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Americans can no longer afford their cars (www.newsweek.com)

submitted 9 months ago by Blaze@lemmy.zip to c/personalfinance@lemmy.ml

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[–] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Right? The mid size truck is now the size of a full size from 15 years ago.

[–] SpeakinTelnet@programming.dev 12 points 9 months ago

Had an 84 Toyota pickup, can confirm that thing would be classified as a compact car nowadays. Funny thing, it had a longer bed than many current full size truck.

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

I have this weird little vehicle from the 1980's. I can best describe it as a Japanese Jeep. It wasn't ever a "big" vehicle, but seeing it next to a modern truck is jarring.

The best part is, I know from direct repeated personal experience that the 60 horsepower 4wd can go more places than a typical 4wd truck.

EDIT: Also, the truck in this picture is a 2004-2008, a 2023 is even bigger...

[–] TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub 3 points 9 months ago

That's super cute

[–] Warp10Lizard@startrek.website 1 points 4 months ago

That thing is cool AF.