Why don't you drive a truck? Once you drive a truck you

>not having a small, fuel efficient commuter/grocery getter and also a work truck
Why are you poor?

>>16049512
I like
>going fast
>turning
>top down
>fuel economy

>dont need a bed

>>16049512
stop. you give us trucc/ute dribers a bad name.

>>16049512
But I do drive a truck, mainly for work use. It's fun to drive, not that bad on gas.

I actually dont think I'll want to go back to a regular car as a DD/main vehicle, as I'm getting too used to having that much space, offroad capability, tall sitting position and so on

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>>16049689
Get a lotus and you'll be in the same position the whole time. But you'll just be angled horizontally by 30 degree. Maximum comfitutde.

Or just lift kit a smart car that's been adapted to be a single person vehicle.

>>16049617

Turbo diesel swapped 2 door SUV with removable top is the answer.

>>16049729
Yeah, but half the time I'll be sitting by the roadside; broken down

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>>16049758
same

but with the speed boost over the trucc, you'll get there twice as fast even if you spend half the commute time fixing your vehicle.

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>>16049617
>top down

Ha found the faggot

>>16049512
>Had a F150 with the 4.9 i6 and a 5 speed
>4x4 and full 8' bed
>Traded it for a Miata

I wanted it gone as I felt I never utilized bed.

Come to find out, I used it a lot. I mean a lot.

Now I constantly find myself looking for another truck. Probably another 4.9 or a Ranger.

Decisions decisions.

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But I do

Gas isn't as bad as people say, 36 gallon tank lasts quite a long time and on the highway I get pretty great mileage.

I like the size and seating height of trucks but I think the cramped cabin and bed is retarded. Who wants the bed exposed to the elements? Just get a cargo van

>>16049512
Uh, bullshit.
>first vehicle was a midsize truck
>first time I sat down in a car I was amazed at how much better it felt to drive

>>16049784
Thats the thing tho; I'm not interested in a sporty daily. I carry too much gear, value my license too much to risk anything, and the roads & winters arent Lotus-worthy

>>16049900
That's a V8 right?

I dream of daily driving some classic car. I would dd a classic truck, but dont want that 8mpg.. so ive compromised and decided im buying an el camino!

>>16049931
Yep, it was cheaper than all the V6 options as well.

>>16049936
I hope this is bait, still gonna get 8mpg or so, kek.

trucks are basically minivans now. cool people drive older trucks.

I feel like a dick if I don't use turn signals so that exempts me from a truck

>drove an auto C/K1500 for two years
>moved on to Si hatch

Don't regret it at all driving is actually fun now, especially with curvy rural roads and the togue. If I get another vehicle it will be some project racecar shitbox or a comfy barge.

>>16049914
I thought we were talking about the lifted smart car for one.
I might, why else would you be called ~*mightyBenz*~?

>>16049861
Where do you live?

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>>16050114
Ah

Good point indeed... still, aren't Smarts actually quite shit in terms of reliability?

>>16049953
Maybe if i get a big block and 4.11 gears

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>>16050130
AHH.

Holy shit I would love to offroad in that thing. Hopefully the driver got a carbeurated W2 engine and came with a bulletproof steering wheel. I hear those are more reliable than the normal Turbo I3s.

I don't need one and I don't like them

I used to drive trucks and I hated pretty much everything about it other than being able to see over people, and the storage

i fill up once every week and a half with a 70 mile per day commute

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>>16049595
That's how I do it. Although the Jimmy isn't exactly what one could call fuel efficient.

>>16050221
Can't do that with my commute bby, I drive 200 miles each day on a good one. 350 on a bad day.

>>16050138
Even with a small block and 3.73's a lot of people are really only in the high single digits unless you go to an EFI system of some kind.

That said, there are some really good sub-2k bolt on injection systems nowadays.

>>16049512
I do drive a tuck. A tacoma
>>16049617
I may not go that fast in my taco, but I get to places I'd be afraid to go with a car for fear of damaging it
>>16050029
No, that just exempts you from a ram.

>>16049595
Why are you poor? You have a truck for work. People are paying you to work which that money feeds you and/or your family. Fucking wagecucks I swear

>>16049512
Because trucks are gay

because I have no use for a truck.

Why drive a truck if I never use it for what it's meant for?

>>16051614
>wagecucks
If you're driving your own truck for work you're probably not a >wagecuck

>>16051623
For real

This is literally like 90% of truck owners. Honestly makes me rage, it shouldn't but it does

>>16050689
Plenty of people get mid to high teens with a 350, 3spd, and 2.73 gear. Even better with a 4spd

>>16049512
I don't like to follow the recommended speed signs or even the speed limit, but I like not rolling over or hitting a wall

It just so happens that those signs represent the fastest most trucks can safely go, rather than the fastest most cars can safely go. From this, you can reason that our lives would be better if nobody DD'd a truck and either owned or rented them specifically for work purposes and never drove them when not hauling a load or going to pick one up.

>>16049512
Honestly? I like having a truck but I also want a fun car for DD.

>>16049910
It's called a topper. Which are also removable for when you put stuff in the bed that wouldn't fit with a topper on. Oh, and that cargo van can't do that.

>>16050130
I want this so bad.

>>16051623
>>16051635
This argument makes me rage.
>WHY AREN'T YOU USING A TRUCK FOR THE THINGS I THINK A TRUCK SHOULD BE USED FOR?!?!?!?!
Fuck off. I want one, I have a use for one, and if you don't agree with it then you can fuck right off.

>>16051670
>those signs represent the fastest most trucks can safely go
kek that's a good one.

>>16051686
It's a fucking true one.

