streetfestival@lemmy.ca to Fuck Cars@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 month agoThis could be humorous… but it’s actually tragiclemmy.caimagemessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up19arrow-down1imageThis could be humorous… but it’s actually tragiclemmy.castreetfestival@lemmy.ca to Fuck Cars@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square30fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarealeph@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agoThat’s not an average representation of the increase in the size of pickup trucks, though. Just look at the Ford F150: Even if you compare like with like, pickups are around 30% heavier than they were in the 90s, and around 10-15% taller. https://www.axios.com/2023/01/23/pickup-trucks-f150-size-weight-safety
minus-squarexenspidey@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoThat’s comparing a regular can with a crew cab.
minus-squarealeph@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agoThey didn’t have crew cabs back then, which is kinda the point. Edit: correction - they did, but it wasn’t until the mid-2000s that they became common.
That’s not an average representation of the increase in the size of pickup trucks, though.
Just look at the Ford F150:
Even if you compare like with like, pickups are around 30% heavier than they were in the 90s, and around 10-15% taller.
https://www.axios.com/2023/01/23/pickup-trucks-f150-size-weight-safety
That’s comparing a regular can with a crew cab.
They didn’t have crew cabs back then, which is kinda the point.
Edit: correction - they did, but it wasn’t until the mid-2000s that they became common.