Horrid. And people still buy toolboxes like back in the day. You gotta get on a ladder to get in that box. It started in 2010s when 18-20" wheels became the norm. Some dude in like a 98 Silverado parked next to me a while back and it looked so short riding on 15" wheels. But i wished my truck were 3-4 inches shorter. This disparity is why the small truck revolution is coming back around.rilloaggie said:
I'm sure I might be in the minority but I think the ride height of the new trucks makes them less functional. My 2wd 2019 F150 sits 6" higher at the tailgate/bed rail than my 1970 F100. I'm 6ft tall and can reach just about anywhere in the bed of the old truck standing flat footed. I end up on my toes or a step to reach the middle of the bed on the new one. I think the only benefit of the new ride height is getting rid of the hump that used to be in the rear passenger compartment.
You mean the "small" trucks that are as big as the full size trucks of the 70's-90's?JSKolache said:Horrid. And people still buy toolboxes like back in the day. You gotta get on a ladder to get in that box. It started in 2010s when 18-20" wheels became the norm. Some dude in like a 98 Silverado parked next to me a while back and it looked so short riding on 15" wheels. But i wished my truck were 3-4 inches shorter. This disparity is why the small truck revolution is coming back around.rilloaggie said:
I'm sure I might be in the minority but I think the ride height of the new trucks makes them less functional. My 2wd 2019 F150 sits 6" higher at the tailgate/bed rail than my 1970 F100. I'm 6ft tall and can reach just about anywhere in the bed of the old truck standing flat footed. I end up on my toes or a step to reach the middle of the bed on the new one. I think the only benefit of the new ride height is getting rid of the hump that used to be in the rear passenger compartment.
Pssssh, Man! Dem ain't 20's!silverado_lover said:
That was me. They are 15's (I keep them clean tho), but it's also lowered. Tks
silverado_lover said:
That was me. They are 15's (I keep them clean tho), but it's also lowered. Tks
crowman2010 said:
I really don't understand why they didn't just purchase the rights to call it a warthog...
Tim Weaver said:You mean the "small" trucks that are as big as the full size trucks of the 70's-90's?JSKolache said:Horrid. And people still buy toolboxes like back in the day. You gotta get on a ladder to get in that box. It started in 2010s when 18-20" wheels became the norm. Some dude in like a 98 Silverado parked next to me a while back and it looked so short riding on 15" wheels. But i wished my truck were 3-4 inches shorter. This disparity is why the small truck revolution is coming back around.rilloaggie said:
I'm sure I might be in the minority but I think the ride height of the new trucks makes them less functional. My 2wd 2019 F150 sits 6" higher at the tailgate/bed rail than my 1970 F100. I'm 6ft tall and can reach just about anywhere in the bed of the old truck standing flat footed. I end up on my toes or a step to reach the middle of the bed on the new one. I think the only benefit of the new ride height is getting rid of the hump that used to be in the rear passenger compartment.
But why?!maroon barchetta said:crowman2010 said:
I really don't understand why they didn't just purchase the rights to call it a warthog...
Gotta get a fake .50 cal to mount in the back for driving around.
Yep, didn't know that the truck vehicle type that was specifically designed for utility and work also needed to win beauty contests. Many military vehicles like the LAV also look similar for the same reason, function over form.An Ag in CO said:
I'm not a pick-up truck guy so I'm just a mildly interested observer. I'm really struggling to see how the Tesla (or Rivian) is any uglier than all the other pick-up trucks out there. It's definitely a different approach, but they all look equally ugly to me. The front of the Ford on the graphic above is hideous. Does have nice a rectangular look and it just doesn't seem all that different to the Tesla, which is taking the geometrical stuff maybe a little further. I might be wrong, but I'm guessing we'll be seeing more pick-ups looking different to the standard look going forward.
It might blow your mind to learn that lithium battery recycling is not only possible, but large scale facilities are being built up to service the EV industry as we speak.nortex97 said:
Both are terrible, net, for the environment with no plans from the mfg's to recycle the batteries, or remediate the massive ecological damage the strip mining for lithium/cobalt/platinum etc. require to produce their huge batteries. We also need grid investments on the scale of $2-7K per BEV that people plan to put in their garages for at least the 'last mile' of service (transformers etc).
You might be shocked to learn how hard it is to economically recycle lithium batteries as the cells/enclosures/liquid etc. make it very difficult to get at the precious metals, and requires massive amounts of energy to do. Yes, it's possible, but that's why less than 5 percent are recycled today and of the notional effort by mfg's to 'fix' this they are only really trying to 'repurpose' old BEV's for other applications, not recycle them, largely. But that just pushes the rock further down the hill, it doesn't actually recycle them.Tim Weaver said:It might blow your mind to learn that lithium battery recycling is not only possible, but large scale facilities are being built up to service the EV industry as we speak.nortex97 said:
Both are terrible, net, for the environment with no plans from the mfg's to recycle the batteries, or remediate the massive ecological damage the strip mining for lithium/cobalt/platinum etc. require to produce their huge batteries. We also need grid investments on the scale of $2-7K per BEV that people plan to put in their garages for at least the 'last mile' of service (transformers etc).
But yeah strip mining is a huge issue, not to mention the fact that we are essentialy treating third world employees like disposable automatons in those mines.
JAW3336 said:
Saw the video of it arriving to giga TX and it isn't even 6 ft tall. It's like a large sedan with a "bed"
I am just surprised. I was hoping it would be more like a full size pickup.
83 or 84 mayne??silverado_lover said:
That was me. They are 15's (I keep them clean tho), but it's also lowered. Tks