They just don't handle as well as the FWD shitboxes most people drive today. With the magic of FWD, anyone can take sharp bends at full speed. There's little skill in cornering these days except for "stay on the gas and off the brake, but let off the gas when you go straight instead of turning"

>>16049910
Not everything you haul can or should be put in a cargo van. You gonna haul 12' lumber in that van? Just leave the rear doors open?
You gonna haul gravel or dirt in that van? You can't even stand up in it to shovel it out after.
You gonna haul motorbikes or quads in that van? You think you can get to where you're going to use those in something with as low ground clearance as a van?

Because they're fucking huge and would fit neither my Euro driveway, my Euro garage or my budget.

>>16051754
get a midsize

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>>16051760
That's still fucking huge. I'd have to get an oldschool Ranger, and at that point the cargo space isn't that much better than a boxy wagon's, but exposed to the Elements and without rear seats. Only upside is you could pile up dirt in a pickup bed, which is something I don't do. At the very most I'll have some garden cuttings that I can stuff into a bulk bag and throw into the back of a wagon.

>>16051839
You can't even load a pallet into a shitty little wagon though.
You just gonna fucking unload everything from it to fit shit in your car?

>>16051845
Industrial pallets are of equally little concern to me as piles of dirt are. I'm not a construction worker.

>>16051852
Doesn't mean you won't need to haul one at some point.
You gonna toss your quad in the back of your little wagon? Your skidoo?
What about garbage then? Everyone has garbage. How is that little wagon gonna hold that shit, and will it even be able to get out of the dump or is it gonna get stuck in the mud down at the bottom of the garbage pit?

>>16051910
>quad
lol
>too poor for garbage service
lol
>and what is tool rental
a: you're too poor for it. lol.

rednecks

>>16051983
A - What's wrong with a quad.
B - Why pay someone to haul shit when I can do it myself? It's either 2 bucks of gas, and 5 bucks to enter the dump or what, 200 bucks to get someone to do it?
C - Tool rental? The fuck is that? You pay someone to borrow a tool? Why wouldn't you just borrow it from a friend or cousin on the rare chance you don't have whatever it is and can't make one yourself.

>>16052010
A - for people who can't into dirtbikes
B - you are poor and your time isn't worth much
C - You can rent a better and more specialized truck than you could ever afford to own or DD

>>16052034
1- You can't put a deer on a dirtbike.
2 - your right, my time isn't worth 600 bucks an hour. if that makes me poor, so be it.
3 - wait, you said tool rental, now your saying truck rental. which is it? also my anser is still the same. if you don't have what you need, and you don't have the ability to make it yourself, just borrow from a friend or cousin.

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Because I'd rather have a ute

>>16052316
That thing has no ground clearance. You'd scrape it to hell and back just driving into your field.

>>16052277
>You can't put a deer on a dirtbike
You can drag it along with a rope

>>16051684
>This argument makes me rage.
>>WHY AREN'T YOU USING A TRUCK FOR THE THINGS I THINK A TRUCK SHOULD BE USED FOR?!?!?!?!
>Fuck off. I want one, I have a use for one, and if you don't agree with it then you can fuck right off.
It makes you rage because you're being called out for being a poser.

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>>16052323

>>16049512

>not driving both

i have 2 cars, 2 trucks. half ton Toyota, 3/4 ton Chevy, Toyota sports car, Toyota luxury car

trucks are godmode in winter and camping in summer, suck a fat dick for fuel mileage and having fun in summer. cars are way funner in summer and better on fuel, but i wont drive them in winter

>>16051684
This. People bitching about others driving trucks and not use them for actual work use.
>STOP DRIVING THINGS YOU LIKE
honestly, fuck off. I might not use my truck for work half the time, but it sure is fun to drive.

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>>16052342
That's not a field. That's a little mud pit on a road.
This is what a field looks like. Each of those little bumps is about 8" high. And the ground is normally either so hard that it's like neverending speedbumps or so soft that you're 2" into the ground between each of those bumps, so that brings it up to digging through 10" of dirt every foot.

And normally there's shit planted in the dirt too. So you're doing all the above, while driving through constant brush up to 8' high.

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>>16052424

>>16052427
Yes, that's a truck, your point?

>>16051614
A work truck is a truck you do work. Work: activity involving physical effort in order to achieve a purpose. Like, yknow, towing or hauling something. It's not an "employment truck". I swear, /o/ manages to get dumber every day.

>>16050246
nice gmt400 ya got there! specs?

>>16049512
Opposite i drove an old 2dr Sierra and it was comfier than my honda but then grandparents got a Denali to large to make torque Sierra. Large trucks i cant do.

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>>16052448
she's a '96 K1500, 5.0L V8 with about 242,000mi and counting. Poor thing is rusting to hell underneath. Got the thing for free from a good friend, rear brake line rotted out on the passenger side and he didn't want to be bothered to fix it. Aside from the rot she runs like a damn champ.

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>>16049512
I want a small truck, like old mazda or toyota small. Is there anyone who makes one that small today? I hate the big trucks

>>16052620
>then grandparents got a Denali to large to make torque Sierra
Literally wat

>>16049758
Toyota powered Lotus are very reliable from what I understand.

>>16049914
What did you get? A Pajero?

>>16049900
My wife's brother has a '16 F150 5.0, he says he gets about 15-16mpg. Honestly not that horrific for a full size truck that's pretty much loaded and has the 3.73 rear end.

>>16049512

The fuck are you talking about? I have an enormous truck and I hate commuting in it. I only ever take it off roading because of how goddamn ungainly it is compared to my car.

