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Ever-rising height of car bonnets a ‘clear threat’ to children, report says
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Are you talking about Kei trucks? Are you seriously hinging your entire argument on legislation preventing vehicles that are less than 25 years old from being imported?
Or are you talking about the chicken tax and CAFE standards? Because, guess what, the cheapest price I found for a brand new GMC truck is 47 grand. Cheapest price I'm seeing for a brand new Toyota Tacoma is 31k. Top tier models come out to about 50k.
And even they're still too big, but none of that matters to you because you need a truck for truckin around doin' truck stuff!
Edit: shit, I can find a used tacoma from 2005 that would be a better price and size than your average brand new monster truck. Anyone trying to tell me that I'm rejecting reality in a used truck market like this tells me they've got skin in the game.
Fuck the reality people like you create.