing also scared the shit out of me, it did not like stopping.
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I’ve never seen something as big as the one on the left, in my entire life. Probably because I haven’t been to the US in a long ass time?
This isn't from the US either
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The last wagon style sedan I had had worse fuel efficiency than a modern f150 does (though it was an early 2000's model).
Brakes on that thing also scared the shit out of me, it did not like stopping.
The Subaru forester sedans were very popular in New England from the early 200s to like 2014. Idk just saying there are good option, there were even diesel wagons from WV that had solid efficiency later on .
