Diesel pickup trucks. There was a time when they were meant for work exclusively. The first work pickup I owned was a Ford F250 with a 6.9L N/A V8 diesel. 180 HP and 400 lb. ft. of torque so it definitely was no speed demon but the thing was an absolute workhorse. Now half the diesel pickups on the road are bro-dude…

Yes yes yes times 1000. The only thing I would say differently would be to offer 4X4 as an option (the vehicle already has the provisions, the cost of adding wouldn’t be too substantial). In the end you’d have an absolutely no frills vehicle capable of winter/adverse condition driving. Offering a base spec 4 cylinder…

I second this. These things are tanks and they are awesome for that reason.

Zipties.

Travelling down I94 in western Minnesota, I’m pulling a 20' enclosed trailer behind my pickup doing about 7-8 mph over the speed limit (yeah yeah I know speeding is bad) in the right lane with a car in the left lane passing me. I’m coming up on my exit (for a gas station) when suddenly out of nowhere a biker comes…

“These demons have been haunting me in my sleep ever since I first learned to drive on a gremlin-ridden 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee”

The number one creepiest encounter I’ve ever had while driving would be three years ago in the middle of nowhere Nebraska. It’s around 1 AM and I’m heading down a desolate county road towards I80, on my way home to eastern Iowa from a jobsite. Suddenly I come to a T intersection and right in the middle is a…