Ontopic A Thread About Butt Mustard, For Those Who Drive Automobiles

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I did the same thing when I got rid of my Ram quad cab for the Landrover. So much nicer being able to park and go downtown.
The parking is one thing. The more than double mpg is something that I really love about it. $30 worth of gas can get me about 400 miles on the highway, about 350 miles in the city. I went from riding the motorcycle everyday because it got 40 mpg to doing it now because I love it.
 
I wish Nissan, Toyota, etal. still made the truly small trucks. The "small" shit now is at least midsize.

They'd do everything you need to do living in a city but still easy to get around, park, etc. The extended cabs could fit my 6'2" frame comfortably and still make a U-turn on a city Street, fit down an alley with dumpsters on one side, parallel park in a standard spot, etc.
Exactly. The Tacomas now are the same size as my grandpas '91 F150. Like WTF guys? I get that people want bigger trucks, but not even having a smaller option... come on.
 
If I wanted something huge and impractical it would be one of these.


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Exactly. The Tacomas now are the same size as my grandpas '91 F150. Like WTF guys? I get that people want bigger trucks, but not even having a smaller option... come on.
I've read that making your typical boxy 90s Tacoma/hardbody/ranger/B-series is pretty much impossible due to modern crash standards.
 
I'll sign a waiver. Just give me a rolling beer can with a box on the back.

We can have motorcycles, scooters, Fiat 500's and whatever else. Why not.
 
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They make smart cars that pass modern day crash standards, I'm sure if they were to put a little effort into it, they could make a small truck pass the standards as well.

They make those little smart cars out of some composite that's supposed to be like 4x stronger but I sure wouldn't want to get hit in one.
 
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i dunno, a coworker pre-ordered one of the first gen smart cars and i remember the hood was a piece of plastic that popped off similar to my atv. thing probably had a similar footprint to my atv too.
 
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I used to drive a nice truck. It was classy, but not stock. I towed things with it and loaded up the back end quite a few times. 2wd tho because I live in socal where there's literally no need for a 4wd truck on the freeways. I loved that truck. But it was huge. There were so many parking lots I couldn't use because the tires would be on both lines, U-turns were impossible in major metropolitan areas, and I had to help everyone move their shit with my truck that got 15 mpg on a good day. Fuck that noise.

Now I drive a Ford Focus Hatchback.

I regret not getting the manual, otherwise I love the small car thing.
CAMRY.
 
Camrys are great cars. I wish they still made the station wagon versions. Those were excellent cars. Very practical.
 
I'd rock a V20 platform camry, I have a weird love for those cars. I was raised driving econoboxes and a friend of mine had a V6/5 speed one, the car was comfortable as shit and fun to drive.

The current camry is a "drive to your phone company job, then swing by bed bath and beyond on the way home, maybe play some golf on the weekend" machine.
 
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Also had a little 90 celica for the SO. Would've made a great car for her if she was still 20. Unfortunately wasn't the best choice at age 50.
 
I want a beater minivan that I can gut the seats out of and take up kayaking again. I used to have a kayak rack on my PT Cruiser but I'm short as Bilbo Baggins and it hurt my back and rotator cuffs to load and unload.
Yank the seats out, line it with some synthetic plastic shit, do a psychedelic spray paint job on the outside.
Way more ergonomic to load a kayak in the back of a minivan.
 
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