Now make a $12,000 version with door locks and a basic AC and I'll buy one this week. I miss 4th/5th gen Hilux
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Really wish we could get stuff like this in the US but like the article said the lane keeping, emergency braking, stability control, etc makes it blow up in costs and Americans are too obsessed with 8ft tall massive pickups and SUVs the size of school busses.
American cinsumer here, I hate large trucks, especially qhen 99.8% of them I see on the road aren't hauling a damn thing.
I'd buy 2 hilux if I could.
Screw all that "assistance" gear. My car ('17 GTI) auto braked for some leaves the other day while I was travelling 120kph
Luckily there wasn't anyone right behind me
My wife's Audi keeps doing the same. The system also isn't smart enough to account for the rate of weight transition when ramming the brakes, so it immediately hits ABS and feels like it's trying to stop on ice. It's actually, genuinely fucking dangerous and enraging
Yea the brake assist fired on me the other day because I was coming to the base of a hill at decent speed and it thought it was a wall or something I guess. I turned off the lane assist within an hour of having the car since they don’t paint lines well in my state and it kept trying to steer me based off old half faded lines DOT didn’t remove when expanding roads or doing construction.
Basically all I have in life is making sure my S10 is serviceable as my hearse. I keep telling my next of kin "Don't you rent no fuckin' flatbed Cadillac when I've got a perfectly serviceable Chevrolet. It carried me everywhere while I was alive, it can carry me one more time." Which for most of my adult life has meant keeping the thing in roadworthy condition, but now that I think about it probably also means I'm going to have to build an S10 compatible casket. I'm a slightly short and stocky guy, so you could build me a crate that'll fit between the bulkhead and the tailgate, but I bet all the ones down at the local funeral home are built for a 6 foot tall man, and that ain't gonna work.
I like my little truck, is what I'm trying to say.
Step side or no? I had 2 s10s in the late 90s and early 00’s since a dear took one from me. Loved those little trucks tho, both were that like copper/bronze/gold color. One stick and one automatic
Smooth side, V6, 4 speed automatic, pewter metallic paint with chrome trim, charcoal interior. She's got 240,000 miles on the clock, I figure about 60,000 more and I'll have her properly broken in. She's my 16th birthday present and the only thing I've ever touched that didn't turn to pus.
Nice, both of mine were over 200k when I bought them almost 20 years ago. Amazing yours just passed 200k now. Hope it lasts for ya, great vehicle.
For years I commuted by motorcycle, and I've got a Buick I'm using up instead of my pickup at the moment.
American here, if someone made a cheap, small truck with no frills I'd buy one this afternoon.
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Would be cool if they made a sedan like this, a bare bones car sounds like something I would love
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Lol it would be cheaper to import that then most cars in canada cost
I wonder what the cost is on the upgraded ones or if they'll even be available, I assume one would also want the bigger engine
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