Comparison left vs right for a craftsman who doesnt know which one he should buy:

  • l/r same bed size

  • r lower bed for way easier loading/unloading

  • r less likely to crash

  • r less fuel consumption and costs

  • r less expensive to repair

  • r easy to park

  • r easy to get around in narrow places like crowded construction sites or towns

  • r not participating in road arms race

  • l You get taken serious by your fellow carbrained americans because ““trucks”” are normalized and small handy cars are ridiculed.

So unless you are a fragile piece of human, choose the right one.

  • orrk@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Ironically, SUVs and pickups are LESS safe if you compare injury (and death) in a crash, according to dmv studies

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      1 year ago

      Please post source- and I’m curious is that same type of crash comparison- or is there another factor that could lead to those types of vehicles being in more extreme crashes in the first place. I also wonder if those is real crash data or lab testing. Lab testing can both over emphasize and under emphasize a problem- for example with the Pinto where they had a catastrophic failure in one type of uncommon crash but overall in real crashes it was safer than other cars of its time and class.