Also partly responsible for an increase in pedestrian fatalities.
Comment on FOUR whole parking spots
TokyoMonsterTrucker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Well, that guy is clearly a massive prick, but let’s also talk about how fucking ugly that truck is. I don’t know when everyone decided that land yacht pickup trucks were the bees knees, but they’re not. They’re just dumb and so. goddamn. ugly.
FReddit@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Zink@lemmy.world 11 months ago
There is a lot of anger, frustration, and unacknowledged insecurity going into vehicle purchases in the US.
TheBat@lemmy.world 11 months ago
There is a lot of anger, frustration, and unacknowledged insecurity going in the US.
FTFY
Zink@lemmy.world 11 months ago
No argument here. The wasteful and dangerous vehicles are just a minor symptom of our cultural issues.
intensely_human@lemm.ee 9 months ago
I agree. The amount of unrequited hate is disturbing.
Enigma@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Just check the bed. If there’s a liner, chances are the truck is needed. If it’s clean, it’s a vanity truck.
I own a 350 and am very aware of just how big this truck is. But I do need the pulling power for work related things. I’ve also used it to help people that have broken down.
TokyoMonsterTrucker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
I haven’t seen a new truck without a bed liner in decades. I apparently thought they were standard equipment.
If you need one, you need one, but I’m confident that a tiny percentage of these things are used for actual work. Also: still ugly. Sorry.
Enigma@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Yeah, not standard. And I guess if they’re that common where you are then check the wear of the liner. Like another commenter said, they get fucked up pretty quickly. It’s easy to tell if a truck is vanity or not just by looking at the bed. I’ve called people out for driving them. It’s especially humiliating for the guys because I’m a woman.
I also appreciate that you’re confident in your assessment without actually talking to any of those people. Assuming just makes an ass out of u and me.
Halosheep@lemmy.world 11 months ago
As someone who lives in Texas and every other vehicle in the road is an oversized pickup, fuck em.
They drive worse faster the douchy chargers/mustangs and somehow manage to use their blinker less often than a BMW driver.
Buelldozer@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I haven’t seen a new truck without a bed liner in decades.
Plenty of 'em out there homie. I bought a used DMax in 2019 and despite being a Denali edition it didn’t come with a bedliner, just a rubber mat for the floor. I should have had one sprayed in when I got the truck because my box is now beat to shit.
I think all the previous owner did with it was tow a horse trailer.
The_v@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I drive 3/4 or one ton trucks for work. They suck to drive. You feel every bump, they sway on corners or with wind, and parking is a nightmare. I have no idea why somebody would drive them around for vanity.
I piss off my teenage son all the time using the outlander sport I bought for him. For driving around town it’s awesome.
Screwthehole@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yeah that sounds about right. My liner is already marked up and I’ve had it since March lol. I haul large items almost daily for work.
Eheran@lemmy.world 11 months ago
So you have it from work and also use it privately?
Enigma@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
No, they own the truck for work.
Buelldozer@lemmy.world 11 months ago
My truck looks nice on the outside but my beat to crap bed, without bedliner, is under a tonneau cover so you can’t see it. Another thing you can do is check the receiver hitch, if it’s scratched / rusty inside then you know its being used to tow something. 🙂
Fubar91@lemmy.world 11 months ago
For real dude, there’s no decent sized mid sized pickups anymore. I drove my '99 dodge Dakota forever and loved the size! It even had a V8 compared to most of the newer land yachts with 4 bangers and v6s.
I don’t need a block on wheels, I just need a smaller pickup because I camp and haul shit enough to justify needing one vs a car or suv.
Fosheze@lemmy.world 11 months ago
So, I don’t know if it’s still an issue but I know the whole land yacht thing started because of emissions standards. The US used to (they might still) set emissions standards based on wheel base rather than vehicle type. The larger the wheel base the looser the emissions standards. The thought was that vehicles that needed a larger wheelbase like large work trucks would always have higher emissions so they wanted to take that into account. But what actually happened is manufacturers just started making larger and larger vehicles to take advantage of the more lax emissions standards.
I think the wheelbase based emissions standards thing has been fixed now, but I don’t know where I heard that so it might even still be a thing.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
If you look at actual comparable bed length and cab type, you realise that outside of height, truck dimensions haven’t increased that much (especially not compared to car sizes, ex.: the mk6 Jetta is the size of the Passat from 10 years prior).
Cabrio@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Buy an Aussie import ute. They’re exactly what you want and not common in the US so you have a fashion statement.
Lev_Astov@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Last I’d checked, it was virtually impossible to import non-DOT-approved cars to the US. You basically had to take them apart and then assemble them here as “kit cars” to get around stupid grey market rules.
i_am_hiding@aussie.zone 11 months ago
You can either bring in a 25 year old one, or rebody a local Chevy SS or Pontiac G8 with a ute shell.
Fubar91@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Haha never seen these things before. Reminds me of an El Camino, but trying to be a sports car instead of America muscle upfront.
Cabrio@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Got it in one, they’re an Australian icon.
gravityslave@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That’s why I got the Honda Ridgeline. It is basically a Honda Pilot with a bed. Small by truck standards but is great for someone that just needs to haul stuff in the suburbs and will never take it off-road. I don’t get all the people around here that think they need a lifted full sized truck to drive to work on city streets everyday.
cookiecollision@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I had a 93 v8 5.8L f150 with an extended bed for a few years (until I let my friend borrow it and he… redlined it in first gear instead of putting it into drive, which blew it up 😭).
That thing was a fucking beast man. These new trucks can’t even fit a fucking 2x4 or a sheet of OSB in the bed. They are useless.
MrTulip@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
I drove an '04 Dakota for years (last year of that body style before they started making them bigger). Loved that truck, perfect size for camping or hauling band equipment.
Sucks that the mid-sized trucks now are bigger that the full-sized trucks from back then.
Tygr@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Safety regulations has a lot to do with it too. They have to squeeze in airbags and all the safety tech which would leave no room to sit in that older Dakota.
galloog1@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That would be the US EPA and whomever influenced them in the Carter administration to classify trucks as regulated differently than other passenger vehicles. It unironically financially encourages SUVs over vans and bigger bodied trucks over smaller ones.
It’s killed the work truck, the small truck, and literal pedestrians.
Their intentions were fine at the time and it has resulted in average miles per gallon within their class going way up but it needs to be amended. The shifting of sales eats into any fuel efficiency gains. Regulate them the same as any passenger vehicle and give me my utility back.
LukeMedia@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I wish small pickups were still a thing
Lordran_Hollow@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The Maverick is (comparatively) a small modern pickup. It’s the whole reason I chose it. I always wanted a truck, but I absolutely detested how big and inefficient they were, so I never bothered. I had a Maverick come in for a remote start last year and got to look at it and I quite liked it, ended up ordering one of my own that same year.
Screwthehole@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Ford had new rangers on the lot when I was shopping for my truck
LukeMedia@lemmy.world 11 months ago
New rangers aren’t that small. I really like the size of old rangers, colarados, Toyota Tacomas. Those were reasonably sized trucks meant for utility. Not for dick swinging contests and skirting EPA regulations.
traveler01@lemdro.id 10 months ago
These trucks got huge for literally no reason and can’t for what I’ve read about it, they also lost cargo capacity over the years. So if you want an actual decent truck of this kind you must buy a old one.
Silvus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You mean their Emotiional Support Truck.
TheBat@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Pavement princess