Ford getting out of the car game (basically)
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Lol, but yet when you need something bigger to haul, who do you call??
The luxury full sized pickup has replaced the sports car as the vehicle of choice for the overcompensating man. I could really stand to have one for house and landscaping projects, but they are so damn expensive. It's unbelievable how many quad cabs are cruising around with a bed cover that never comes up until they have to get the suitcase and diaper bag out during a weekend trip to grandmas.
Yes, it is an unwritten rule of truck ownership: if you just got a truck, so did your friends, neighbors and relatives.
EDIT: I don't own one, but I learned this way back when I did.
Yep. People replaced their sports car or luxury car with a luxury truck.
I'm a truck guy so it doesn't bother me that much, but the ones that amaze me are the guys running around down here in texas with 3/4 ton, crew cab, long bed trucks that clearly don't get used for anything more serious than hauling a stroller or their kids bike. That's a serious piece of hardware that doesn't ride that well until you've got a bunch of weight in the back.
As far as Ford getting out, it's disappointing. I always thought the focus was a good car. They are just pulling cars out of the US market though right? I think they do pretty well in Europe.
I pay for delivery or rent a pickup for an hour. Been a few years since I even needed to do that.
Interesting take on the move. They note that some of things we are calling crossovers are more hatchback sedan than SUV. Really more "car" than SUV based.
http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/26/news/companies/ford-suv-shift/index.html
http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/26/news/companies/ford-suv-shift/index.html
People are often surprised how much can fit in a small car. The other day I bought some metal edging that came in 6 foot strips. Once I got outside of HD I freaked out a little wondering if they would fit in my tiny car. They fit perfectly after I googled "How to fold down seats". Pretty sad that I didn't know but who puts the rear seat release in the trunk?
Interesting take on the move. They note that some of things we are calling crossovers are more hatchback sedan than SUV. Really more "car" than SUV based.
http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/26/news/companies/ford-suv-shift/index.html
I guess this solves the issue with my wife saying "I don't want a vehicle where it feels like I'm sitting on the ground".
While the "ATV" on the license plate can be justified as short for Active, the name of the sub model, I don't think it is any coincidence that "ATV" would subliminally reference something else.Interesting take on the move. They note that some of things we are calling crossovers are more hatchback sedan than SUV. Really more "car" than SUV based.
http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/26/news/companies/ford-suv-shift/index.html
I don't know how it is going over all, but in a lot of the jurisdictions I see a whole bunch of SUVs serving as patrol cars.
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Yeah I think a lot would probably just buy more Explorer's.
The Explorer. Now there's a sweet ride.
Test drove one. It had a massaging driver's seat and some kind of collision detection system for the entire parameter of the vehicle.
But to me a "truck" is still something like a 1976 Chevy Silverado that beat the living daylights out of you. A punishing ride.
My 2004 Xterra fits that mold. It's man against truck. The way God intended
Comparing a compact car to a SUV isn't really an apples to apples comparison. Drive a Nissan Maxima or Altima and you would have just as much knee room.
Fit these four large tires and rims into an Audi A5 couple yesterday. Eyeballing it you would think, nope but they fit. Only downside was wrestling them in and out with a bad rotator cuff sucked.
The pickup is similar in price as the sports car, but license plates are a heck of a lot less. $65/year for a 3 ton or less pickup vs. 1% of sales price on the sports car. So that 40k sports car is going to cost you $400 a year to license.
