They're made big to circumvent efficiency standards.
by Various_Path33131 week ago
And safety regulations.
by Anonymous1 week ago
yes! i couldn't remember exactly what the standard was in the moment lol. i blanked but thank you for this answer!
by Anonymous1 week ago
Trucks are 1000 times safer than cars. What are you smoking?
by Jennie791 week ago
Not for pedestrians. You can't even see someone 5' tall in front of most of these things. They should honestly require a special endorsement to drive on the roads like motorcyclists do.
by Bryonsporer1 week ago
Everytime I see one I hear that guy from Waterboy repeating "Needle dick! Needle dick!"
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by Anonymous1 week ago
The big truck was great for farm stuff. We'd use if multiple times a week for hauling wood, hay, pulling pipe trailers, getting other people unstuck. But the big truck rarely saw the highway, because those things guzzle gas.
by Anonymous1 week ago
that's what i'm saying! like good if you're doing labor stuff with your trucks very often i can understand that but like we live in a city bro and you do go to the outdoors like that why do you need that fat ass vehicle???
by Anonymous1 week ago
Agreed. Unless you actually use something that big for towing or farm work or something like that, they're pointless. I need a truck for work but those behemoths are ridiculous. My Tacoma manages just fine (and even it is, quite frankly, bigger than I need but there's not a lot of options for small trucks these days).
by Anonymous1 week ago
Yeah don't think that's an unpopular opinion except for the people who are buying them. I call them "air-haulers" because that's usually what they are loaded with. I wish we could get the Toyota Hilux here, but it's the damn Chicken Tax that will never go away. That's a major reason we don't have smaller trucks in the US.
by Anonymous1 week ago
My dad has one of those big pavement Princess rams. It barely fits in its lane to drive, is too big for most parking spaces, and I, at 5'9", am not tall enough to effectively wash the hood and windshield. It's ridiculous.
by Impressive-Sky-71851 week ago
i'm saying like i'm 5'6 why is the hood as tall if not taller than i am?? pls be so serious
by Anonymous1 week ago
BIG TRUCK FEEL STRONG FEEL GOOD
by eleanorefeest1 week ago
i agree. also for your consideration. Not just Bikes Yotube
by Anonymous1 week ago
From where I live, anyone who does horses, hunting, watersports, or outdoors sport (motorcross/ATV) that needs big equipment needs them.
by Ngraham1 week ago
They're big because people buy them and that's what they want It's literally that simple People saying specifically because of emissions or safety, if people didn't buy them they wouldn't make them.
by Personal_Sir_7551 week ago
The Maverick is the size the Ranger ised to be, the Ranger is the size the F150 used to be, and the F150 I'm pretty sure is just a phallic stand-in at this point.
by CattleAdditional52771 week ago
Can confirm. I have an F150 and, as a cis lady, I have no penis (I do have things that I need the truck for, namely towing/hauling boat/bikes/sleds).
by Anonymous1 week ago
Smaller cars/trucks won't pass emission the way it's written currently.
by Anonymous1 week ago
They pass emissions just fine, its CAFE that has the loophole, which is not emissions.
by Anonymous1 week ago
Emissions are emissions, CAFE is fuel efficacy. They are separate things. Bigger footprint cars are allowed to have higher emission and they are allowed to have lower fuel efficiencies.
by Anonymous1 week ago
Emissions is emissions and cafe is cafe, correct, but bigger cars have to pass the same emissions regulations smaller cars do.
by Anonymous1 week ago
Despite producing way less emissions.
by Anonymous1 week ago
How does that work exactly? I've always heard that, but never understood. Wouldn't a smaller vehicle produce less emission causing smaller vehicles to be more environmentally friendly?
by Anonymous1 week ago
This is because of emissions being applied to a class of vehicles. Smaller the vehicle, tighter the emissions standard. A secondary reason for why cars are so big now though is also safety standards. To be able to fit all the crumple zones and airbags and still have a comfortable roomy cabin takes up a lot of space.
by SureEar66361 week ago
What he said was wrong, its not emissions its Corperate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE). Manufacturers have an average MPG target for their total fleet of vehicles, but trucks are exempt from the target because they are classified as work vehicles. The target keeps getting raised to the point its unrealistic, so they are simply making less (or no) smaller cars and more trucks.
by Anonymous1 week ago
Essentially the more square footage the car is the higher the amount of emissions the car can produce. So a small car with the same engine as a big truck would be against CAFE standards but the truck would be fine since it has a larger footprint. There is also some brand overall standards which help companies sell like the corvette and offset it with like the volt.
by WestBoysenberry7591 week ago
Larger cars are allowed to have more emission. So when the EPA cracked down on emission, manufacture simply started making more big cars instead of trying to make smaller cars more efficient.
by Anonymous1 week ago
I agree people should have to prove specific need if you want to buy anything bigger than an F150.
by Anonymous1 week ago
And even that's too large. Most people would do fine with a 1996 Toyota Tacoma.
by Anonymous1 week ago
They aren't making 1996 Tacomas anymore because the government said they weren't fuel efficient enough. People would love to buy a true shortbed single cab half ton, but they don't exist. Want to be mad at someone? Be mad at the government for regulating the small truck market out of existence.
by qmcclure1 week ago
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by Anonymous1 week ago
It's the most popular truck so I figured there's too much pushback against that, but the 250s and 350s are just goddamn outrageous
by Anonymous1 week ago
Hey! Their dualie hauls a dog in the bed while they drive through Taco Bell for the third time this week.
by Watsicaduane1 week ago
Bill of rights, not bill of needs (/s)
by Anonymous1 week ago
In terms of safety, economy and ecology, this is a fact, not an opinion.
by Anonymous1 week ago
jesus christ. i didn't even think of the city infrastructure changing because of this but that makes sense.
by Anonymous1 week ago
You can hide almost an entire class of kindergarteners in the front blind spot of the Cadillac Escalade because of how high the hood is lol
by Winifred121 week ago
Worst part being about a good 70% if not more are purely owned by mongs who want to use them as bullies on the road
by Dolores531 week ago
adding it to the watch list rn!
by Anonymous1 week ago
Basically it boils down to this. Emission standards are based off the vehicle footprint. And it's not proportional. If the vehicle is smaller then it needs to be drastically more efficient. Also something not mentioned is safety standards. Some small vehicles would be harder to make meet side impact standards.
by Anonymous1 week ago
I need a truck for work and sometimes tow a trailer behind it. There is no way I am going to try to left furniture over my head to put it in the back of the truck. My normal height truck is fine, thank you. I can eveb reach over the walls of the bed to grab things without a ladder.
by Aggravating_Net1 week ago
Especially since the majority of people that buy these big ass trucks don't even need them. That's very evident by the fact that I see more trucks on the road with those fake nut sacks on them than I do trucks with trailer hitch balls on them.
by rolando751 week ago
thank you for the article!
by Anonymous1 week ago
The issue is that fuel efficiency laws arent as strict on larger vehicles, so its easier for car companies to meet regulations with bigger vehicles
by BasketPositive44351 week ago
Semi trucks are far worse.
by brandy911 week ago
How else can men with small dicks compensate?
by kearabahringer1 week ago
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by Anonymous1 week ago
Thats not unpopular. Thats common sense.
by Ttowne1 week ago
Common sense ≠popular unfortunately
by Glad_Geologist1 week ago
Except everyone keeps buying vehicles that are 3 times bigger than they need
by Anonymous1 week ago
Because that's all they offer
by Anonymous1 week ago
Statistics on American car ownership beg to differ
by fcollier1 week ago
Because why should you tell someone what they can or cannot buy?
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