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Why can't you make a cheap EV for people who want to be able to throw a couple sheets of plywood in the back? These tiny beds are borderline useless.
Because performative pickups are lifestyle items in North America.
Stealing "performative pickup"
I prefer emotional support vehicle or Gender affirming vehicle.
They literally put truck nutz on them.
(I think the original brand name was 'truck nutz')
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck_nuts
You can basically be guaranteed that if you find someone with truck nuts, you have found one of the most insecure men on the planet.
I have jokingly threatened to sneak a pair onto my partner's truck just to see how long it takes him to figure it out. But I'm not a monster. Even as a joke. I wouldn't put him through that.
Also I'm terrified of retribution. If my beautiful truck were to be so sullied...
I want to say, 'put a 3d printed or injection molded vagina or pair of tits on the truck', but at this point, I fear that would probably get the driver arrested for indecent exposure, violating some kind of pornography law of some kind in many US states.
The other common term is 'pavement princess'.
Your 145k luxury heavy duty crewcab truck that spends most of its time sitting on the pavement in your driveway, because gas mileage is terrible, and you're also terrified of using your truck... as a truck, ie, hauling loads, going a bit offroad or into a construction site... because that could superficially damage your princess.
There are actually a good number of 'car guys' who fucking hate these things, and also even advocate for trains/public transit/bike lanes etc. ... because they will actually reduce traffic, which will make driving more enjoyable overall, and also lessen the amount of people on the road who cannot afford to maintain their dangerous shitboxes, that are more likely to be in an accident because of their state of disrepair.
The people buying these aren’t really using them as a truck. They use them to go get groceries and pick up a coffee. Idiots.
well i like to get a coffee too. after i pick up a few 8x4 sheets of whatever i’m working with this week.
I whole heartedly agree. Maybe it’s like women’s clothes and getting dresses with pockets, so they can sell you the accessories? bed extender
Because it’s not a real truck, it’s unibody construction.
Im uninformed about this. Why cant a truck with a unibody have a bigger bed
you put in a bigger bed and customers will try to load it up and bend the unibody frame. you overload your ladder frame pickup and you might damage the bed or the tires but aren't likely to render the entire vehicle unsafe.
ladder frame is capable of supporting much more weight than any unibody due to the design that separates load bearing concerns from body concerns.
Makes sense. Thanks for the explanation
Because a bed made of, and supported by just sheet metal can’t have the same strength as a bed that is supported by essentially 6” steel girders.
preach. id have been electric years ago if they made a full bed.