In memory of my 95 extended cab

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    1 day ago

    I’ll ask again, any data to actually support this. Been asking 6 years now and rarely get a response. And when I do it’s t9 secondary sources that all link back to a private industry report with no methodology or a MSNBC report with some of the shittiest questions for a poll I’ve seen

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      20 hours ago

      There’s 2 F series trucks for every square mile of this country. Do you think they are all out there hauling loads and trailers, off roading and actualling being used for truck stuff, or do you think that the vast majority of them are single occupant highway battering rams built to make small men feel big and important?

      Remember, 2 per square mile, and that just one series of trucks, from 1 manufacturer, going back just 10 years.

      In the absence of hard statistics, I think a gut check on the sheer scale of trucks being sold in the US will suffice.

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        21 hours ago

        Everyone I know uses them pretty consistently to tow. I know of one or two people who don’t use it well. I think a portion of them probably could get away with a ranger.

        In the absence of any real data, trying to roughly include my small suburban town just outside of rural (more used and working class users) anecdotally it wouldn’t surprise me to see anywhere between 20-35% of owners not having any sort of real use for their truck. I’d wager that most of those owners are new owners as well.

        That’s not to say there aren’t dumb idiots living in downtown NYC being morons. I just don’t think it’s remotely as crazy as the fuck cars community would have you believe.

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          21 hours ago

          Everyone I know uses them pretty consistently to tow.

          Is even softer data than what I posted, and softer than the old survey you were complaining about.

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              19 hours ago

              Yeah, because you’re in a big truck, and not a sensibly sized car getting pinched between a brodozer and a concrete barrier everyday.

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                  19 hours ago

                  Ah, so you wouldn’t recommend that someone buy one of these things as a daily driver? You only have the truck for doing truck stuff, right?

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                    18 hours ago

                    I have a 4 car garage, money to buy multiple used vehicles, and fix them up myself. Not many are so privileged.

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        1 day ago

        So truthyness and your gut feeling.

        It’s insane, you’ve got people screeching nobody needs this because of biased perceptions.

        I’m my observation most truck users use then quite a bit. I’m on the light side and two 2k a year and maybe 10 home depot trips , and all my peers are using them even more 🤷‍♂️. Maybe not as scientific as a rough survey of a parking lot and making assumptions about clean vehicles not being used properly!

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          So you don’t actually have anything that says otherwise. Im sorry; your entire argument is invalid and rules of the code d’ebatemebro say you get ten minutes in the shame corner or ritual suicide. The shame corner is live streamed.

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      Do you think there is some dataset that says that people make poor choices due to emotional immaturity?

      Maybe there is a dataset that shows the rate of unladen trucks per mile?

      You won’t get it because it doesn’t exist, asking for it is an absurd notion because you know it cannot be produced.

      Not like the smol pp crew is busy logging miles to the grocery store and office.

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        So you’re just making shit up and projecting. Well, at least your honest about what your doing. Makes me feel quite a bit less gaslit even I hear all these screeches about not using a truck properly. Makes total sense how is so out of line with reality.

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          12 hours ago

          You can feel any way you like. That is your irrevocable right. I have neither the ability nor desire to deprive you or anyone else of it.

          However if you drive a big truck with a tiny bed, you are a silly little man!