And I drive a fucking landyacht.

>>16052339
This.
underrated post

>>16053148
same! bump?

>>16049512
I have zero use for a truck

If I really needed one fpr moving or something i would just rent a uhaul tbqh

>>16049512
Because they don't fit anymore than a VW Transporter and are ridiculously oversized.
I guess they're fine for guys with tiny penises, though.

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>>16053774

>Too poor to afford toys.

Because I don't have a profession which requires a vehicle that can tow or store a large amount of things, don't want to pay 100$ to fill my gas tank, want to be able to actually fit on streets.

And I'm confident in the size of my penis.

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>>16052339
I'm a poser because I have a use and desire for a truck that may or may not align with your personal opinion? Congratulations, I replied. Also, see >>16052374

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>>16053788
Fucking yankees
Talking all that jibber jabber and whatnot
WWWWOOOOOOOOOO

>>16049689
>tall sitting position
You soccer mom vaginas showing

I have both a truck and a fucking tiny commuter when I need to go to the city for something.

>>16053852
>I like being low to the ground because it's easier to suck cock that way
LOL let's see you clear that speed bump faggot
Let alone a 30 degree grade or carry anything bigger than your eBay Korg
>carcucks have to drive on professionaly prepared and manicured playgrounds in order to play with their toys
>have to call a friend to move their shit any time they spend their meager earnings on anything of actual value instead of desperately trying to keep their 25 year old wannabe Datsun barely running
>likely lives in an acuckment, will never own a business or freestanding home
>has never even ridden in anything more torquey than a P71 (in the back)

Carcucks go home, truckmen run this shit.

Ive never driven a truck that didnt drive like complete ass

trucks are for cucks

>>16053959
Racing is for gayboys. Highway handling is irrelevant.

Trucks are for sand dunes. Let's see your 300zx do that.

>>16053974
I didnt say anything about performance

they simply drive like shit

>>16050689
Have a 1989 chevy silverado non vortec 350 4x4 manual, with 3.73 gears and I get 16.

Have a 2005 gmc sierra with 4.8 2wd and it gets 14 city and 19 frreway.

>>16053959
>6000lbs 3ft of the ground rectangle
What the fuck do you expect it to drive like? It carries heavy shit in straight lines down the road and sometimes off the road.
A little beta numale like you only needs his nimble little miata to take himself and his boyfriend out to the movies, but when men need to get shit done, they need a truck.

>>16053981
Yeah. Which means you said road handling. Road handling is irrelevant. Trucks belong on dirt. Cars can't go on dirt. Therefore, cars are for city-slicker faggots afraid of dirt that can't even bother putting spacers on the springs of an old Panther so they can at least TRY TO pretend they're not pavementcucks.

>>16053993
>>16054005
so trucks are for insecure cucks

we already knew that but confirmation from the horses mouth is welcome

>>16054020
You can say that all you like until you need to move a couch or tow a trailer or do anything significant for one in your life, then you have to ask a friend to borrow his, or worse, rent a uhaul pickup, then we'll see who the real cuck is.

>>16054033
>wasting money on a terrible to drive vehicle year round
vs
>spending a small amount of money on a large moving truck that can haul more than any pickup once

truckfags a delusional if the think option 1 is better

>>16049512
Because I don't need one. I'm not a farmer.

>>16054052
Spoken like a true poorfag.
Men have a car to transport people and a truck to transport things.
If you were a man with a real job instead of working 30hrs a week at Burger King, you'd be able to afford both instead of having to choose.

>>16051910
I don't have a quad or snowmobile and if I did I'd have a small trailer for it.

I live in the developed world where garbage men come by your house to pick up your garbage. Our collection spot for irregular garbage is paved.

For the odd large load that can't even fit into a wagon it's far cheaper to rent a van or ute for a day or two a year than it is to permanently carry the higher running costs of a pickup and having to deal with its downsides (worse ride, noise, top speed and manouverability) on all other days of the year.

>>16054079
>he just keeps going on about "men"

the insecurities you have keep coming out

if you werent a manchild who cant manage money you wouldnt be cucked so much

>>16054079
Men make rational decisions. Women waste money. What's up, Shirley?

>>16054092
>says I can't manage money
>while he can only afford one vehicle
Yeah, that's like a Chihuahua calling a Great Dane small.
It's okay, have fun with your one car, knowing that I've got both a fun car AND a work truck, because I made good life decisions. Maybe next time I go get a whopper, I'll leave you a tip.

>>16054132
you still havent changed my opinion

you still come across as an insecure manchild

did daddy abuse you or something no matter how hard you try he probably wont love you

I know my son wasting money wouldnt make me like him

>>16054156
>you still havent changed my opinion
I don't need to.
>you still come across as an insecure manchild
I don't care.
>did daddy abuse you or something no matter how hard you try he probably wont love you
Projection. Probably raised by a single mother. Would explain why you're so feminine.
>I know my son wasting money wouldnt make me like him
>implying you'll ever breed

>>16054170
>I dont care
>but watch as I reply to tell you how much I dont care
>seriously I dont care
>nice projecting
>still using the "men" argument

oh my god this is too good

>>16054170
For not caring you sure reply and flaunt your so-claimed wealth a lot.

>>16054181
>>16054184
What can I say, laughing at beta numale cucks desperately trying to justify why they can't afford a truck is entertaining.
I could pay $8 to go the movie but this is free.

>>16054198
>still using the insecure insults

good golly

gas is $2 a gallon

how poor do you have to be to think that its difficult to afford that in anything

so youre a poor insecure manchild thats likely fabricating everything

>>16054212
>he called me poor so I'll call him poor
Yeah I'm so poor I can only afford 2 car.

