This one is for all the @redstateinsurgents@a.gup.pe

  • db2@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Trucks come, or used to anyway, in more reasonable configurations than maga drones get. A carbureted 300 I6 gets like 25mpg but it isn’t pointlessly big and loud and it’s a 6 so they don’t want it.

    • Soup@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Well, carbs are ass but they had fuel-injected 6cyl Rangers and Mazda B2500s. Those were solid trucks and for jobs where having a bed you could just toss shit into is actually important they worked great. Plus you could reach into the bed unlike these new giant fucking things and that’s coming from a dude who’s 6’-5”.

      The biggest thing is that if they actually had any braincells and truly bought the vehicle for practical reasons they’d probably all own GMC Savannas and stuff but it’s all about the image so…

    • Wrench@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      I just picked up an early 2000s used truck because I have a hobby where a truck bed is useful. $7500.

      People were trying to tell me that I should get a new one, I can resale it in a few years and it’ll retain it’s value.

      I don’t need a shiny new truck. I’m going to throw wood and sheet goods in the back. And I can actually see out of the damn thing, unlike anything recent.

      • Annoyed_🦀 @monyet.cc
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        People were trying to tell me that I should get a new one, I can resale it in a few years and it’ll retain it’s value.

        Thank god you didn’t actually do that. If car retain value, then it mean the buyer can also afford a new one. Why get used when new one cost roughly the same?

      • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
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        3 months ago

        Oh my god why do people think cars retain their value? They depreciate immediately when you drive them off the lot. Cars are not houses people, they do not appreciate in value.

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          3 months ago

          Yeah, the one saying that was claiming that after your initial deprecation after driving off the lot, trucks tend to hold their value for a long time. So might as well.

          He’s also the guy that’s last minute panicking about saving for retirement in his 50s.

          Go figure.