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BTW the tank has a better forward view than the truck

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[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago

Not only gas prices, some trucks are priced similarly to mid end porsches. I've always seen them similarly as I see minivans or SUVs: something circumstances might dictate you should drive instead of a car. Minivans if you need to haul kids, SUVs if you need to haul sports equipment, trucks if you need to haul things moved by front loaders or outdoor tools. Or maybe if they do some offroading, certain trucks work well for that (though I'd personally rather go for a jeep, Suzuki, or something small).

But for some reason there's people who get a fancy liner so that their groceries don't scratch their truck bed and their tires never touch dirt until maybe they want to show off and end up stuck in some mud or something because they forgot to set it to 4WD.

What happened?