Modern Auto
Modern Auto
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This is unironically what these US vehicles look like to Europeans.
Bonus:
The car in the middle is a Volvo V70. That is a very large car in Europe. Now compare that to the size of the US thing, it's ridiculous.
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Calling a mid sized European car "a very large car in Europe" is weird, it's literally the middle of the three cars they offer (the bigger being the 90, which is fairly common, tho they have hatchecks too). It's basically BMW5 or Mercedes E.
(Btw, bottom left, there is another V70.)
The image is still def disgusting, I support a direct ban on these pickup things, they are sold to ego-hungry folk to make then feel bigger.
\ Vans are much better & basically without downsides.
\ They even drive better.Oh, and extra regulation on angles of the bonnet in regards to height please.
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European pick-ups do have a place. You need to have to both tow, and go off-road regularly. Basically, horse owners, farmers, and some areas of construction. American pick-ups are just obscenely big, and completely inappropriate for almost all uses.
A van wins in almost all cases, except off-road performance. Vans are hilariously bad at that.
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The XC90 is 10cm longer and the same width. Hardly any bigger. It just looks that way because it is built to topple and cartwheel better
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Trucks should either be a 1992 Ford Ranger extended cab or a full-size commercial box truck or flatbed for actual commerical hauling needs. Most trucks in the midrange between those levels are just bad at both worlds.
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Heard. I have a 63 ranchero as my daily. Perfect size and can haul 600lbs. More than enough for your average joe. Bring back utes man, the aussies have the right idea.
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Serious trucks are duallies and haul big trailers.
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I like the cowcatcher on the front
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if I wasn't poor (and knew how to fix cars) I would totally get one of those baby Japanese kei trucks, they're SO CUTE
get in bitch, we're going 50 on the interstate 😎😎
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You can still find the old mazda b-series pickups or ford rangers (they're the same truck) around ocasionally. They're the perfect size for an all in one vehicle. You get the utility of a truck without having to own multiple vehicles or daily drive a land barge. Sure, you won't be hauling farm equipment with one but they're the perfect size for moving furniture, hauling materials for light to moderate construction work, or trailering a normal sized fishing boat. Hell, if you don't care about the truck you can do even more than that. I once hauled an entire pallet of landscaping blocks in the bed of my 90s B2200. Probably around a ton of blocks. Sure it bottomed out the suspension but I used back roads, took the drive home slow, and got home without any issue. You could get all that utility in basically the same wheelbase as a modern car.
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I would haul so much secondhand furniture and appliances in that bad boy.
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that's more than most Ford f150s lol
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Reminds me of the Ferd Fteenthousand. https://youtu.be/F8P5vGcf-NU
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You beat me to it 🤣
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"Do you have any history of mental illness in your family?"
"I have a cousin who drives a pickup truck to work in an office." -
God I miss mini trucks. Like... give me a little Datsun or one of those older Toyotas.
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I like the size of new Mavericks, but Ford, bleh
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Canyonero!
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I went to school with a kid that had a z71 on 44s as a daily driver. 1 tire at that size is 1700 bucks. So a truck that can fit 44s sits up insanely high, if you're driving up a hill you cant see anything in front of you or under you for that matter. Anyway numb nuts big truck boi turned into a store front with a slight hill at the entrance, he hits and kills an old lady cause he couldn't see her because of his tiny penis truck. Worst part is the kid was loaded so he got off Scott free
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As a dude that just bought a truck I feel attacked 🫢
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SAME BED SIZE
And the Toyota is likely a 1-ton model, meaning it can haul more weight in its bed than the Ford. One of my first jobs was at a delivery company and we used a lot of these little Toyota and Isuzu trucks because they could get into smaller locations easily and they could haul more weight.
Smells like a steak and seats 35!