Obviously every type of car has bad drivers but man, pickups have got to be the most terrifying of the bad drivers.
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It's SUVs in my area. There's enough actual farmers and people who legitimately need pickups to somewhat offset the limp dick compensators. SUV drivers here tend to be piss scared and incredibly timid, which is why they buy SUVs. Think being higher up is safer.
Which is true until you flip, in which case you're fucked. And that's ignoring that the rise of SUVs and pickups has seen an average of a 6% YOY increase of pedestrian deaths since 2008.
Being higher up isn't really safer, sorta feels that way but push come to shove a lower cg is almost always preferable.
Had the same perception on a dualsport motorcycle. Great being able to see over traffic but oh man it's a long way down when you fall.
I rolled my 3rd gen 4 runner in a snowstorm a few years back. Had it flipped over, popped a couple dents, and still driving it today! I should probably fix the sway bar and get new tires but I like to live dangerously I guess.
Sucker is much easier to spell than bourgeoisie
You can just see it some areas, run down houses in need of renovation or at least a paint job with brand new shining pick ups in the driveways, it's fair game if you actually tow things or plough snow, but other than that just pissing away money for a fancy new car that for the most part do like 15mpg
Dude, just yesterday I see this guy who coming out of a rundown apartment, with 4 kids running around with tattered clothing, getting into a 60k brand new 3 row SUV.....
I don't know who is worse the moron getting the loan, or the fucking bank approving it.
I am so glad I live somewhere with decent public transit. Never want to buy a car if I can help it.
Before moving, I specifically chose somewhere that I could commute by bicycle most days - both for work, and to run short errands. My 10 year old vehicle sits parked most days, while I put over 3000 miles a year on my bicycle haha. I'd much rather burn the calories and save money at the same time over having some fancy new vehicle with all sorts of bells and whistles.
Weird headline. Isn't this basically just stating that (1) new cars are getting more expensive, and (2) trucks continue to make up a substantial share of new car purchases in the US (both of which were obvious)?
Yes but let's not waste a good opportunity to speak want how nobody needs a truck, they all have small dicks, and all are shitty drivers because the American South bus them the most.
These giant "light trucks" are so much more dangerous on the road than smaller cars. This is a good video about it, and he cites his sources https://youtu.be/jN7mSXMruEo
Large trucks are the third-largest vehicle sales segment in the U.S., after compact and midsize SUVs
That's like saying chicken is the third most expensive meat after steak and pork.
No, it's like saying chicken is the third most purchased meat after steak and pork.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Car shoppers are paying more than ever to finance new vehicles — and pickup trucks are driving up the average cost in at least two states.
More than 1 in 4 car shoppers in Texas and Wyoming have committed to paying more than $1,000 a month, and experts say it is due to the high volume of large truck purchases in those states, according to a report by auto site Edmunds.
More than 1 in 5 shoppers in seven other states — Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota and Utah — are also forking over more than $1,000 for their vehicles each month, Edmunds found.
Large trucks are the third-largest vehicle sales segment in the U.S., after compact and midsize SUVs, and account for the “heaviest finger on the scale” when it comes to the average car payment, said Joseph Yoons, a consumer insight analyst for Edmunds.
Trucks have evolved from utilitarian vehicles to highly aspirational ones that consumers are willing to spend a lot of money on — and automakers are noticing, added Waatti.
“It does not seem strange to me that a quarter of the population in Texas have some serious cash, [saying] ‘I couldn’t get one of these fancy trucks before, I can get them now,’” said Tom McParland, contributing writer for automotive website Jalopnik and operator of vehicle-buying service Automatch Consulting.
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… and that’s how America brought back slavery: volunteers.
I don’t really see how signing up to make payments on an expensive vehicle equates to slavery
I believe they are using a literary device called hyperbole to illustrate the wage-slave relationship to consumerism in modern socioeconomics.
Hyperbole is taking an example and making it more extreme. Voluntarily trading one’s labour for money is the opposite of slavery. It just appears they don’t understand what slavery is.
As they ignored reality https://www.motorbiscuit.com/ford-f-150-most-popular-car-rich-americans-making-200k-dollars/
Hyperbole and literary devices aren't really helpful or clever when you ignore that the owners are quite wealthy.
Maybe you should look up the definition of slavery
Oh no, I'll tow my car to the track in my in cooled massaging seats, but fuck me I'll have to work 30 hours next week and only get to retire at 55.
Most people buying these trucks are very well off.
I'm not sure what part of, " I want a truck and I want luxury features", you all don't understand.
This shouldn't even exist.
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