Small trucks are back

[genecop]

Yup, super clean and a fckng beast in snowstorm.

Im in Arizona right now, The number of old clean trucks around here is incredible…No heavy snow, no salt, tons from the 70’s and 80’s that look clean…

 

[Sonny Qc]

Im in Arizona right now, The number of old clean trucks around here is incredible…No heavy snow, no salt, tons from the 70’s and 80’s that look clean…

Yeah, usually winters kills any cars inside 20yrs here. (French Canada)
Thankfully that one used to belong to a guy who spent his winters in Florida.

 

[rckoltrane]

Once in a while here I see people driving these tiny trucks/vans from Japan that look like tiny step up from moped. Talking about the ones imported from the streets of Japan. The ones that might be able to fit inside a food lunchwagon truck.

Talking bout the ones I can flip over. Not even bragging about my strength. I'm skinny and weak. They're just hilariously small.

 

[Jesus X]

Not great for furniture? I disagree. They're great for hauling furniture. And dirt bikes, and lawn mowers, ladders, tools, or any big things you buy from Home Depot, like 2x4s.

The only thing they don't handle well is towing, or a super heavy load, like a pallet of bricks.

I mean small trucks will do all that but they do it crappier than a larger truck.

 

[chill doggie]

I rented a Tacoma last month and really liked it. That'll probably be my next new car purchase in like 5 years.

I would recommend a 2014 one, or an older one.
With reasonably low mileage and all the good condition checkmarks.
The quality control was legendary up to that year.
New ones are still good but if you do research you’ll see what I mean.

I got this 2006 one for $10,500.
All I had to replace was the driver’s side visor, and soon I need to replace the breaks, other than that it’s flawless. And came with perks.

 

[Fedorgasm]

And came with perks.

Nude pics of previous owners wife in the glove box?

 

[heloder]

 

[preppypyro]

Not a small truck guy myself. Smallest I would go is a regular cab shortbox half ton. For me out here in rural Saskatchewan, small trucks don't fare well. We have shitty roads, and the weather is harsh enough in the winter, you want something larger. Even just to manage keeping safe if you hit a deer, moose or elk.

 

[djacobox372]

LOL, a gladiator is NOT a small truck...

 

[jlagman]

Not a small truck guy myself. Smallest I would go is a regular cab shortbox half ton. For me out here in rural Saskatchewan, small trucks don't fare well. We have shitty roads, and the weather is harsh enough in the winter, you want something larger. Even just to manage keeping safe if you hit a deer, moose or elk.

I lived in rural Saskatchewan for almost 6 years and the, "you need a truck for winter", sentiment is extremely overblown.

Full disclosure, I own a truck; a small truck which I beat the piss out of in winter, hunting season, hail or any other time I don't want to "abuse" my garage queen car. But trucks are not necessary in the prairies and the ones who tell you they are, I find, are also the ones that think winter tires are a waste of money.

 

[StonedLemur]

Co-worker ordered a Mavericks last april, cancelled the order during christmas...
They had no date yet on when he was going to get it.

like wtf?

They just hold the order back to make it seem like they can't handle the demand.
It's a marketing ploy sir.

 

[AnGrYcRoW]

Do you even kei truck?

There are alot of those around here , they're pretty cool, some of them even have dump beds lol


As far as small trucks being back , Nissan has never stopped making the Frontier , that's what I have , V6 4x4 crew cab , 6 foot bed , it's perfect for me

 

[preppypyro]

I lived in rural Saskatchewan for almost 6 years and the, "you need a truck for winter", sentiment is extremely overblown.

Full disclosure, I own a truck; a small truck which I beat the piss out of in winter, hunting season, hail or any other time I don't want to "abuse" my garage queen car. But trucks are not necessary in the prairies and the ones who tell you they are, I find, are also the ones that think winter tires are a waste of money.

I guess that may depend on where in sask you lived. I used to have a farm about 20 minutes outside of saskatoon, towards langham, and we had a truck and a car at the time (civic with winter tires) and I was always pulling my wife out with that car. I guess technically a suv would have worked though.

