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Hey American modern pick up truck heads. Notice how normal the bonnet is? Notice how you can SEE enough to not run people over? This is a true utility vehicle. Look how massive this bad boy is without being a death machine 👍
I have a mini cargo van as my everyday car that can move quite a bit of cargo, but I also bottom out if I go on a road that's too bumpy.
The family truck has the clearance to go off the pavement.
A video which puts all the arguments better than I ever could: https://youtu.be/jN7mSXMruEo
But the notion you can only have high clearance by making your hood so massive to the point you can't see your child as you run them over in your own driveway, doesn't make sense.
I'd strongly encourage you to give the video a go.
These trucks are now infesting my streets to (Australia) to a lesser degree. It's an arms race that really needs to be stopped. I hope you consider some of the points made in the video.
but it doesn't have enough sharp edges i feel like. what if i want to slice a kid in half?
You're right. Literally unplayable
It's also absolutely adorable 😂
(which is probably why they'd hate it 🙄)
Do they love them because they're electric or because they finally got a new truck?
Not only do [the old trucks] only get 9 miles per gallon, they’re also noisy, smelly (I have to close my window every day when the mail truck comes around), have no air conditioning, hard to stand up in, and their only safety feature is mirrors that constantly fall out of alignment. AP also points out that nearly 100 LLVs caught fire last year – a common event when it comes to internal combustion vehicles.
Instantaneous torque, I'm sure offers dramatic improvement over the previous ICE trucks.
Because they have Air Conditioning.
The thing they should have had for the last 40 years. With record breaking heat year after year it should be hazard pay without ac
Airbags, Anti lock Brakes, and hopefully leg room are probably bonuses too.
Dude, a break is something you take between shifts. A brake is something that slows you down. They're not the same word.
You should be aware by now that that's a pretty notable slur.
Now I wonder what this notable slur is
I would also like to know what the slur is
Actually, I didn’t know. Never heard it used in an offensive context before today. But I’ll edit my comment just the same.
They couldn't use an actual photo instead of whatever that edited trash is lol
Judging by the AP report linked in that post-
It's the same thing.
Look like a duck.
Does it quack like a duck?
There are car horns that sound like ducks, so maybe.