I drive a second gen tacoma, one of the last small pickups. This past winter I thought about going and buying a new third gen tacoma because I was worried that with the fourth gen, the manual transmission would be gone.
I went to the dealer, had the truck all built online, and was prepared to put a down payment and wait for my truck to be built. One thing was I had to be able to sit in the front seat before we started the process.
I’m tall. And I’m glad I sat in the truck for 30 seconds because there was absolutely no way for me to make any adjustments enough to make me comfortable. Broke my heart. And I’m sure the new gen is going to be bigger, and I don’t want that. But I do want a vehicle that I want and not a used vehicle I was lucky enough to find a great deal on.
When I went and asked a number of different communities if they knew of any way to mod the seat, the most common answer was to get a tundra. Oh boy did I lose my cool.
I do not need a full sized truck. I’m not hauling heavy equipment or a camper. I’m not loading up with tons of rock at the quarry. I’m going to home depot and buying plywood and 2x4s. Sometimes furniture.
I just want to fit inside a truck that has a manual transmission.
Can’t speak to the manual transmission part but I’m at Home Depot every other weekend or so loading up my ILX (a civic with leather seats) with 2x4’s. You don’t need a truck for 2x4’s.
The thing is, any year Tacoma can at least pull a tent trailer, and most can pull small campers. The only reason to buy a full size truck for hauling outside of work is if you want a mobile hotel.
The good news is that compact trucks have been really popular and I wouldn’t be surprised to see more companies offering them. Ford can’t keep Mavericks on the lot and the Hyundai Santa Cruz seems to sell well too. I bought a Santa Cruz because it had the best towing in the smallest, most affordable vehicle I could find.
Unless it’s got monster truck wheels it’s just going to get stuck in traffic like all the other cars when shit hits the fan and everyone tries to escape the cities.
Do you think people who drive unnecessarily big trucks in cities think they’ll be the underdog hero who survives an apocalypse?
I drive a second gen tacoma, one of the last small pickups. This past winter I thought about going and buying a new third gen tacoma because I was worried that with the fourth gen, the manual transmission would be gone.
I went to the dealer, had the truck all built online, and was prepared to put a down payment and wait for my truck to be built. One thing was I had to be able to sit in the front seat before we started the process.
I’m tall. And I’m glad I sat in the truck for 30 seconds because there was absolutely no way for me to make any adjustments enough to make me comfortable. Broke my heart. And I’m sure the new gen is going to be bigger, and I don’t want that. But I do want a vehicle that I want and not a used vehicle I was lucky enough to find a great deal on.
When I went and asked a number of different communities if they knew of any way to mod the seat, the most common answer was to get a tundra. Oh boy did I lose my cool.
I do not need a full sized truck. I’m not hauling heavy equipment or a camper. I’m not loading up with tons of rock at the quarry. I’m going to home depot and buying plywood and 2x4s. Sometimes furniture.
I just want to fit inside a truck that has a manual transmission.
Can’t speak to the manual transmission part but I’m at Home Depot every other weekend or so loading up my ILX (a civic with leather seats) with 2x4’s. You don’t need a truck for 2x4’s.
The thing is, any year Tacoma can at least pull a tent trailer, and most can pull small campers. The only reason to buy a full size truck for hauling outside of work is if you want a mobile hotel.
The good news is that compact trucks have been really popular and I wouldn’t be surprised to see more companies offering them. Ford can’t keep Mavericks on the lot and the Hyundai Santa Cruz seems to sell well too. I bought a Santa Cruz because it had the best towing in the smallest, most affordable vehicle I could find.
Honestly, I think most of them just wanted a truck and there wasn’t a smaller option readily available.
If you are going to go big then you can at least go with something actually useful:
Judging by the collective actions of these people, I don’t think they will.
Unless it’s got monster truck wheels it’s just going to get stuck in traffic like all the other cars when shit hits the fan and everyone tries to escape the cities.