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Are we on the verge of stretch limousine trucks which are just SUV stretch limos but with a pathetic-looking, tiny-ass vestigial bed at the rear?

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Rayspektreply
lemmy.world

It's like Gilette "Engineers" adding another blade.

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By that curve we should be in 5-blade times, which is correct...

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teftreply
lemmy.world

Look at the bowing the middle. Can’t be good for the frame.

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nah he's reinforced it with that girder there, it'll be fine. it'll be fine...

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That is the perfect term for all these "trucks" with short-ass beds.

Vestigial bed, lmao

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lemm.ee

This has to be a crew hauling gooseneck ready truck, for some sort of industrial crew work...

OP did it have a gooseneck hitch?

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Not my picture, but no this something you see around my parts. Its normally sold to Hutterite colonies (they used to use vans) and the back generally just holds goods they buy or sell.

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lemmy.world

That's not a truck; that's a limousine with truckly aspirations.

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"One day I will be as rugged as my dad, and as elegant as my mom."

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lemmy.world

Christ, and here all I want is a small cargo van and Ford decides to discontinue selling the Transit Connect here, while in Europe they are starting to sell an electric version of the same thing.

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M0oP0oreply
mander.xyz

Yeah, can't have small trucks anymore ether. But this thing is available?

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lemmy.world

Right!?!?! Check out the Hilux Champ they are selling in Thailand. I would kill for an electric version of that for daily driving in the city and whatever DIY/hardware store needs I may have. I don't need to hall heavy things just awkward and large things.

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See that was one thing I was hoping for with electric, Odd small trucks making a come back. But nope, just Ferd F-teenthousand all the way down now.

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infosec.pub

Texan here. I have seen a lot of trucks.

is that real?…

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M0oP0oreply
mander.xyz

Yes, this is Alberta. Guess everything is bigger here....

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feddit.org

It wouldn’t be American if you weren‘t able to take your tank to grocery shopping on your flatbed. Freedom baby

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A van could transport the people, but what about his emotional support refrigerators? They won't fit in a van.

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fedia.io

I'm looking for a car-truck-van-suv-limo-4x4.

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All of a sudden the Homer seems like a rational automobile

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lemmy.world

Next up, the CyberSub…. Who is ready to risk drowning in one?

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As long as Musk decides to explore the Titanic on its inaugural run...

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But you can't take it through a car wash because it will rust!!!!

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Lotus Esprit. Lotus made some cool cars.

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Towerreply

The boat is mine. The boat is MINE!

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If I ever get a terminal illness I am going to spend the rest of my days slashing the tires of every overside truck I see.

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M0oP0oreply
mander.xyz

Eh good chance they will not notice and these things are over $100k so likely the monetary aspect will be shrugged off.

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You underestimate the rate of deficit spending some men in the country engage in for their gender affirming vehicles...

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Dankpods replaced the engine oil on a car with chocolate. Only ran for 35 seconds before it seized.

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M0oP0oreply
mander.xyz

What can you do that they are not already doing to themselves? I mean look at what they drive.

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Valve cover off, small rock in valve cover, valve cover back on.

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That genuinely looks like an early ai generation of a truck, is that where they got this idea?

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reddthat.com

Vans are more fuel efficient, smaller and lighter than trucks while generally performing most/all of the same duties just as well if not better

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blazeknavereply
lemmy.world

I didn't know vans were particularly fuel efficient. That's interesting. They're rounded but their faces are so flat, it seems like a lot of surface area.

Does that include US marketed inventories as well?

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