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the “pushed in muzzle” is because of pedestrian safety requirements ironically
the “hit em in the fuckin head so they don’t suffer” requirement?
Can't report hitting a pedestrian if you never saw or felt the pedestrian you hit
Really? Everything I've heard about pedestrian safety suggests that its better to go onto the hood rather than be pushed down and go under the wheels.
It seems like this design would do exactly that, in addition to creating a blind spot directly in front of the vehicle. Though I suppose these trucks are so tall you're likely to go under anyway.
vehicles are required to have flatish noses because of laws designed for sedans to prevent cars from being wedge shaped and cutting pedestrians legs off, which applies to all sizes of car
i definitely prefer being dead over being in a wheelchair, for sure.
real
There are real pickup trucks too, but I don't see any in this meme and I rarely see them in the street.
australia has them far more commonly than american land yachts. we call them utes rather than pickups though (ute = utility) and mostly they’re driven by tradies (you can guess that one ;p)
As long as it has a usable bed
Maybe I am remembering the wrong movie but I feel like I learned that in a cheesy romcom, "A Perfect Pairing." Always be a guilty pleasure for me, always wonder if those are more offensive in their depictions of slang/dialect than accurate.
Dickgirl with a CDL here: I love pickup trucks, at least anything bigger than a half-ton. You can get a lot of work done, pull a lot of shit and other things with a properly outfitted truck. I'm tired of people pretending like Japanese light trucks have any sort of similar capabilities, capacities, or safeties that half-tons have.
First of all, bed space doesn't mean jack if you don't have the suspension to hold it or the brakes to stop it in motion. Then, the engine: half-tons can have 6.7L Diesel engines while Japanese light trucks only have 0.66L engines by Japanese law. Good luck pulling anything with that.
Next, people LOVE to pretend like there aren't any uses for half-tons meanwhile I used them every day in my road maintenance job. Sometimes medium-duty trucks are just too fucking big for what you want to use them for. Supply runs and picking up trash is easy in a pickup, but annoying as fuck in a dump truck.
If you want to talk about city slickers who have spotless lifted low-profile tires and shit, then sure. But I love me some half-tons and I'm tired of people shitting on them
I would say that less than half the pickup trucks in the US have ever towed a single trailer, maybe one in four have towed a uhaul to help a buddy move once. Even guys working construction barely do anything that actually requires a pick-up. The boss's truck will move all the heavy expensive stuff, but a van works even better since you can lock everything up and not have to worry about someone stealing your tools while you are out to lunch.
...less than one in ten...
I live in Wyoming and I want to get a 4x4 half ton with a full bed so in the winter I can slap a hydraulic flat bed on it for two snowmobiles and a snow plow on the front. In the summer it would tow my ruggedized camper and maybe dirt bikes in the bed.
They are super useful but "luxury" and/or urban pick-ups have given them a bad reputation.
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If someone doesn't agree, then I propose we also call these trucks
Never seen anyone own a van just to own a van though. Either a camper and not the daily driver, for work, 6+ kids, or converted for wheelchairs.
Never seen anyone own a van just to own a van
Exactly
The way I see it, if your personal vehicle that you own or rent is tall enough that you need some sort of step type thing just to be able to get in or need to lift your legs more than a couple feet in the air to get in, you are a small child masquerading as an adult. Same thing applies if a 5 year old can stand directly in front of your vehicle and you cannot see them.
Only exceptions are disabled people (you should probably get a lower to the ground vehicle if you're disabled in a way that makes it hard to climb into a vehicle), and people who are genuinely short (like dwarfism type stuff, in which I question why you have such a tall vehicle in the first place).
I know some people who actually use their pickup truck and wish they could get something smaller. It doesn't exist anymore in the US.
It's not even the often remarked "chicken tax". That only prevents small trucks from foreign factories being imported in without a big extra cost attached. Factories in Canada and Mexico, via NAFTA, have been long exempt. US automakers have been free to make whatever small truck they want.
I am eyeing the Telo. I hope that works out.
I like you picking a Scania and a Peterbuilt to represent real trucks. A person of great taste for sure.
vrri funi, I agree
I’d love a Ranger or an Amarok…truth is it would be wank to drive, expensive to maintain and run, impractical, and horrendous to park. Plus I have no use for it whatsoever.