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The article has good content (and the overall point is not missed on me) but think using the F-150 for usage breakdown is "sort of" a straw man - it's not a veh
by dieselgate 4y ago
The article has good content (and the overall point is not missed on me) but think using the F-150 for usage breakdown is "sort of" a straw man - it's not a vehicle one can use for "heavy" towing/hauling or commercial applications where you "actually need a truck". Far as I know F-150s (and equivalent 1500 series/half-ton truck from other Makes) are all gasoline while F-250/2500 on up have diesel options (often more desirable/practical for towing/hauling/commercial uses).
- alamortsubite 4y agoOK, but have you ever seen any half-ton truck commercial where the act of towing wasn't prominently featured? The problem isn't people buying these trucks intending to do a lot of towing, but later realizing they got less than the ideal vehicle for the application. The problem is they're buying this crap purely on a fantasy.
- dieselgate 4y agoFor sure I don't disagree with you and am not making any assertions into the root cause for of any problems. Even Rivian trucks talk a lot about their towing capacity (and they're quite capable) but it's likely not going to be the truck of choice for an owner who tows "heavy" loads "often". As mentioned, the overall point of the article is not lost on me.
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- dokem 4y agoI don’t understand the need to connect trucks to towing or the concept of a real truck. A truck is a truck because you can put things in the back, it's really that simple. I get that many people can get by with a sadan or whatever but the idea that I have to rent equipment just to transfer some wood or furniture is unacceptable. Even if I do it rarely it's still more often than most people put passengers in the back seat of their car. Truck is the ultimate vehicle but if questioned I'll just say because I like the way it looks haha. It's really not the hill to die on.