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Are red & blue lines under the pic are the calibrated references, whilst the car pics are not?
Here in Alberta, young men hatch out of their eggs with a mullet on their head and the keys to a Ram in their hand. It's basically a social pressure at this point.
That was two words.
i just want a 97 Tacoma again
🎵 12 yards long, 2 lanes wide 🎵
65 tonnes of American pride!
Top of the line in utility sports
Unexplained fires are a matter for the courts
Baby, I may have micropenis, but my monster truck will vibrate enough to make you orgasm!!!
Some time later, the woman breaks up with the dude and starts a relationship with the truck
Don't forget the spousal abuse
The shift to these ridiculously large trucks is partially consequent of the poorly-implemented Obama fuel economy regulations. The regulations were determined by wheelbase and tread width, which disincentivized manufacturers from making mid- or small-sized trucks. The bigger they made them, the less restricted they were by fuel economy. Larger vehicles also ease constraints on engineers; they don't have to struggle fitting a lot into a small body. Once large trucks became the default offering, they morphed into the annoying cultural "status" symbol we know today.
Anyway I have a Miata MX-5 and I love my tiny car.
Long before that though, back when SUVs became popular because they were trucks and didn't have to obey sedan fuel economy. This was back in the late 90s
The CAFE act caused most of these changes and was signed by Clinton in the early '90s. Obama may have made things worse, but the roots of the problem go back much further
CAFE standards date to 1975
Ahh, didn't realize that. I guess Clinton expanded them?
I also love your tiny car, even when I see one from behind the wheel of my slightly less tiny Civic, which I adore.
Thanks Obama
But I need my insanely large blacked out, lifted, with black rims, f-250. I have to get 3 bags of groceries.
Of course off-road capabilities are required. How else would I drive on nicely paved suburban roads?
Guess what destroys offroad performance though?
An insanely long wheelbase coupled with a top heavy design....
Well, it's marketed to the same people who think that a Cybertruck is an offroad vehicle.
Just always gotta be prepared for the one day a year snow stays on the ground. Even in June.
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