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30 points

The 93 ford ranger was perfect. I hate these fucking abominations we have now and I think industry grossly underestimated the demand for a sensible pickup

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25 points

Yep, first gen Tacoma is perfect in my mind. The new tacos are bigger than the F150 was! Why!? It’s ridiculous.

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15 points

Why!?

Because bigger vehicles can simply ignore various regulatory and efficiency requirements.

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12 points

And no modern truck owners remember those little trucks. They think being a truck owner means you have to have the biggest most ridiculous truck out there. Personally, I’d love it there was a smaller ranger sized EV truck. I’d buy one of those tomorrow if they gave up on massive monsteosities

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6 points

I’d buy the shit out of a plugin hybrid the size of a 93 ranger

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8 points

Sorry, in America they tell you what you want, and they’re telling us you don’t actually want that. (And don’t you dare try to import one from Europe or somewhere else, they made that illegal)

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3 points

Take something the size of an original Ford Ranger, throw in a two-cylinder diesel generator and a battery pack and make it a series plugin hybrid.

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-6 points

That’s pretty homophobic

It’s hard to let people know you’re looking if they can’t see/hear you

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5 points

What is “homophobic”? Or are you just looking for reasons to use that word?

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5 points

I had a 93 Ranger and I miss it a lot. It had an aftermarket moonroof that also leaked like a sieve, but man I loved that little truck. Good size for actual utility.

I rolled it years ago, unfortunately.

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2 points

The 93 Ranger had a bigger cargo bed than most large pickups today, too.

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2 points

I have a 95 driving it til the wheels fall off

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@Windex007 @scrubbles
My dad had a white '68 Ford Ranger. I loved that truck. He later put a camper on it and drove us all around the contiguous Western U.S.

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Not sure why you’d lie about something like this? Not exactly obscure knowledge that the Rangers first model year was 1983. Before that it was a trim package, if that’s what you mean that’s still a full size F-series.

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The old Ranger wasn’t a sensible pickup though. Those things are for people that want a pickup shaped object but don’t want a full size.

If a 4x8 sheet won’t fit flat in the bed it’s just a toy designed to carry other toys around.

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What percentage of F150s have the maximum bed size for that vehicle which is 8 ft?

How much drywall do you think has been moved with a pickup with a box shorter than 8 ft?

What percentage of pickup trucks do you see without a single paint scuff in the box?

It’s not the size of a truck that makes it a toy.

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1 point

No clue.

Sheets fit in the bed of a 6.75’ bed with the tailgate down. I prefer the old short beds for city work because they are far easier to park.

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10 points

You know most modern trucks have a smaller bed than that little truck? Modern trucks are just minivans for insecure men.

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