Where I live now (east of prince albert) its the same thing. Roads dont get graded sometimes for a couple of days after a snow storm which we get quite often, and most of the people I know live off of a main grid road that does get graded first, but then the side roads are blown in where you would not be able to drive a car down. Its the lack of clearance in anything besides a normal truck that other vehicles lack.

Curious, where abouts in sask did you live?

 

[jlagman]

I guess that may depend on where in sask you lived. I used to have a farm about 20 minutes outside of saskatoon, towards langham, and we had a truck and a car at the time (civic with winter tires) and I was always pulling my wife out with that car. I guess technically a suv would have worked though.

Where I live now (east of prince albert) its the same thing. Roads dont get graded sometimes for a couple of days after a snow storm which we get quite often, and most of the people I know live off of a main grid road that does get graded first, but then the side roads are blown in where you would not be able to drive a car down. Its the lack of clearance in anything besides a normal truck that other vehicles lack.

Curious, where abouts in sask did you live?

Let's just say, I bought gas and groceries in Assiniboia and that was still 100kms from where I lived.

I don't disagree about ground clearance; if the plough didn't already roll by after a big dump and snow drifts, you weren't going anywhere, but that was also the case for the lifted 1/2 tons on A/T tires.

But I'll still maintain that plenty of people got by with winter tire equipped cars if the highway was ploughed.

I live north of Calgary now, different winter problems because of the chinooks, which turn the place into one big skating rink. But again, having a truck doesn't magically solve that problem either.

What I often see are people who are convinced they "need" a truck, for the few of times they haul their toys or "because of winter". The truck doesn't fit in the garage, so the garage turns into storage while the truck stays parked on the driveway or curb with the block heater plugged in and there's still at least one other eco-beater for when filling up the truck gets too expensive.

I don't support the carbon tax, but I can see how "we" look ridiculous in the argument with some of the lifestyle decisions being made.

 

[heloder]

LOL, a gladiator is NOT a small truck...

It's smaller than pretty much any truck made today sport, including the Ranger, Hilux, and Maverick.

 

[Fork]

There are alot of those around here , they're pretty cool, some of them even have dump beds lol


As far as small trucks being back , Nissan has never stopped making the Frontier , that's what I have , V6 4x4 crew cab , 6 foot bed , it's perfect for me

that looks awesome. checking the other Frontiers though it looks like in 2022 they started getting a lot bigger, which is too bad.

 

[TeTe]

Well on top of the supply chain issues, I think they just never thought it would be so popular.

Car execs I think are out of touch with the consumers in a lot of ways.

Except Toyota it seems. Their forecasting is on point. Especially because they're making EVs a lower priority right now.

 

[TeTe]

“Supply chain issues” aka I’m not jeopardizing my new profit margins by rehiring my work force back to capacity.

Sounds about right. From what I'm seeing they're not really producing even though the semiconductor shortage really isn't an issue. Not to mention I think dealers want to keep marking up cars and create scarcity.

 

[TeTe]

This thing was running faster 1/4 miles stock than some of the cars in the movie fast and the furious.

Friend of mine in high school had a typhoon. He'd regularly blow the doors off of corvettes.

 

[TeTe]

Let's just say, I bought gas and groceries in Assiniboia and that was still 100kms from where I lived.

I don't disagree about ground clearance; if the plough didn't already roll by after a big dump and snow drifts, you weren't going anywhere, but that was also the case for the lifted 1/2 tons on A/T tires.

But I'll still maintain that plenty of people got by with winter tire equipped cars if the highway was ploughed.

I live north of Calgary now, different winter problems because of the chinooks, which turn the place into one big skating rink. But again, having a truck doesn't magically solve that problem either.

What I often see are people who are convinced they "need" a truck, for the few of times they haul their toys or "because of winter". The truck doesn't fit in the garage, so the garage turns into storage while the truck stays parked on the driveway or curb with the block heater plugged in and there's still at least one other eco-beater for when filling up the truck gets too expensive.

I don't support the carbon tax, but I can see how "we" look ridiculous in the argument with some of the lifestyle decisions being made.

You still have the Camaro?