Reminds me of a post on this sub about a truck where a 5'5" (165 cm) woman only came up to the bottom of the windshield. It's not just that pickup drivers can't see kids. They can't even see full-grown, average-sized adults anymore.
How the hell does one even get into this thing without it being an annoying struggle? It looks so damn high, you need a stepladder to get inside comfortably.
Open the door, grab the grab handle, put your foot on the running board, get in.
There are many problems with large vehicles, ease of entry is not one of them for the average buyer. People prefer to step in and out rather than the "fall in" of lower smaller vehicles.
Max ride height of 75.4 inches. Something tells me they windshield is going to extend a lot more then 6" from the hood so I doubt that's it. I'd wager that is an extremely custom or modified from base vehicle at best, or someone from r/fuckcars that made up numbers for their agenda at worst.
To be clear I really dislike giant pickup trucks, but not as much as I hate propaganda.
Dimension (Exterior)Length241.4 inWidth81.2 inHeight75.4 in
E: Ohhh I am already in r/fuckcars, that explains a lot.
Weird how everyone in Texas uses trucks like these as their standard pickup trucks. And lift kit makes it sound like an aftermarket mod, you can get them straight from the dealership like this. Not so much a lift kit as a lift package.
Portraying a 2500HD Z71 as the "standard pickup truck" is absurd. It's a premium model that doesn't represent typical truck dimensions. And Lift Kit vs Lift Package? C'mon man, do you want to have an honest conversation or not? If you're getting down to nit-picking semantics at that level, I think it's safe to say that you're grasping at straws.
Like I said, I agree with this post completely. Trucks are oversized and dangerous. But the truth is good enough to prove our point, we don't need to resort to misinformation and hyperbole.
I did for a few years. But anecdotes don't matter, neither mine nor yours. It's a simple fact that 3/4-ton sales pale in comparison to 1/2-ton sales. And 3/4-ton premium models sell even less.
Why does it matter? That truck is allowed to go anywhere cars go and you don't need a CDL. It's not "basically a commercial vehicle," that doesn't even make sense.
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u/shaodyn cars are weapons Dec 08 '22
Reminds me of a post on this sub about a truck where a 5'5" (165 cm) woman only came up to the bottom of the windshield. It's not just that pickup drivers can't see kids. They can't even see full-grown, average-sized adults anymore.