>/o/ cares more about Internet posturing than cars
Can't say I'm surprised.

>>16053145
Nice! just got a k1500 'burban, 112k on the odometer. typical chevy paint problems, but she's a runner!

>he doesnt own a truck and a shitbox honda

pleb

>>16054326
It almost kills me that the truck runs as well as it does. If it weren't for the frame being in such rough shape, I'm sure I could easily get another 100k out of the thing. Damn NJ winters haha.

Truck cucks btfo in this thread

Uhaul box trucks are better than your faggy pickup with extended cab

>>16054412

That sucks ass, man. guessing that salt shit they use beat the shit out of it?

>>16054731
like you wouldn't believe. Upper shock mounts rotted out so bad in back that both sides just broke off. The frame overall is still intact, but there are some spots that are sketchy as all get out. For a freebie beater truck I can't complain though.

Oh yea
it's the TRUCK = KEK/MINI DICK thread

Bitch please, i daily a midsize

Tfw your 2016 truck already has 15k miles on it

>>16054519
here's your (You)

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>driving a sedan to the gun range
>renting a truck just to go camping/fishing
>ignoring that light trucks exist and every truck out there is an extended cab dually luxobarge turdo-diesel pens compensator

I'll never understand why /o/ is so insistent on being as childish as fucking possible

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>>16054080
I'm not talking about "regular" garbage. I mean when you've got a couple hundred kilo's of it. It's either drive it to the dump yourself or pay someone else to do it. Garbage man isn't gonna pick up a bunch of rusted metal from the curb.
And if your dump is paved I don't know what country you live in that thinks it's a good idea to waste money like that. Mine looks like this. Except about 40 feet down from surface, and with about 6-8" of mud everywhere.

Then again, you're saying that a car has better ride and maneuverability then a truck, so you're prob an idiot. Cars rumble like shit on gravel can't turn in mud worth shit.

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I got an LBZ and DD it. desu I want just a little echo or something to DD and only use the duramax on the weekend, but for now it ain't bad

>>16049512
>tfw i own and drive both
Trucks to me are more fun going on trips tho.

Dad owns f-150
I drive a nissan versa

For the most part, i borrow the truck when i (rarely) need it.
I take my car everywhere and it serves me well

>>16057233
I drive a tacoma and my dad drives a goddamn nissan 370z for some fucking reason.
He's borrowing my truck all the fucking time.

>>16049512

I drive a truck every day for work and it's not some faggot RAM. It's a truck that can actually haul shit.

I drive a car because I like good MPG and being able to park wherever the fuck I want. Bed? Nigga I have a trailer for my car that can hold more than a half ton truck bed can and it's easier to load/unload.

Half ton pickup trucks are literally cancer.

>>16057315
Do you drive his nissan? Or are you against it?

>>16057378
Because for me, dad sometimes drives it for a commute (basically he doesn't want to waste HIS gas). He doesn't like it, and says i should get an suv for travel and shit.

>>16057378
I'm against it, but when he takes my truck I've got to get to work somehow. Feel like a douche driving it though.

>>16053145
>>16054326
GMT400 bros!
Drive a 92 Chevy K1500. Brand new TBI 350, 176k on the rest of the truck. Lifting it 4" next weekend and putting it on 33s. Clear coat is peeling which I'm going to remedy with some fresh paint in the spring.

>tfw joints get sore sitting in small cars
>shoulders way too wide for bucket seats
>can't see around traffic in a two seater
>can't afford murrican muscle
>don't like econoboxes anyway

I don't even need it for work but its way more fun driving a truck in the city besides rush hour.

>>16057435
I don't like the body style, and they are rare here in kanas.

>>16057504
The body style isn't the problem. It's a god damn convertible. And I live in fucking Canada.

>>16049595
This.

Fuck Nu-male soccer mom trucks.

Trucks are work vehicles and should be built for work.

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>here doesn't have a truck
>Must be a cuck
Considering selling my acura for another truck

>>16057518
Ah

>>16053940
Who shit in your breakfast

>tfw short cab s10
It's still a truck. I used to hate it, but I love it now.

>>16057341
What car do you have that is rated by the manufacturer to tow 1500 lbs? Because that's what my old mid-size pickup is rated for hauling in the bed alone. Tow is 1 ton.

>>16057521
I glad we're seeing a resurgence in mid-size pickups. I just wish they were a bit more bare-bones. All I want is AC/heat and a radio. I'm perfectly happy with manual windows and would prefer 4WD and a manual transmission.

>>16057672
I didn't like my club cab Dakota at first but god damn it's nice. Can stick plenty of stuff in the cab so it doesn't get wet (haven't gotten a topper yet) plus I can get my seat set just right. Couldn't do that in my buddies S10, damn thing was cramped as hell. Don't know how he could stand it since he was my height (6' 2").

>>16057465
not bad! previous owner cut the cats out on my 'burb, sounds pretty nice.

>>16057524
How many times are you going to post this?

>>16057496
Except for those of us who can miraculously do fine in a car. Then your strange unwillingness to use your monster torque to get off the line of a stoplight at a reasonable pace ("crusin'" attitude?) causes several people to miss the light, and your slow cornering further compacts what would have otherwise been free flowing traffic.

With trucks, moderate traffic becomes rush hour because the drivers are just so damn slow. The last time I saw a truck going even slightly fast it was a riced out mazda mini-pickup drag racing on the interstate.

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>tfw
>get trucc for work
>not sure if i should suit it up for off roading or fix up a YJ with that money

>>16057524
get a jeep and work on it with me

(not sure if i should post that pixelated version of your trucc or swizzy. choices. choices.)

