• Grass@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    I’ve never seen one with wear and tear and/or dirt that would indicate difficult terrain. Those only leave the city in advertisements.

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      3 months ago

      There’s a few in the country around here. The ones with dirt on them are almost exclusively the Toyota Hilux, though

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        3 months ago

        up to but not including 7th gen hilux is more in line with what I would consider a reasonable truck design. I’d give them a pass before 2004 or so. The bulbous round ones, if people actually use them off the streets then it probably won’t offend me to see them on the road but personally I’d just have a small car for day to day and only use the truck for what I bought it for, storage insurance when I don’t need it. I’m still too scared of having my bike stolen to commit to no car it turns out. Some places are just too sketchy.

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      3 months ago

      Are you around forestry, oil drilling, or similar sites? Obv most are fleet stock simple (with decent tires), but the 4 door, white truck with a V8 is ubiquitous when you need 4 grouchy dudes to effectively live out of it for a whole day, plus all their equipment and food. It’s hilarious how much shit these trucks hold and get anywhere with a 2 track

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        3 months ago

        That truck isn’t this truck though. That truck is dirty, dinged and always in use. The part of this truck that gets used the most is the entertainment system.

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          3 months ago

          Well of course not this one with all the candy. But same frame, same class of engine, same door configuration, etc.

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      3 months ago

      The tonneau cover is usually there because A) they do mostly highway mikes and want the improved mileage resulting from reduced drag, and B) they rarely use the bed, as those covers are a PITA unless you only remove it once in a great while.

      I live in Central America where its mostly little trucks owned by workers, and they often drive on mud roads and hard terrain. The only people with trucks like the black one in the picture are US expats with …particular political leanings.

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        3 months ago

        Nearly every tonneau cover folds or rolls up. Outright removal is a pain, but using the bed isn’t.

        The factory standard cover rolls up in about 30 seconds.

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      3 months ago

      that only happens when actual working people buy it used, maybe a decade down the line, to do actual work.

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        3 months ago

        unless the owner does a full handwash, clay, compound, and wax every time, there is no way the trucks I’m seeing in my region are washed off road vehicles.