Try driving your average (crew cab short bed) midsize truck in a large city. They’re almost as unwieldy but to make it worse, they’re short enough (vertically) to fit in most parking garages, but very wide and long. I think the conversation is about something even smaller than that - a compact truck, basically what…

The problem here is that the industry (with domestics most guilty) is cutting its smaller vehicle options. Toyota, Hyundai/Kia, and Honda are going to have an absolute field day when this happens. Also doesn’t help that people are under water on 84+ month loans on vehicles that get terrible fuel economy. Oy. 

They have a very high social costs, that’s why there’s hate. Compared to a more reasonable vehicle, pickups consume far more fuel and emissions rates are far higher. They make the road significantly more dangerous because of their size and driving characteristics. They require more resources to build. They contribute…

LOL yea, and I didn’t mean to entirely disagree - but I do think the “hard to work on modern cars” thing needs to go away. It’s a natural progression, everything today is more complicated than they were in the past because it usually provides convenience or some major advantage.

But the former needs to be done every dozen-thousand miles or so. The latter happens like once in 250,000 miles or never. 

literally

I’m sure you know that you’re in the minority of truck buyers. I’m not saying that people like you are a small group - there’s a significant number of people who place a high value on comfort, even for a work truck. But people like that are outnumbered ten fold by your neighbor with the $60k truck who has never had so…

Remember to consider inflation. If the ‘08 was purchased in 2007, that $42,000 (in 2007$) is more like $51,000 today. Considering the new safety and entertainment tech, lower emissions/better fuel economy (depending on specs, though) -- along with the fact that modern vehicles are generally more reliable, an extra $9k…

You’re completely missing the point. The point was that there’s a market segment that exists and automakers are missing out on them. E.g. smaller trucks, like those that someone who drives in a city probably wants. 

I get that they want to be right, but they’re ignoring a critical and significant source of emissions that ANL explicitly states that it ignores - production and distribution of gasoline. Emissions from electric vehicle charging includes these emissions, so it’s not an apple-to-apple comparison.

This is pretty accurate. The only area between philly and pittsburgh that aren’t entirely Pennsylucky is the Lancaster-Harrisburg area. 

Eh, I think it’s no different than when I search the MLS for a single family house with a garage, and 30% of the listings are apartments because the listing agent doesn’t care if it’s a lie. 

I haven’t used car listing searches for a while, but can you filter results by miles? If so, that’s probably where this tactic is relevant. 

And we know from the new Wrangler that FCA and welding go well together. 

Mazda’s SPCCI engine only operates in its most-efficient (HCCI-esque) mode under certain conditions, and runs as a regular spark ignition engine otherwise. So, think that would make it a great candidate for a generator, not a bad one.

I owned a ‘15 Tacoma for maybe 18 months before trading in for a 4runner. When researching the Tacoma, I found that buying a three year old 60k mile non-CPO Tacoma would save maybe $4,000 over new. That’s insane and makes no sense at all. I guess there’s just enough people out there who’s budgets are constrained…

If the 5th gen does have a secret nook, it’s so hidden that I haven’t found it yet :D

Definitely not slow on current 4runners. I was actually a bit surprised at how fast it is. 

As others mentioned, the current 4runner does have a wiper tucked up in the spoiler. Video was just incorrect.

I mean, there’s also much less of it and they don’t get the crazy weather swings. Makes it a little easier to maintain.