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It's 99% excess. Most cars are good enough for 95% urban cowboy "truck" stuff. Can't fit a sheet of plywood flat in a taco or ranger and they get maybe 17 mpg.

It's 99% excess. Most cars are good enough for 95% urban cowboy "truck" stuff. Can't fit a sheet of plywood flat in a taco or ranger and they get maybe 17 mpg. Even in TX, the parking lots are filled with tacos that have pristine, empty beds and off-road tires that have never seen a gravel/dirt road or back-country. Farm kids would have beaten me up if I'd showed up to school with a shiny taco like that and a big belt buckle.

PaulDavisThe1st 4y ago
> Can't fit a sheet of plywood flat Reminds me to note that the Honda Civic hatchback from the late 1980s could in fact fit 4'x8' sheet goods in the back quite easily (it also got > 40mpg)
- twblalock 4y ago
  That's absolute nonsense. I would believe you could get a 4-foot-wide item in a Civic. There is no way on earth you could get a 4x8 sheet inside one of those cars. Also, if you got t-boned by a Tahoe they would need to identify your body with dental records. Those things were basically street-legal go karts.
  - PaulDavisThe1st 4y ago
    Sorry, i didn't mean it fit 100% inside. I meant that hatchback was, then unlike today, wide enough to slide it inside, and you could get enough of material inside to safely drive it home with the hatch tied down. Today, this is no longer true of any "small car".
rybosworld 4y ago
You would need an 8.1 ft bed to fit a sheet of plywood. Most trucks don't have that. Plywood isn't usually laid flat in a closed bed for that reason. It's either: 1. Hoisted onto a roof rack (I do not recommend this but I've seen people do it) 2. Lays flat with the tail gate open and overhangs the bed. Secured by ratchet straps. 3. Lays on top of the tail gate and overhangs it a bit. Also secured by ratchet straps. I guess my point is that plywood isn't an issue for mid-size trucks anymore than it is for full size trucks. Heck, one of the selling points of the cybertruck is that you will be able to lay a full sheet of plywood with the tailgate up. It's only a selling point because it's an uncommon feature: https://www.reddit.com/r/teslamotors/comments/e60oxq/tesla_cybertruck_to_fit_full_4x8_plywood_sheet/ https://www.reddit.com/r/teslamotors/comments/e60oxq/tesla_c...

PaulDavisThe1st 4y ago

> Can't fit a sheet of plywood flat Reminds me to note that the Honda Civic hatchback from the late 1980s could in fact fit 4'x8' sheet goods in the back quite easily (it also got > 40mpg)

twblalock 4y ago
That's absolute nonsense. I would believe you could get a 4-foot-wide item in a Civic. There is no way on earth you could get a 4x8 sheet inside one of those cars. Also, if you got t-boned by a Tahoe they would need to identify your body with dental records. Those things were basically street-legal go karts.
- PaulDavisThe1st 4y ago
  Sorry, i didn't mean it fit 100% inside. I meant that hatchback was, then unlike today, wide enough to slide it inside, and you could get enough of material inside to safely drive it home with the hatch tied down. Today, this is no longer true of any "small car".

rybosworld 4y ago

You would need an 8.1 ft bed to fit a sheet of plywood. Most trucks don't have that. Plywood isn't usually laid flat in a closed bed for that reason. It's either: 1. Hoisted onto a roof rack (I do not recommend this but I've seen people do it) 2. Lays flat with the tail gate open and overhangs the bed. Secured by ratchet straps. 3. Lays on top of the tail gate and overhangs it a bit. Also secured by ratchet straps. I guess my point is that plywood isn't an issue for mid-size trucks anymore than it is for full size trucks. Heck, one of the selling points of the cybertruck is that you will be able to lay a full sheet of plywood with the tailgate up. It's only a selling point because it's an uncommon feature: https://www.reddit.com/r/teslamotors/comments/e60oxq/tesla_cybertruck_to_fit_full_4x8_plywood_sheet/ https://www.reddit.com/r/teslamotors/comments/e60oxq/tesla_c...