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Honestly this is absurd. These death machines shouldn’t be legal in europe. That thing doesn’t even fit in the parking space, even though the parking lot has the biggest spaces in the whole city. The Golf Polo is so small in comparison, it could even hide in front of the engine hood of the truck.
EDIT: It’s a Polo and not a Golf, I don’t know my cars, sorry for that!
I owned an f150 for 11 years. It’s honestly been my favorite vehicle. However, in the time I owned it, I used it to tow my motorcycles and race gear, I renovated almost every room in my house, and I had a seven kilometer drive to work. It was an extremely useful vehicle. Anyone that needs a truck will immediately argue with you that they aren’t necessary… For some people. My kids got a little older, and I need to drive them and their friends around, I sold the bikes, and I sold the truck for 50% of what I paid for it. I bought a 6 seater explorer. You may not like trucks, but they have their uses. If they sold UTEs in the USA/Canada I would have bought one in a second. I used to carry a tow strap too to pull civics out of the ditch during snow storms.
I haven’t owned a vehicle in five years and I would 100% buy a UTE in less than a heartbeat. That auto manufacturers gave up on them domestically is a huge bummer. Even the new Hyundai Santa Cruz is a bit too big as a vehicle, however the bed is oddly tiny. I want the bed size of Ford Ranger with the cab and ground clearance of a Toyota Corolla.
I think the problem is that a lot of the time (at least I’m America, that’s where I live), is that people don’t actually utilize their pickup trucks and they just end up being shiny pavement princesses.
Americans don’t know about this little secret.
I am sorry to tell you that that person is not a racer. Not even close. They guy does not have a hibachi and food for 3 people in his car. He also doesn’t have a dedicated rain bike on top of his primary and secondary (A and B) bike. We towed a 16 foot enclosed trailer with the bed full. But nice try.
You could have done all of that in a small truck like the old ford ranger.
No one thinks that trucks aren’t useful. The problem is the absolutely preposterous size of these trucks.
You are 100% correct I absolutely could have. However the ranger was discontinued and the next closest vehicle was a Tacoma, which sold for 42,000. My f150 was 26,000
That’s fine, I’m not calling you out specifically. My point is that the argument for the necessity of trucks isn’t an argument for the necessity of these giant behemoths. Someone might genuinely need a truck, but they probably don’t need a truck that has a hood height nearly 6 feet and barely fits in a standard size parking spot.