• limelight79@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I own one of those trucks. There’s several feet in front of me that I literally cannot see. Some models had an optional front facing camera to address the issue.

    There’s no reason for the height, other than “We can’t be shorter than other brand”. It’s less fuel efficient, less convenient for hauling things (you have to lift stuff that much further into the bed), makes it handle worse, and makes it less good for towing. Unfortunately there are no heavy duty short trucks being made. Nor can you really lower the current truck due to the design of the rear axle. You might get a few inches, but that’s about it.

    I really like the Ridgeline, but it cannot handle the work we do with our 3/4 ton pickup (towing a heavy trailer).

    • Hot Saucerman@lemmy.mlOP
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      1 year ago

      I hope you know you’re an outlier. The vast majority of people who own trucks in the US don’t use them for things like towing or hauling.

      According to this data from Axios,[1] on a self-reported survey, only 7% of US truck owners regularly use them for towing, and only 28% regularly use them for hauling.

      87% use them for fucking grocery shopping.


      1. https://www.axios.com/ford-pickup-trucks-history ↩︎

      • jmp242@sopuli.xyz
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        1 year ago

        Yes, and this is the kind of thing I hate. We have tools to use them, but get looked down on because most people are buying completely insane tools for their actual use case / needs. It also leads to the fricken “Luxury Trucks” and all around the trucks costing more and more.

        Of course, we’re also privileged to be able to get a truck used, and not drive it unless we need to haul or tow something heavy. So we drive much smaller vehicles for commuting or getting groceries.

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        1 year ago

        They are called pavement princesses and mall crawlers.

        Lifted trucks and jeeps that have never even seen a gravel road

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          1 year ago

          I think you mean “street princesses”. “Pavement princesses” seems to be slang for prostitutes.