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>>16058171
fuck you, it's beautiful

>>16054080
>a small trailer

You can just get a large trailer that can carry MORE than any truck bed on the market, and then have an enclosed space in your SUV/van for more precious cargo

Trucks are just objectively shit for hauling. It's the incompetent poorfag's response for being too poor for and too shit at driving for trailers.

the downside is that you will necessarily be going slower, but not much slower than you would go with a reasonable fear of flipping over in a very large truck (the only kind of truck americans buy)

Trucks are a waste of money for what you get. A gimped SUV for people that can't into trailers.

>>16058171
until you like it

>>16058176
>get a jeep
I would rather have a bronco II

but in reality I am trying to get a ranger. do you know anyone who wants to buy a really nice acura cl 3.2?

>>16051599
>I get to places I'd be afraid to go with a car for fear of damaging it
I have to constantly go to chicken houses and farms and I felt sick to my stomach going there with my Honda Accord. I'm happy that the dirt roads are now my bitch once I got my Tacoma.

>>16058195
your honda accord probably could have handled it

>he fell for the only trucks can handle bumpy roads meme

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>>16055228
why? because trucc threads aren't really applicable here. they're basic automobile and not really niche auto sector like offroaders and jeepfags.

i started both the last offroad general threads. the first one died after a good 90 posts. then i went backtracking for a day and wanted to update my bumper situation and it had already been archived. second one gained no traction other than someone saying that i had a small dicc.
now i just quietly prey on the other threads where applicable and until i get either a jep or get the budget to actually mod up.

one thing i don't really get is why extended cabs are shit upon. they actually have the space in the back for guns, poles, etc and can be kept more secure there.

i also keep my more valuable things in there like ipad, full face gas mask, two milk crates of CDs, and guns/fishing spears/ sports equipment when applicable.

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>>16058192
I keep trying to find broncos, suburbans, k5s, ramchargers, and the likes that are under $12000 and have no rust on them.
with EVERY one of these dedicated offroaders, you either have a rustbucket for $2000 or a mint restored for $12000+. i don't fucking get it.

i'm also in canada (as you remember from le cigar fedoro discussion) so nadda.

[spoiler] i hate this thread for making me use two angre reacts in a row

>>16058202
>Bumpy roads
You could fit two obese children in the gaps I see on those roads, maybe four when it rains here in Arkansas. My Accord has been with me since high school, it doesn't deserve to be molested in such a way.

>>16058207
extended cabs are the best. give you room inside to store shit, but let you keep a long box while still having a vehicle that's easy to park.

>>16058218
>tfw no bronco II
I genuinely think they are cool as hell. also denver has an awesome used market

http://denver.craigslist.org/cto/5826608583.html
http://denver.craigslist.org/cto/5837598880.html
http://denver.craigslist.org/cto/5844525739.html
http://denver.craigslist.org/cto/5840459427.html

>>16058207
>ipad
>full face gas mask
>CD sets
>guns
fucking apocalypse-larping vaping faggot hipsters

>>16051733
Just buy a fucking car trailer you stupid shit!

>>16058223
Did you fucking stance it? If you're not a shit driver, family sedans are surprisingly fine offroad. You're not going to break a tie rod or anything unless you go WRC mode. At the worst, your tires will be misaligned a little sooner.

>>16051733
> You think you can get to where you're going to use those in something with as low ground clearance as a van?

the fire trails leading to those places are so well maintained that you can take sportbikes on street tires up them so

yes

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>buy 2014 Ram 1500
>have trained mechanics install a fabtech 6" lift
>my front left axle gets fucked hard when turning right

>>16058331
Like a car OR a trailer can get the places a truck can. Or tow as much. You gonna tow 5000lbs of gravel with your civic? Up grassy hills and over muddy rivers?
>>16058340
What fcking fire trails? They only put those in places people are supposed to go.

>>16057867
I'm not the tallest guy, so I fit perfectly in the S10. When I pick up my friend, he just barely fits due to being so tall. I think the previous owner did some stuff to how far the seats may go back, because these things go really far. I guess your buddy just got used to it with how small the cab is. I know my friend did.

When I bought the truck, it came with a bed cover and a liner was already sprayed on. It's just so nice. However the pivots for the tailgate are bent something fierce and it pisses me off due to the left latch not being able to fully extend. The damn tailgate has fell open like 4 times, so tired of that shit.

>>16058374
Places vehicles are supposed to go

Here I am hunting a deer because I can get 120lbs of meat for $30, and then up comes some fucking redneck on his quad like he wants me to fucking starve or pay $5 for a half pound of chicken. Oh yeah, fucking great, you sure are having fun.

Keep to your fucking fire trails.

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>>16058336
this is true. dirt roads and gravel paths can be done on a lot of vehicles - and almost all of the american market can do it. though, in respond to >>16058223 , i need a trucc due to the bed being the easiest thing for transport of large, hazardous chemicals. part of combustible containers is that they can't be "in the same area as passengers". so a van was ruled out.

I WAS pissed at that because it made me shell out $2000 for a trucc instead of a minivan. but now i'm glad since it allows me to off road and jazz.
everything turned out great ^__^

>>16058293
nah. i'm just a chemist that likes the outdoors.

>>16058260
lmao@ the first ad "rare to find one that's not rusted". same.jpeg. at least now i know that the american used market is significantly better than the canadian one. bronco for $4500 is something i should've got instead of this ranger in this case.
(though, 3 hour drives would become 4 hour drives and cost twice as much fuel. and the work fuel budget does not appreciate that)

what's the ranger situation looking like?

