Did anyone see the recent Hasan video? https://youtu.be/2uRm-kdYZi0?t=1290 I thought it was funny
imagining a rainbow ford technical that shoots rainbow budlight that turns chuds trans, this would make a cool shump style game or AI art thing
There’s a shop in the Paris area here in France that actually sells these US abominations - it’s called American Car City.
I’ve never seen it but there are pictures of them in the wild and holy fuck, it takes like half the street.
I wish all owners of these here a happy get-your-tires-deflated-twice-a-week.
The fake New York plates on that pickup are deeply funny. Incredible that there’s an inverse to the fake europlates here in North America.
Holy shit, that’s indeed a thing apparently. Why ? is it a brainwormed US liberal thing ? Why would they want a EU-looking plate ?
I know why they’d want a US-looking one in the EU, mind you; a fair proportion of boomers here still have the weird golden image the US managed to project in the 80s/90s. Those particular people love the US aesthetic, and if they’re able to they try to visit there regularly.
Nah. It’s just a thing that some people like to put on European import cars just for fun. Sometimes the plate will not be a real plate, it’ll say like “eurötrash” on it or like the name of the project car. Other times it’ll be the same as their actual plate number.
It’s always either a European import car or somebody making fun of that trend.
Kei trucks usually have a payload of 400-600#. Pay load does not include the weight of the driver or passenger.
A modern f150 has the pay load of 2000#.
To put that into perspective. A kei truck with a driver can haul 4-6 bags of 60# cement A f150 can haul 30 bags.
Kei trucks also are death traps in accidents. I can’t fit in them. They just weren’t designed for the way American infrastructure has developed.
I hate that everyone feels compelled to keep getting larger vehicles to protect themselves from the other increasingly large vehicles already on the road.
I’m a typical leftist car guy in that I see everything for its strengths and weaknesses. Yeah, the F-150 Raptor is awesome, but so is the little Subaru. You’re right, the U.S. interstate system has evolved in a way that makes traveling in kei trucks dangerous. I hate the fact that automobiles are so engrained into society that not having one is just not an option. I also hate the fact that 95% of people buying a truck would be better served by a mid-size wagon, because they never haul anything over 500# anyway, and just use it as a family car. Fun fact, trucks are made on an ‘archaic’ body-on-frame platform, rather than the monocoque structure that cars are made of. Before the 1959 Austin Mini, every car used to be made body-on-frame, and it was only the Mini’s runaway success that made every automaker switch to monocoque. Trucks have to be built on the ladder frame, because those payload and towing numbers actually matter to those who believe they’ll need a ‘real truck’ to do ‘real truck things.’ There are a few trucks in the USDM that are made on monocoque chassis, the Honda Ridgeline being the first. The new Ford Maverick is also monocoque. It makes perfect sense because the consumer doesn’t actually want all the sacrifices of a truck, they just want to lead the ‘truck lifestyle.’ Anyway, there was my little spiel, I guess.
TL;DR F-150 Raptor is awesome, so is the little Subaru. Trucks are made from an ‘archaic’ construction technique called body-on-frame, necessitated by the need for high payload and towing numbers. After 1959 all cars were made on a monocoque platform, which is advantageous in many ways for a passenger vehicle. It’s just that people want a ‘real truck’ to do ‘real truck things’ with, and if they were honest with themselves they would realize their needs would be much better served by a mid-size wagon.
