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Patrick says

It's truly stunning how the left used to be against mega-corporations until those corporations figured out that they can do whatever they want to the public with no criticism from the left at all as long as they display the sodomy flag or a BLM logo.

Do not forget that the right approved all this bullshit from mega-corporations themselves. They wouldn't have got to this point if the right stopped them 30 years ago.

True, it's really a uniparty in DC, wholly owned by the mega-corporations.

Do they include a tub of Crisco to lube up the tailpipes?

Ceffer says

Do they include a tub of Crisco to lube up the tailpipes?

You need lube? Wimp.

zzyzzx says

I'm sure that all the other automakers will now try to out-gay Ford.

I'm guessing that Subaru will eventually produce the gayest vehicle.

zzyzzx says

I'm sure that all the other automakers will now try to out-gay Ford.

And Ford also has vehicles named Transit And Transit Connect.

HeadSet says

And Ford also has vehicles named Transit

A Ford Transit/ion is likely next.

Woke bullshit aside as you pass 100,000 miles you will be really glad you bought the Tacoma over the Ford.

Tacoma

If it’s rugged enough for the Taliban, it’s rugged enough for me.

Robert Sproul says

HeadSet says

And Ford also has vehicles named Transit

A Ford Transit/ion is likely next.

Woke bullshit aside as you pass 100,000 miles you will be really glad you bought the Tacoma over the Ford.

I have heard good things about Tacoma but they are 40k. Which is the best used pickup truck for under 20k? Proposed primary use is hauling stuff to and from a college student's apartment/dormitory (500 miles round trip).

Patrick says

True, it's really a uniparty in DC, wholly owned by the mega-corporations.

True. And the uniparty would tell, we the people while they took food off their tables, "its nothing personal, its business".

gabbar says

I have heard good things about Tacoma but they are 40k. Which is the best used pickup truck for under 20k? Proposed primary use is hauling stuff to and from a college student's apartment/dormitory (500 miles round trip).

Cheaper SUV and buy a $1,500 trailer that can tow 2-5k lbs with the tow vehicle. I've never understood pickup trucks with kids, even 4 door ones. They're not practical. A Toyota Sequoia is on the same chassis as a Titan. Buy a Highlander slightly used, which I believe is a Tacoma chassis, put a hitch on it and buy a cheap trailer.

Now if you're working in trades I do understand the pickup. You do an HD run and you can just throw the shit in the back. But hitching up a trailer is 3-5 minutes tops with maybe some strapping for cargo. Pickups make no sense as an everyday driver unless that's just what you want. Which is totally fine. I wouldn't buy a pickup for the bed the 2-3 times a year most people use it. Suburban, Armanda, Sequoia are the way to go in my experience.

Armada is about 8000-9000lb if I remember.

WookieMan says

A Toyota Sequoia is on the same chassis as a Tundra. Buy a 4Runner slightly used, which I believe is a Tacoma chassis

FIFY

Booger says

I'm guessing that Subaru will eventually produce the gayest vehicle.

List one Subaru model that is gayer than the Toyota Prius?

Onvacation says

Booger says

I'm guessing that Subaru will eventually produce the gayest vehicle.

List one Subaru that is gayer than the Toyota Prius?

It's a common knowledge that Outback is the ultimate dyke-mobile.

Onvacation says

Booger says

I'm guessing that Subaru will eventually produce the gayest vehicle.

List one Subaru that is gayer than the Toyota Prius?

Outback is well-known to be driven by angry lesbians, mostly.

All the progressives think that Ford with that paint design is totally cool.

But none of them would drive it. Even the queers know that truck is gay.

I feel like a homophobe, but it's not a bad feeling.

People should keep their sexuality in the bedroom and in their head. I don't want to know what other people are doing in bed unless I specifically searched the Internet for it.

Robert Sproul says

Woke bullshit aside as you pass 100,000 miles you will be really glad you bought the Tacoma over the Ford.

Second this. Toyota has earned its golden reputation for making reliable, long lasting vehicles.

WookieMan says

Cheaper SUV and buy a $1,500 trailer that can tow 2-5k lbs with the tow vehicle.

This is the way Unless you plan to ALWAYS travel solo or with ONE passenger, or you have a specific use case where a pickup makes sense, a passenger car or SUV with a proper trailer hitch is way, WAAAY more practical!

Harbor Freight sells an excellent folding trailer. Get the 12" wheel version, and you build your own stake sides to suit. I have 3 configurations of them now. It can fold against the garage wall with the footprint of an armoire when not in use. If you want something for heavier use, the utility trailer market can get somewhat expensive for something you plan to use only occasionally. Used equipment auctions (start with iron planet and proxibid) are a good place to shop for secondhand trailers, tow dollies, car haulers etc. First thing I do when I purchase a secondhand trailer: PACK THE BEARINGS with high temperature grease and new seals! Also, electric trailer brakes are the shit. Nice mid range Tekonsha controller and don't look back.

I have a 4wd Suburban for heavy towing, and a 4wd Volvo SUV for regular driving and light towing. My first vehicle in the 80s was a mini pickup, was good for a young single man but def grew out of it.

As for the gay raptor that is the main topic, it looks like a committee-built Frankencar; as though the "Care bear fetishist" faction won one concession with the pink heart against the dominant "snooty high end designer" faction. Those elements really don't fit together! Assuming every gay person adores rainbows is as patronizingly dumb as assuming every girl likes pink clothes. I bet it wouldn't sell worth a shit if actually put into production and shipped to dealers.

HeadSet says

Ceffer says

Do they include a tub of Crisco to lube up the tailpipes?

You need lube? Wimp.

Automan Empire says

This is the way Unless you plan to ALWAYS travel solo or with ONE passenger, or you have a specific use case where a pickup makes sense, a passenger car or SUV with a proper trailer hitch is way, WAAAY more practical!

Harbor Freight sells an excellent folding trailer. Get the 12" wheel version, and you build your own stake sides to suit. I have 3 configurations of them now. It can fold against the garage wall with the footprint of an armoire when not in use. If you want something for heavier use, the utility trailer market can get somewhat expensive for something you plan to use only occasionally. Used equipment auctions (start with iron planet and proxibid) are a good place to shop for secondhand trailers, tow dollies, car haulers etc. First thing I do when I purchase a secondhand trailer: PACK THE BEARINGS with high temperature grease and new seals! Also, electric trailer brakes are the shit. Nice mid range Tekonsha controller and don't look back.

Upvote. 80% of the people driving pickups don't really need a pick up.
Hence, leave it to Honda to build the Ridgeline, which is known as "the perfect pickup for people that don't need a pickup"