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Hey, German here. What the f*** are Americans doing at the other side of the Atlantic? Some of you already know this monstrosity. I did'nt. This is a Ford F650 Truck and when I stepped out of my Youtube Bubble I realized, it was marketed as the "biggest, baddest Truck on the road" for the everyday American. Are you guys serious?! Is the end goal really to drive a Monster Truck to McDs to get a McFlurry? Americas bloodiest wars have been fought in the middle east to secure oil, bombing nations to rubble. And all, for this bullshit? The excess, waste and decadence is mind boggling to me and people on Reddit seriously justifying this by "you know dude I'm 6,4ft. I don't fit in any other vehicle" makes me go up the wall.

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[-] damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
[-] Botanicals@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I call em princess trucks. It's just gender affirming care ✨

[-] noobnarski@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

As a German I dont get trucks at all.

If you need a lot of loading capacity, a van is almost always the better choice.

Especially when you sometimes need to carry a lot of people and other times a lot of material. You can just take the back seats out or fold them down, now you can use the same space for two different purposes.

And you can even install shelves for your tools and material, they are also protected from the weather and some thieves.

I have a Nissan NV-200 (which is almost too small to be considered a van) and I can seat 7 people or I can remove/fold away the backseats and I can suddenly carry more than I almost always need.

It is Diesel and right now I get 7l/100km (33mpg) even though I dont have a fuel saving driving style. I did some experiments when I was on vacation, if I drive a constant 120kph (74mph) I get 6l/100km (39mpg). If I drive around 90kph (56mph) behind commercial trucks, not hugging them but following them so I dont hold up traffic anymore than they do, I get between 4 and 5l/100km (59-47mpg).

Try doing that with a truck, especially when its got a big V8 engine that basically just burns fuel for nothing.

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[-] Copythis@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

There are at least 2 of these rolling around where I live.

They're built on the biggest version of that truck, which normally requires a special license. This one however, you can get with a normal class C license.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

You have no idea

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