• Windex007@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    The 93 ford ranger was perfect. I hate these fucking abominations we have now and I think industry grossly underestimated the demand for a sensible pickup

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      2 months ago

      Yep, first gen Tacoma is perfect in my mind. The new tacos are bigger than the F150 was! Why!? It’s ridiculous.

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        2 months ago

        Why!?

        Because bigger vehicles can simply ignore various regulatory and efficiency requirements.

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      2 months ago

      And no modern truck owners remember those little trucks. They think being a truck owner means you have to have the biggest most ridiculous truck out there. Personally, I’d love it there was a smaller ranger sized EV truck. I’d buy one of those tomorrow if they gave up on massive monsteosities

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          Sorry, in America they tell you what you want, and they’re telling us you don’t actually want that. (And don’t you dare try to import one from Europe or somewhere else, they made that illegal)

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            2 months ago

            Someone in my city drives one of those tiny little Japanese pickups and I’d kill for one of those honestly.

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              2 months ago

              Look up the Kei trucks. There are a lot of them available if you’re willing to figure out transportation/pickup/delivery after import.

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                I can’t afford a car right now but I’ll certainly consider it! They’re neat, plus I talk a lot of shit about car centric infrastructure so it’d let me maintain some “insufferable” cred when I finally get another vehicle 🤣

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        2 months ago

        Take something the size of an original Ford Ranger, throw in a two-cylinder diesel generator and a battery pack and make it a series plugin hybrid.

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        That’s pretty homophobic

        It’s hard to let people know you’re looking if they can’t see/hear you

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            2 months ago

            They think being a truck owner means you have to have the biggest most ridiculous truck out there.

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      I had a 93 Ranger and I miss it a lot. It had an aftermarket moonroof that also leaked like a sieve, but man I loved that little truck. Good size for actual utility.

      I rolled it years ago, unfortunately.

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        Not sure why you’d lie about something like this? Not exactly obscure knowledge that the Rangers first model year was 1983.

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      The old Ranger wasn’t a sensible pickup though. Those things are for people that want a pickup shaped object but don’t want a full size.

      If a 4x8 sheet won’t fit flat in the bed it’s just a toy designed to carry other toys around.

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        What percentage of F150s have the maximum bed size for that vehicle which is 8 ft?

        How much drywall do you think has been moved with a pickup with a box shorter than 8 ft?

        What percentage of pickup trucks do you see without a single paint scuff in the box?

        It’s not the size of a truck that makes it a toy.

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          No clue.

          Sheets fit in the bed of a 6.75’ bed with the tailgate down. I prefer the old short beds for city work because they are far easier to park.

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            I have a Maverick. Sheet goods fit perfectly well in the short bed with the tailgate in the halfway down position. The guys at the lumberyard are always skeptical when I pull up and then really impressed when I drive off with a load of drywall in my “toy truck”.