Pickup Trucks

AllistonGT said:
Jesus, I'd be embarrassed to be seen in that.
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I love it...but still trying to figure out where the kids go in that beast.

I always loved the Ford Sport Trac with the Adrenaline version.

Maybe I like my Mav because I grew up around the old generation of S10, Ranger, B2000 and other small, lowered pick-up trucks during high school (never had one).

I find them way too large nowadays for anything practical in day to day life.

Was driving through Orangeville on Sat night and saw a lifted (at least 8-10") Ram1500....stupidly wide tires pushing out 3-4" from the wheel wells...and ludicrously white underbody lights in the wheel wells, and under the truck.

Would love to really get hit by one of those...chances of survival almost 0%.

Not sure why these things are allowed on the road when they're clearly dangerous to other users, and IMO they should be pulled off the road, charged, and forced to return to stock (or something less dangerous).
 
mimico_polak said:
I love it...but still trying to figure out where the kids go in that beast.

I always loved the Ford Sport Trac with the Adrenaline version.

Maybe I like my Mav because I grew up around the old generation of S10, Ranger, B2000 and other small, lowered pick-up trucks during high school (never had one).

I find them way too large nowadays for anything practical in day to day life.

Was driving through Orangeville on Sat night and saw a lifted (at least 8-10") Ram1500....stupidly wide tires pushing out 3-4" from the wheel wells...and ludicrously white underbody lights in the wheel wells, and under the truck.

Would love to really get hit by one of those...chances of survival almost 0%.

Not sure why these things are allowed on the road when they're clearly dangerous to other users, and IMO they should be pulled off the road, charged, and forced to return to stock (or something less dangerous).
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Tire poke without extending fenders is clearly illegal. Lifting/lowering is a harder ticket. I'd be ok with modifications that move bumper height outside of a set range to work the same as dui. Insurance doesn't pay as you did it to yourself.
 
ToSlow said:
One of the first question insurance asks if the vehicle has been modified
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Doesn't help when you kill the other driver since your bumper is X" higher than it should be.

Plus with our driving laws...slap on the wrist few hundred dollar fine.

IMO...any such modifications should be strictly controlled. I know in Poland if your wheels come out a single mm beyond the wheel wells...good luck to you.
 
mimico_polak said:
Doesn't help when you kill the other driver since your bumper is X" higher than it should be.

Plus with our driving laws...slap on the wrist few hundred dollar fine.

IMO...any such modifications should be strictly controlled. I know in Poland if your wheels come out a single mm beyond the wheel wells...good luck to you.
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I see some pick ups with the tires sticking out a good 4" or more.

couldn't imagine how load those tires are on the hwy
 
If you took lifted trucks off the road, about half of semi-rural Canada would be hitchhiking! Where we lived in BC (East of Maple Ridge), a mega-lifted Ram was de rigeur for anyone under 30, maybe even 40. Often belching diesel smoke, always with extremely worn mudders on hilarious rims, always with at least one sticker of dubious taste (Calvin peeing on a logo, the stick man embracing a large 'it', a 'shocker' hand, a skeleton hand giving the finger, etc.). Almost always driven with extreme aggression, as if they were very angry most of the time. Strange, that.
 
ifiddles said:
LOL...I'm debt free and at 57 (almost 58) with plans to retire at 60, there's no way I'm going into debt that much for a vehicle...I'm definitely not a baller (besides the obvious that I don't have them seeing as I am a girl :D ) like some of you guys here...
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Jump in the water's Great!!
 
I used to have a 77 GMC pick up 1 1/4 ton army issue that i totally restored i put a 79 cab and box on the chassis, thing was a beast. you would feel a nickel if you drove over it. I would put it in the local truck pulls.
 
Priller said:
If you took lifted trucks off the road, about half of semi-rural Canada would be hitchhiking! Where we lived in BC (East of Maple Ridge), a mega-lifted Ram was de rigeur for anyone under 30, maybe even 40. Often belching diesel smoke, always with extremely worn mudders on hilarious rims, always with at least one sticker of dubious taste (Calvin peeing on a logo, the stick man embracing a large 'it', a 'shocker' hand, a skeleton hand giving the finger, etc.). Almost always driven with extreme aggression, as if they were very angry most of the time. Strange, that.
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I would say I live in a semi-rural area and you nailed it to a T.
 
TK4 said:
Way back when I had a Datsun PL620. If I couldn't get the job done with that I'd borrow my buddy's one-ton GMC.

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My neighbour has a 80s or 90s GMC with an 8ft bed just sitting there...been asking him to sell it to me for years.

Perfect runaround / work truck that no one cares if it's beaten to hell and back. Guy refuses as it's his father in law's that was passed on before he died.

I understand it...but still want it!
 
timtune said:
I would say I live in a semi-rural area and you nailed it to a T.
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when I visit my kids in Northern Alberta , 3/4 ton or 1ton pickup is the thing, deisel and lifted. 8K in rims and tires, and an F trudeau sticker , now upgraded to F carney.
The GM service guys love duramax , almost 20yrs in production and guaranteed to blow up, crank issues from day one and never solved .
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timtune said:
I would say I live in a semi-rural area and you nailed it to a T.
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The funniest one was a guy who lived a road over from us in BC, had a coal burner Dodge diesel with the vertical stack that spewed sun-blocking volumes of black smoke. The back window was filled edge-to-edge with a giant sticker that read, "F*CK YOU HIPPIE".

On the one hand, I have to admire the dedication to the cause. On the other, it must be so depressing having your whole identity tied up in being such an irredeemable a**hole.

Fortunately for the rest of us, it must've cost about $20 in fuel just to start the POS, as he rarely brought it out...
 
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