>>16058243
yes. this. i'm not sure what these people above in the few posts are saying that extended cabs are bad or that they're somehow killing the soul of truccs.

>>16058387
there's like 5 to 10 rangers for every bronco. some are dirt cheap, some are retarded expensive. I just need to fucking sell my acura but I don't really want to put much effort in. I have a guy coming to look at it on friday though.

>>16058386
If there's some redneck on your land trying to sell you chicken just kick him off.
Oh wait. You don't hunt on your land. You hunt on some fucking yuppie place that has fire trails leading to it.

>>16058387
>combustible containers
>being on your vehicle, above your drivetrain, near your carb

Put that shit on a trailer.

>>16058396
I don't hunt on the fire trails or near them, but rednecks still go off the trails and blaze their own so they can drop their quads and dirtbikes deeper in the woods and generally scare off all the fucking deer

>hunting on your own land
This is modern american pest control, not medieval english "sport". I repeat, hunting is not a sport. It's for food and pest control. You can and should do it on any land that allows it so long as the meat to cost ratio remains sane. if you don't have land, do someone else a favor and eat their deer if they don't want to, or have too many deer to fit in one freezer.

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>>16058419
>yfw my gastank location
nut up, pussy

>>16058429
>nut up!
>light up!
>die like a man!

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>>16058447
>he doesn't smoke cigars rolled by oppressed central carribean islanders while operating his american pickup truck while listening to David Allen Coe or Hank Jr. or Conway Twitty
it's truly an excellent time.

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>>16058394
Why do you even have an acura?

>>16058419
Meh, it's safe enough to keep me alive. The containers don't explode like they do in the movies. They just spill out and worst case situation, I have to close the road to deal with cleanup. I was transporting 1kg of sodium cyanide the other day. The combustibles are normally either in tanks or liquid drums. Not as dangerous as your gas tank or propane tanks used to fuel vehicles.
But the fact that they're movable means the gubmn't wants to make sure we're safe and they can levy another tax on me.
I mean, worse case situation, the liquid nitrogen pools, completely destroys my trucc, and I get a ford bronco instead (;

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>>16058468
because it was in great condition and I thought I wanted it as a DD.

>>16058466
Hey! Since we're already hideously off topic... Did you ever ordering from Hong Kong?

I should stop posting after I take my sleeping pills...

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>>16058419
Are you saying you don't have a fuel tank in the back of your vehicle? How do you transfer fuel around to generators and shit?

And there's nothing wrong with scaring deer while having fun in your quad. But I've never heard of hunting deer for "pest control". You kill coyotes for that reason, but you don't eat them. You kill deer to eat them and get a new wall mount.
Hunting is a sport as much as fishing it mate.

>>16058488
I haven't yet, I am looking for a buddy to split a box with. probably will closer to the holidays. how long does shipping take?

>>16058497
1-6 weeks. I wish I was joking.

>tired swiftie.jpeg

>>16058504
fug

>>16058493
I have a fuel tank stuffed somewhere under the trunk. It's supposed to be more protected than a tank or box of flammables and corrosives strapped down in a truck bed, but it probably isn't, and i don't want to up the odds by adding additional hazmat containers.

And yeah, deer are pests. They might not look like it, but they are. Ever seen them in the road? Pest behavior. Coyotes are barely considered pests here because the few farmers keeping livestock are rich enough for decent fences, and most people can run over them and not give a fuck.

>>16058504
I did get that humidifying pack you recommended though, it's been working great. My boss also gave me a free cuban but it was pretty dried out, I think I need to let it soften up over the next few weeks.

>>16049512
because i'm poor

>>16058516
The fuck would you put the fuel transfer tank under the vehicle? You've got a big ass hose sitting out the side or something?

>>16058536
you can afford a poor mans truck

http://denver.craigslist.org/cto/5840053039.html
http://denver.craigslist.org/cto/5797647366.html

>>16058547
but i'm an europoor
a truck shitbox costs 3 times more than a common euro shitbox

also
>being a tripfag

>>16058542
No, it's the regular fuel tank for running the vehicle.

I don't have any generators or a little family fleet of dirtbikes with tiny fuel tanks to keep running

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>>16058559
>being yurop
kek might as well just turn yourself over to the kebabs now before they mandate it through shariah sensitivity training.

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>>16058565
Why the fuck would I put a transfer tank in my truck just to use the fuel for my truck?

And dirtbikes don't fill up from transfer tanks. they fill up from fuel tanks.

>>16053993
Or a Car Trailer. SUV (X5 E70) & Trailer, when needed, is how i roll.

SUVs are not suitable for going offroad like Trucks, SUVs are just bigger Wagons.

you have a Truck for the JAAHB (Farmer, construction worker, gardener etc.) or if you need to haul/transport things, that are dirty and heavy. I would not like to transport a dead boar with my X5. A Truck is easy to clean and THE SYMBOL OF THE WORKING MAN.

Just the Truck is easy to drive than having car+trailer.

It's a Fact, that there a "Posers" out there. Driving a Dodge Ram in the city just for having one. Yes, everyone is his own master and can do what he want.

I PERSONALLY just think it is retarded.

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>>16058586
I literally use my truck for truck things once every two months and drive it almost every day even though I have a "DD." how does that make you feel?

>also obligatory listening for this thread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAOVRkSCWmg

>>16058586
Every Dodge Ram owner is a poser.

>>16055228
Cause its the Internet and some people show there the true face.

