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I agree with OP
Except besides comfort and visibility new cars are better in every way. It’s weird they’re safer but harder to drive well because visibility is shit Theyre quieter because better design and materials but less comfortable because of the god awful safety interiors and maybe that short guy crash dummy Trade offs. You can get a base model pickup and some with no center console you will be pretty happy OP and they’re available in non turbo | ||
Last edited by Gustoo; 04-17-2021 at 08:45 PM..
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I have a 2015 GTI I bought new.. still love it. Paid it off last year. Now I want a little truck... but they're all way too big. So might be looking for a early 2000's Tacoma or Ranger.
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This rings like an analogy for p99. Cars have changed and you don’t like it. Gaming has changed and we don’t like it, which is why we play here. Maybe there is some trait we all carry where we are prone to nostalgia.
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I want a personal electric blimpsuit. Like a floaty exoskeleton with jets that goes like 120mph.
Tbh. It should be easy. Doesn’t have to be fully buoyant. Just enough to make me like floaty. Could still sink. Slowly. Enough for controlled landings. Could be shaped like a missile or saucer or flying wing for aerodynamics and lift even. About the size of a minicar or a bit smaller, like a single seater ultralight. Imagine an oversized airtight flying wing filled with hydrogen. Or helium. And an electric thruster powered or supplemented by solar. Added bonus, a solid fuel booster pack. | ||
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Last edited by Cecily; 04-19-2021 at 09:09 AM..
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Otherwise, if you want a small truck, I'll toss in a vote for the old (NOT the new) Ranger. Thing was strongly-built and almost indestructible. I watched one go for who-knows-how many miles (the owner forgot how many times he rolled it over), then when the torque converter started failing, he overfilled the transmission oil on purpose to over-pressure it, and it somehow held together without blowing out the seals, and ran fine another 4 or 5 years that way until eventually the frame finally rusted through and the truck broke in half with just the body holding it together. It wasn't babied, either, it had been so badly overloaded so many times doing commercial work that the entire vehicle was bent and ran permanently askew. Thing just kept on going. 3 liter vulcan engine is probably the best one. The Ford 2.3 was never particularly good and the larger/later 6's had more problems. I am not a fan of the Tacoma. It's kind of an insult because the rest of the world gets the similar but superior (stronger-built/etc) Hilux. If you can find a Hilux--people import them once in awhile--those things are another case of it'll run until it turns into a pile of rust-colored dust. Modern pickups seem huge. A nominally 1-ton F-350 feels as big as the F-600 flatbed I had to drive once in awhile, years ago. Driving those things cured me of any love for stick shifts. Danth | |||
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All toyota pickups are hands down the absolute best compared to any in class vehicle. The frame on an older ranger is a joke it cant compete with toyota. But ford and dodge win when it comes to bigger pickups because toyota doesnt have a diesel pickup here and its still smaller than a 1 ton ford or dodge 5.9 or 7.3 era. Also only ford amd dodge offer a 1 ton solid front axle pickup
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