I’ve always hated that test. The myth originated back when trucks had 8' beds and single cabs. There was a large area for air to get trapped in. They used modern short bed, long cab trucks for the test. The longer cab gave a long flow over the top and the short bed held an air bubble nicely, unlike the older long bed…

This is just a manufacturer’s shitty attempt to copy the dual-action tail gate from the Honda Ridgeline (which is fantastic BTW) and not admit that they came up with a good idea so they try and make it slightly different. Just give up already and admit the Honda truck has a good idea.

Ooh, dangerous! But you could come home and announce proudly that you had been screwing on ice all day...

I think there are three reasons against single cab trucks.

While we are on the topic of making information more useful to consumers. It really irritates me that very few manufacturers clearly state the width of their vehicles. Especially confusing is with or without mirrors not being clear. As someone who lives in the city, this is actually useful information when considering…

Motorcycle training and protective gear can help bridge the gap between aspiration and fear. 

I’m not saying there is a hard cutoff - somebody else brought up the percentage. Everyone’s using it for something different. Also depends what you count as “using it.” If you’re “using” a full size pickup 20% of the time, but you define “using it” as “taking a lawnmower to your aging parents’ house to mow the lawn…

Big trucks are a nuisance to other drivers in ways that a basic Corolla, or a sports car, or a luxury sedan are not. Idgaf about anybody’s truck when it’s parked in their driveway or cruising on a wide-open highway. It does annoy me when I can’t find a street parking spot because of the extra length of trucks parked…

Nah. It’s ridiculous. Trucks are tools for a purpose. It’s like taking an adjustable wrench making it twice as big as it needs to be, polishing it up, painting it metallic fleck red, and bringing it on a date to eat dinner with because you might need to fix a sink twice a year. Sure, it might work and yeah, it’s a…

Barely a weekend went by this past year without me putting stuff in the bed. Observed usage was lots of stick lumber, plywood and drywall, bales of Roxul, push mower, snowblower, old storm windows, appliances and demolition crap. Nothing that an even smaller truck wouldn’t have handled just as well though. Meanwhile…

Oh, it’s a video.
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Which is the point. How many people in the US genuinely need to carry a motorcycle constantly? Is it really worth the extra cost and the amount extra you pay in fuel constantly for the rare occasions you need to carry something like a motorcycle in the back?

Unless it’s a full on work truck being used daily or every…

Trucks keep increasing in size because every generation has to beat the previous generation on payload capacity with a larger bed. A larger bed means a larger cab

Yup that is the problem right there, too few people buying on practicality and too many buying on what they think will fellate their ego enough. Same reason why every truck seems to have a mean and aggressive looking grill too. Until America gets over our collective anger management problem, we’re always going to want…

That’s the only thing I will give Chevy credit for. At least their headlights are higher than the roof of my car like Ford.

I’ve used this method to clean my car and my driveway. It only works if its’ been very cold before the snow, so that the snow doesn’t stick to the car/ground. You also need very light snow.

This would only work in very specific ideal conditions. Most of the time the snow is glued on or has ice layers, etc.

or just extend arm onto car, walk around car. get in and drive. in reality only certain conditions create easy to remove snow. more often than not a scraper will be necessary.

1) You can see the wheel wells in this pic (along with another bump for something else under the bed)

Based on the email I got from Bollinger about this one #4 is the same as the B1, in that it’s 10,001 lbs. for the GVWR.