>>16055228
>light truck
>bad a truck stuff
>bad at car stuff
great for hauling a lawnmower and rake collection though, pablo

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>>16055228
>needing a truck to drive to the gun range
>needing a truck to go fishing
>not hiking to a camping spot

>>16058605
I own a Dodge Ram and I'm not a poser.

>>16058593
Why drive a slow big Truck, that needs a lot of fuel at daily basis?

I am "europoor", so the petrol is not cheap like in "merica" and overall owning a car is much more expansiv. (Taxes, Insurance etc.)

My home is Germany. You can have more fun with a X5 than a Truck, also it is better for the everyday life.

What Car you have as a "DD" ?

>>16058653
What you do with the Ram? Tranport beer kegs for the Frat? For shopping pallet goods?

The Dodge Ram is the worst Truck you can buy.

>>16049512
poor fuel economy,
gas is about 1,30€/l or about 5$ per Gallon here, sometimes more.
slow as fuck,
is there any truck wich is capable of driving about 170km/h or 105mph wirhout needing insanely much gas?
also, vehicles are taxed by displacement here and I am just a engineering student.

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>>16057524
Pick up a square, I know you want to.

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>>16058696
Fun is objective, friendo.

Not all trucks are slow.


I DD my truck as it's my only vehicle currently, but I also wanted a square. They're fun, they're cheap, and this is 'merica, so I can. Ain't even care about the 10mpg life, I've got 5.7 liters of inspection and emissions free freedom under the hood.

>>16058699
Haul shit, tow shit, drive places. She does everything a truck ought to do. Never left me stranded or gave me any real problems. Not the greatest thing offroad, but shit, she weighs over 6000 lbs so I cut her some slack.

I've heard the newer Rams aint so great, but I never had any personal experience with one, so I couldnt really say. Mines a 91 W250 and Dad's got an 04 3500. Both Cummins trucks, both 4x4. Love my truck, she rides rough when theres no load in the back and the interior is far from luxurious, but shes a truck, dammit. Dad's rides nicer, better interior, but the auto trans is the definition of slushbox. Glad mines a manual. Both have been real reliable, Dad's had some fiddly little electrical issues with the door locks and power windows, but nothing major. Overall I'd say they're pretty damn nice.

>>16058875
Are there ones capable of driving 130+ mph without troubble in the next corner?

>>16059013
Yeah, actually. I can think of a few that could do that, both old and moderns with just a limiter removal. I've seen a 2014 Silverado with the 5.3 hit 140+ delimited, and they can take a corner in a mean ass drift.

>>16059020
Imeant highway corners like the ones in the Autobahn without traction loss or crazy tilting.
And drifting at that speed seems to kill your tires verry fast.

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Why not both?

>>16059029
Yeah. Hell, I own a truck and a body on frame SUV with a truck driveline/suspension setup, and both are capable of taking banking turns at well over 70mph. My SUV can take a downhill bank doing 75+ with no drama whatsoever, and very little body roll.

You need to understand, when a truck is set up for towing, the suspension is somewhat looser in order to accommodate trailer sway; but when set up for the street, the suspension on them is usually very stiff.

What's more, most econoboxes and small sports cars from Europe don't sound quite as good as a well set up truck with a V8. For example, here's my personal SUV doing a top speed sprint: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSSXn-mPAuU

>>16059039
70mph isn't fast, im a Krautfag so im driving much faster verry often.
Also how bad does the fuel economy get above 100mph?

>>16059051
Eh, so so. In my chevvy, maybe about 15mpg.

>>16059060
On wich speed?

>>16059067
90-100mph.

At 70mph I get about 22-26mpg around where I'm from. Active cylinder deactivation. Turns half the cylinders off to save fuel.

>>16059086
70 mph isn't realisic here most of the time.
I get about 50-60 mpg at a speed that low.
15mpg would cost you a shitload of money here, since gas is never under 5$ here.

>>16059101
Jesus, fuck that.

I can fill up my 26.5 gallon tank for about $50 USD on empty here.

>>16059107
~9 Gallons for about the same price fit in mine...

>>16049595
b-but... wouldn't a rich person have a work truck and a sports car?

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>>16058696
Because it's fun. And my dad is a 2001 acura cl 3.2 il probably sell for a Ford ranger.

>>16058862
I want it, but I'm going to get something small

>>16059013
Mine tops out at 83. When I v8 swap it'll probably go 120 ish but most speed limits here have the top end as 80.

>>16055228
>driving a sedan to the gun range

You can fit a lot of guns in the trunk of a sedan

But maybe if you want to keep up appearances, you bring a truck

>>16049512

funny because i just testdrove a nice doge durango with a 5.7 v8 hemi AND THAT SHIT WAS GUTLESS it felt like a retarded tank, i wanted to crawl back into my shitbox so bad after driving that piece of shit.

owning a large vehicle is fucking stupid.
they are a pain in the ass to work on, everything is needlessly expensive, its just an utter fucking mess.

however you do need a vehicle with some ground clearance and maybe 4wd for offroad adventuring. in which case i would recommend something no larger than a jeep liberty

>>16059450
On the contrary I drove a grand cherokee with the 5.7 hemi and I thought it was pretty damn torquey, don't know what your talking about saying its gutless. Nice sound too

>>16059351
My 1.0 naturaly aspirated 3 cylinder 1KR-FE reaches up to 173kmh or about 108 mph(GPS average over 1km) before I had to brake (fucking Golf)
tested on the A 46

>>16059486
Also, mine is a peugoet 107, not a truck.

>>16059427
>But maybe if you want to keep up appearances, you bring a truck
Literally who gives a shit, you conformist fashion victim?

