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Truck bloat is killing us, new crash data reveals (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by brihuang95@sopuli.xyz to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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[–] pahlimur@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I own an '01 3/4 ton suburban for boat and camper hauling. It's small compared to a stock 1/2 ton today. The top of their beds is almost at my roofline. All that size increase comes with very little gain besides dick measuring it seems. I will never understand why people buy them, especially for 60k+.

[–] WetBeardHairs@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

More money more dick.

Fortunately, those 12% APR loans they use to buy them are bankrupting them. I have to view this as an exercise in social darwinism.