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Anyone remember light pickups? I had one of the last Nissan hardbody trucks, and I loved that darned thing. I abused the heck out of it and it lasted forever. There's nothing really like it now. Supposedly the rebooted Toyota Stout will be in this range, but I suspect it won't really be the same kind of truck.
There's some funky high tariff on light duty pick ups, that killed importing them.
25% - thanks lobbyists and purchased politicians.
As I mentioned on another thread, I'm trying to reduce my car dependency by walking and cycling more often but I do intend to buy "one more" car; preferably a 80s/90s Toyota pickup but a Land Cruiser 80 series is also in the cards.
Favorite truck I ever owned was an early 80s Silverado. 8' bed, cloth bench seat, power/computerized nothing. Simple, functional, throw some bricks and sticks in the back without a second thought of scratches and dents...
Fancy crap on a truck is just that much more to go wrong, but I'm sure it makes you real comfy.
When I was riding, I had a Chevy S10 and a fold-up trailer that I could haul up to 4 motorcycles with, looked like the small truck on the left.
I can't even imagine trying yo use one of today's trucks to accomplish the same thing. It would be a nightmare.
These things are marketed to carry people and stuff, and they're bad at both.
Serious question: are people actually posting on Tumblr enough for us to make memes?
Those Ford rangers were death traps back then.
I had an 88 Chevy S-10 with the little Iron Duke 4. The rear glass was the headrest. It didn't have enough power to use 5th gear and maybe got 20mpgs. People look back on these trucks with rose tinted nostalgia but they werent that great.
Exactly. I remembered seeing people dying and getting some serious injuries from low speed crashes.
Oh man I saw a pair of tiny trucks like those at the junkyard made. Made me sad, they were gutted for parts.
I see older and heavy people struggle to get up into these ridiculously high trucks. These damn things never fit properly in parking spaces and in garages I watch them struggle.
I had a coworker, who was into cars, give me a hard time about getting a Subaru instead of a giant suv or truck. He actually pushed the macho angle. I just said that I only wanted what I actually needed, not some bank account busting status symbol.