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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.

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Fosheze@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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- Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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).
  
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Cabrio@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Buy an Aussie import ute. They’re exactly what you want and not common in the US so you have a fashion statement.

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- Lev_Astov@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.
  
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  - i_am_hiding@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    You can either bring in a 25 year old one, or rebody a local Chevy SS or Pontiac G8 with a ute shell.
    
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- Fubar91@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.
  
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  - Cabrio@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Got it in one, they’re an Australian icon.
    
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gravityslave@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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cookiecollision@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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MrTulip@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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Tygr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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