>>16059500
>comparing a 50 year old truck to a modern car


and I'm sure the 15 horsepower peugoets of the same era were just as slow

>>16056894
I don't know how your household regularly generates hundreds of kilos of rusty metal, but mine doesn't, and neither does any household I know.

Also we don't have dumps per se because dumps are third world tier and a waste of resources. We have collection centers where odd garbage gets piled up for pick-up and reprocessing, and whatever can't be reprocessed will be stuffed into heat burning power plants. And you're piling up those materials to eventually bury them and tell us that we're wasting money. What a shitfest.

And by manouverability I mean outside dimensions and turning circle, and the ride on gravel generally isn't an issue because we can afford to pave our roads.

>>16049512
I daily a ranger. I miss driving a car.

>>16059519
You never said yours is that old, also we are talking about a low reving 1l naturaly aspirated engine.

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>>16059471

if you think that gutless emissions reduced shithole interference engine is "torquey" then you really dont know what torque is

besides the fact that all merican v8's are gutless and have been for over two decades now, the 5.7 hemi is an interference engine, and guess what chrysler managed to do with it?
yeah,
they fucked up the timing. the chain assembly would snap if you operated the vehicle in fuel saving mode.

how fucking stupid could you possibly be to make the only modern american interference engine, then pack it with a timebomb timing chain?
only america can be this fucking dumb.
pic related is the only thing dumber in the entire history of corporate america scam artistry

>>16059486
I believe it. I also have 4.11 gears, no overdrive and a 4 or 4.5k redline

>>16059791
The 5th gear is basicly a overdrive, since Vmax is in 4th gear, eventually ill post proof to get 170km/h in about 2h.

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I just tossed some cinderblocks (160lb) in the bed and now it doesn't bump as much. Yay.

>>16058696
I has an X3 and a Ranger UTE. I daily drive my Ranger and shuttle people around to events in the X3.
Kinda regret getting it, desu. Lease is over in just over a year so good.

>>16059013
My ranger tops out at around 140, yeah.

>>16059791
>>16059882
Hey. On the topic of oberdribe, is the Ranger's 5th gear an overdrive? I know automagics have a taller gear ratio and both my Ram 1500 and Nissan Frontier (never again) had the oberdribe cancellation option.
When on oberdribe, it could barely accelerate but I can still overtake people (with two lanes, not dopped one way) in fifth gear.

Also, fuck the X3 with the 8 gears and weird, weird ratios. I can pop 4th gear going 40kmph (25mi) and it'll be fine.

>>16059887
With a engine multiple times the sieze of mine and a fuel consumption like a hole in the tank...
>>16059905
Just try out in wich gear you are faster, if you are faster in lower gears you may have a overdrive.

>>16049512
Jokes on you faggot. I drive a 4x4 truck and a supercharged v8 rwd car.

>>16059905
Yeah it is an overdrive

>>16058188
Trailer takes up too much space. I'd rather have my mid-size.

>>16058383
Obviously you must replace the bed. Or beat it back into place. Not sure what you mean by pivots, maybe mine works different. I know it works different than the old F-150 my mom had.

>>16059427
>not having guns too big to fit in a sedan
Fucking pleb.

I've worked in construction. Here in Ausfailia I've been to many muddy construction sites. Plenty of workers show up in FWD economy cars or RWD utes. No one gets stuck.
Just a bit of common sense and taking it easy on the mud, everyone gets through.

Working in construction is absolutely no excuse for the ride height of pickup TRUKS or "needing" 4WD either.
I'm talking messy, rutted sites too...

Trucks are for girls

>>16061078
But then they park them up trees because girls can't drive for shit.

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>>16049512
People live different lifestyles. I find that having extra cargo space is useful, but usually when I transport things it's personal belongings that I want to keep dry. It's very rare that I transport dirty things that I can't put into a car. But on those occations I can use a trailer, because it's not something I do very often.

My choice is to have an SUV with only front seats. You still sit high up and have good ground clearance, and it's useful for transporting things. But truck beds seem limiting to me as well, because they are pretty low if you want to use a cover over the bed and keep things dry.

So it really depends on what you expect to do with your vehicles, but honestly very few of us are transporting building materials and other dirty shit around in our private cars.
I get it if you're a rural guy or self employed or something. But lots of people do not need a truck bed.

>>16058640
Yeah cause you're gonna walk from your house

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>>16060305
You mean oberdribe.

>>16059980
The dinky Ranger can tow 6000lbs, though. Compared to the Ram 1500s 10000lbs, that's not bad at all. Also, fuck ecodrive and Ford's equivalent.

>>16061078
>>16061481
stop this. both of you.

>>16055228
>your only options when getting a vehicle is sedans or trucks

>>16049512
I prefer light fast sports cars. Infinitely more fun to drive. Also, I'm not moving furniture or large rocks every other day.

Enjoy your gas guzzling bloated tonka truck, bro.

>>16049891
Yup when you drive a truck you forget how much stuff you just Chuck in the bed... of course you also went to no space making it seem worse

>>16059698

god dammit, i hate half assed incomplete information online.
it turns out, all of chryslers engines, v6 and above, are interference engines.

the 3.7L 4.7L and 5.7 hemi are all interference engines

>>16049750
Cummins K5 can and has been done.

>>16051670
This poster is a moron, in case anyone was wondering.

>>16049512
Utes exist in my country. Why would I need something slower and fatter when I can haul just as much shit in something faster and better looking?

>>16049512
I own a tacoma.

I use it several times a week to haul concrete, lumber, and other things for improvement projects around the house.

I take my daughter to the shooting range with it.
I help my friends move with it.
I drive it to work everyday.

it's awesome.