Those tiny little Toyota pickups were the best, I wish they still made them that small. Little 4banger motor, ain't gonna pull a yacht, but definitely good for moving stuff and better mpg.
I want me one of those or a kei truck. Id prefer electric if it were available but thinking of just getting a blown up older pickup and converting it to electric
Hoping the Telo Truck ends up being nice. Supposed to launch later this year last I knew. Length of a mini cooper. 5ft bed, 8ft plywood fits if you fold seats. All around was pretty interesting. Most will hate the looks, but I kinda thought it was cool. 350mile range available. 4 seconds to 60
Edit: looks like they are saying 4.5 to 60 with 260 mile range for single batter
It hadn't occurred to me until seeing a few pics of these trucks falling apart: the longer they're in use/on the road, the more we're going to see just how lousy and glued-together these things really are. It hasn't even been 2 years since they started selling...i have a feeling we're going to see some pretty eye-opening failures as time marches on.
The chef's kiss on this photo really is the ancient Toyota beside him that you just know has been chugging along for literally DECADES probably requiring nothing more than oil changes and tire replacements.
Kinda looks like either the right side rear suspension collapsed and/or the wheel just fell off. I think the track is the damage to the road from the edge of the rear bumper dragging on the ground.
Love the contrast between that piece of shit and the Toyota next to it that’ll keep running forever.
Those tiny little Toyota pickups were the best, I wish they still made them that small. Little 4banger motor, ain't gonna pull a yacht, but definitely good for moving stuff and better mpg.
Still do outside the US with the Hilux vs the Tacoma or whatever else.
Yeah but is it really that small? Like old school 80s or 90s small.
The hilux is not but they have the hilux champ:
https://www.toyotahiluxchamp.com/
How did they make the front of the thing so ugly?
I can't answer that.
I find most new cars ugly but I just kind of get used to it over several years after which they're just cars.
my god, I love a utilitarian truck but fuck, that looks bad. goddamn.
Yeah I'm not going to defend that.
I feel like there are much uglier cars for sale in 2025 though.
fo sho, and imminently preferable to a swastidumpster.
Fair point, still like 5.5m long.
They're actually about the same size as they were in the late 90s.
kei trucks
I want me one of those or a kei truck. Id prefer electric if it were available but thinking of just getting a blown up older pickup and converting it to electric
Hoping the Telo Truck ends up being nice. Supposed to launch later this year last I knew. Length of a mini cooper. 5ft bed, 8ft plywood fits if you fold seats. All around was pretty interesting. Most will hate the looks, but I kinda thought it was cool. 350mile range available. 4 seconds to 60
Edit: looks like they are saying 4.5 to 60 with 260 mile range for single batter
3.5 to 60 350 miles with dual
yeah really, really hoping this gets to production. would be a worthy replacement of my old element.
All I want is a LHD Kei truck with a CIWS on the back. Is that too much to ask?
pointed backwards for propulsion, right?
tho it would be fucking cool to see a cwis equipped kei pull up, drop it's support strut brace feet, and open fire on a rogue cybertruck lol
Relevant XKCD
https://what-if.xkcd.com/21/
damn fine link
Gimme that old chevy s-10
Toyota technicals coming to a civil war near you real soon.
Just another right-leaning truck driver
It's all perfect until the wheels come off
Let me guess .... been in the car-wash (or a mild rain) at some point in the last 48 hours
The tires are the one thing I’d expect to not become ruined from getting wet, but I previously thought that about vehicles in general.
Could be the active suspension failing on one side.
Looks more like the wheel fell off and the suspension is dragging
Looks more like "it's busted, bro"
Everything’s computer!
The wheel, just like the car's owner, became unhinged.
It hadn't occurred to me until seeing a few pics of these trucks falling apart: the longer they're in use/on the road, the more we're going to see just how lousy and glued-together these things really are. It hasn't even been 2 years since they started selling...i have a feeling we're going to see some pretty eye-opening failures as time marches on.
Immolating their passengers isn't eye opening enough?
Musk is insane…now his new project(fuckup) is the US government. I can only imagine how much he is fucking that up.
The chef's kiss on this photo really is the ancient Toyota beside him that you just know has been chugging along for literally DECADES probably requiring nothing more than oil changes and tire replacements.
Is it also leaving that white track on the road? Like some part below of it scratching the road..
I suspect that stuff laying around behind it, is also something falling out of it.
I’m assuming the front right tire had an unplanned spontaneous disconnection and that white stripe is the rim or even axle grinding down.
That’s what’s so exciting about this highly overvalued car company. The attention to quality engineering.
Kinda looks like either the right side rear suspension collapsed and/or the wheel just fell off. I think the track is the damage to the road from the edge of the rear bumper dragging on the ground.
Did the side fall off?
Is that supposed to happen?
As is quite often, The Simpsons had a view on this...
I'M FULL SELF DRIVING, BRO!
JUST NOT VERY FAR
Depends on the distance to the nearest lake, or retention pond