I would not say that we can completely get rid of cars, or that all cars are evil, but such absurdly big, extremely inefficient trucks with negligible visibility just should be taxed to shit.
this post was submitted on 16 Jun 2024
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At the very least you should need a special license to operate them. They're classed differently to avoid safety and emissions regulations imposed on regular cars, so its perfectly reasonable that there should be different requirements to purchase them and get behind the wheel.
That's brilliant.
I cannot believe my license lets me drive all sorts of vehicle sizes that can outright crush/kill, right off the bat.
But to operate a forklift or ride a motorcycle that is more likely to kill myself? Nah gotta have a license.
What i don't understand is how fuel efficiency does not seem to be a concern of an average buyer? It is a large factor for me, and I'm proud to have highly efficient car for its class. Are those large trucks somehow more efficient than older, smaller models? Or are average buyers just not concerned with efficiency?
Well not everyone has seen the light of factorio, so i might be over-fixating on efficiency.
Yeah all the people bitching about gas prices are getting 8-12 mpg in these things, filling a 25 gallon tank once a week. A lot of these folks aren’t exactly rich either and the trucks are expensive. They’re paying a mortgage payment in monthly fuel, insurance, and loan expenses on these things.
If they could keep their egos in check, they’d save a lot of money.
For people in modern countries - that's about 28 litres per 100km that these selfish, thoughtless fuckers are going through. Cunts
My wee car uses about 5.5 for reference
Kept reading about the fuel costs but never bothered to do the conversion. I understood they drank a lot so didn't feel the need to know exactly how much...didn't realize it was quite that high. Fucking hell... And I thought 10-15 was a lot for a car.
Oh, they don't care. Didn't you know the price of gas is always the fault of the opposing parties last or current elected president??? That's the AMERICAN way! Blame everybody else, and never accept the consequences for your own actions.
Full size trucks can get about 22 mpg highway. A 2011 Ford Ranger, the last year they were made, got 19 highway, with the v6..
They have gotten more fuel efficent.
Not sure if you're aware but Ford has resumed production of the Ranger, it's just now the same size as the Chevy Colorado: huge.
Im aware. I dont consider it to really be a ranger
I remember reading a study done in the late 1990s (I'm pretty sure it was ford) that looked at who was most likely to buy a pickup truck so they could market them better, and they found the people who buy pickup trucks fall into 2 categories, one, a blue collar boss buying it for his employees, or two, an insecure man in his 30s-50s trying to compensate
a blue collar boss buying it for his employees
I assume this means for his business, to be used by employees? I can't imagine a boss buying his employees a truck.
Gods I’d love A small truck like that if they made them, I know this is fuck cars and I agree with the sentiment, but I’d much rather these be everywhere than the monstrosities on the road today
Maybe Telo Trucks might be worth keeping an eye on?
Doesnt even list payload or towing capacity. What a joke.
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Giant land yacht with the LED permanent highbeams tilted up to blind oncoming traffic.
I love cars (own several) and most are over 20 years old. Why? They were better. Smaller. Less tech. Better looking. Not controllable by your government/corporation (Elmo TeSSSla). I hate almost every new bloated rolling ad infested garbage i see now.
Which one holds more cargo?
Tye fullsize has more payload and towing
Usually if you're hauling anything significant the bed isn't even used. You use a trailer.
Eh... I've owned multiple trucks and used them to carry a shit load of stuff including 16' lumber, I only got a trailer when I switched to a car.
You really shouldnt haul stuff that long, even if you have a 8 foot bed.
Whenever I see some jackass driving these I comment to them how nice and clean it is. Usually they don't get it but sometimes I go a step further and say "wow you must really never do any work with this work truck!" Fucking pussies
I looked inside a parked one yesterday and saw eyelash curlers.