Chonnawonga@sh.itjust.works to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoTell me again why you need a pickup truck.sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square120fedilinkarrow-up1560arrow-down128
arrow-up1532arrow-down1imageTell me again why you need a pickup truck.sh.itjust.worksChonnawonga@sh.itjust.works to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square120fedilink
minus-squareA_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·13 days agoI’m dying for a return to 80s style trucks but with hybrid/electric engines Please just let me have a functional, strong truck that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg to drive
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·12 days agoand won’t require bags of sand, gravel, or litter in the bed every winter
minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 days agoI’m naïve. What does this do?
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·12 days agoIt adds weight over the drive wheels, since pick ups are notably lighter in the back without a cap. When you’re stuck in snow or ice you can also dump a little in front of your rear wheels to get some extra traction.
minus-squareMonument@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·12 days agoDid you catch that glorious but brief period when Ford and GM were building retro EV’s?
minus-squareA_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·12 days agoOh shit I did not Damn, do want…
I’m dying for a return to 80s style trucks but with hybrid/electric engines
Please just let me have a functional, strong truck that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg to drive
and won’t require bags of sand, gravel, or litter in the bed every winter
I’m naïve. What does this do?
It adds weight over the drive wheels, since pick ups are notably lighter in the back without a cap.
When you’re stuck in snow or ice you can also dump a little in front of your rear wheels to get some extra traction.
Did you catch that glorious but brief period when Ford and GM were building retro EV’s?
Oh shit I did not
Damn, do want…