Chonnawonga@sh.itjust.works to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoTell me again why you need a pickup truck.sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square123fedilinkarrow-up1565arrow-down128
arrow-up1537arrow-down1imageTell me again why you need a pickup truck.sh.itjust.worksChonnawonga@sh.itjust.works to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square123fedilink
minus-squareA_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·5 months agoI’m dying for a return to 80s style trucks but with hybrid/electric engines Please just let me have a functional, strong truck that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg to drive
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 months agoand won’t require bags of sand, gravel, or litter in the bed every winter
minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoI’m naïve. What does this do?
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoIt adds weight over the drive wheels, since pick ups are notably lighter in the back without a cap. When you’re stuck in snow or ice you can also dump a little in front of your rear wheels to get some extra traction.
minus-squareMonument@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 months agoDid you catch that glorious but brief period when Ford and GM were building retro EV’s?
minus-squareA_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoOh shit I did not Damn, do want…
I’m dying for a return to 80s style trucks but with hybrid/electric engines
Please just let me have a functional, strong truck that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg to drive
and won’t require bags of sand, gravel, or litter in the bed every winter
I’m naïve. What does this do?
It adds weight over the drive wheels, since pick ups are notably lighter in the back without a cap.
When you’re stuck in snow or ice you can also dump a little in front of your rear wheels to get some extra traction.
Did you catch that glorious but brief period when Ford and GM were building retro EV’s?
Oh shit I did not
Damn, do want…