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This community exists as a sister community/copycat community to the r/fuckcars subreddit.

This community exists for the following reasons:

to raise awareness around the dangers, inefficiencies and injustice that can come from car dependence.
to allow a place to discuss and promote more healthy transport methods and ways of living.

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I laugh at the Ford every time I see it. Today i got at chance to park next to it and the the size difference is comically large. (feddit.dk)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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One of these has definitely hauled more than the other, and i guarantee you it's not the ford.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (20 children)

I would love to see the smaller car that can tow a 35 foot 5th wheel trailer.

Or the van that can haul 12 foot logs stacked 6 feet deep.

Or carry two 1000liter water totes and allow them to be filled from the overhead hose that is provided by the municipality.

Or pull a trailer with a rented excavator.

The point here isn't to argue. But I do get pretty tired of these threads just shitting on trucks for fun. They don't make sense for non tradespeople living in a city. But I could not do with one vehicle if that vehicle wasn't a pickup.

I'm building a homestead from scratch where I had to cut the trees of the forest down in order to make room to put my trailer to live in. Without the truck I could not haul the trailer all the way to the mill, all the milled wood back, and carry all of the things that I need to build the house. While still giving me 4 seats so that my nephews have a seat when I pick them up.

Edit to add: Mine is also dirty, dented, scratched, and abused. I don't have time to make a work machine shiny, I have work to do.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (11 children)

As someone else pointed out already, yes, there are people who need a truck. They don't need an oversized death machine. There is little to no reason for a truck to have that much bulk, the bulk doesn't add power.

However, most "need a truck" is either shit that could be done in much less vehicle, or done so infrequently that it makes 0 sense to OWN said truck. I sometimes need a truck... so far thrice in my life. I rented said truck. My wagon covers almost all of my hauling needs, rental covers the few outliers.

[–] Oderus -4 points 1 year ago (10 children)

I don't understand this need to tell people what they need or what they should drive. Can't we just let people enjoy the things they like without getting all Judge Judy? I own a full ton diesel and I wouldn't have bought it if I didn't need it. How else am I going to tow my 32 foot RV? It's how the wife and I vacation. Should I be flying to my vacation vs driving there because people hate trucks but someone give planes a pass??

I can see people being more upset at sportscars vs. trucks but that doesn't happen. They are less fuel efficient than most trucks and can a lot less. An Infiniti Q37 with a V6 engine does 20MPG combined when my truck gets closer to 25MPG combined.