Trucks=stupid?
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Hey Cmk! We should of taken a pic of you pulling that chevy out of the snowy ditch with the exploder!!!!!
Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car
Oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car.
Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall
Torque is how far you take the wall with you -
killer69penguin;175179 wrote:
ok just wondering nothing to wrong with but i dont think i have seen a post from you that isnt a "rant" why come and complain yet do nothing else on the fourmi used to but then decided that getting made fun of when i asked a question was not worth it. so i stopped.
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StangerBanger96;175114 wrote:
Trucks that are lifted or have exhaust are usually dumbass hicks, I have yet to run into one to prove this broad generalization wrong...mmm i just sold a raised truck and not a hick...
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93HondaPrelude;175307 wrote:
mmm i just sold a raised truck and not a hick...Not anymore at least. As soon as the title was transfered your hick status was revoked and the trucks new owner had his instated.
Sterling Archer: Oh my god! You killed a hooker!
Cyril Figgis: Call girl!
Sterling Archer: No Cyril! When they're dead they're just hookers!
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00vtec;175315 wrote:
not a creeper was driving my sister to the admissions office at ndsu and saw youOr so you say. we've all heard that line before.
Sterling Archer: Oh my god! You killed a hooker!
Cyril Figgis: Call girl!
Sterling Archer: No Cyril! When they're dead they're just hookers!
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StangerBanger96;175200 wrote:
These are the types of trucks I'm mostly talking about...
Raider, your truck by no means fits the description of the type of truck I'm talking about. And yes, I know I have diesel trucks pictured, but I usually don't classify a Diesel truck or a supercharged truck in the same category as what I'm talking about. Diesel & SRT10 & Lighting & Raiders Truck > what i'm talking about.
I know i am not a Ford guy. But that is NOT a diesel, or even a HD truck.
I own a lifted SUV with exhuast, and am not a redneck. I also actaully use my 4wd actaully AWD.
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(post editied to be less obnoxious)
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i don't really understand why people lower trucks, because the overwhelming majority of trucks are not performance vehicles, and lowering them seems to undermine their utility functions
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i dislike trucks with loud exhausts for similar reasons - very few trucks are high performance vehicles, so the loud can is more about being obnoxious than any real benefit, IMO. Certainly trucks are not unique in this -- most harley's and some civics are also way louder than they need to be.
I tend to think of trucks only as work/utility vehicles.. and that they are generally inferior to cars for getting around town, any sort of performance driving, etc. I couldn't imagine commuting in a truck but lots of people seem to do it.
Hopefully this is worded in a way that it is clear that i am making generalizations that allow for people to be exceptional cases
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KA-T_240;175322 wrote:
I know i am not a Ford guy. But that is NOT a diesel, or even a HD truck.I own a lifted SUV with exhuast, and am not a redneck. I also actaully use my 4wd actaully AWD.
I didn't mean all pictured were diesels, I meant some. Tardo...
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Lifted trucks don't bother me. Lowered trucks.. that's a special kind of ghetto that I never would have imagined could exist. Lowered trucks are like the trifecta of dipshitness... none of the advantages of a car... none of the advantages of a truck. Good job, ass clown.
and what exactly is your point?? who do you think got the major customizing bug started. it started with small trucks out on the west coast. we were just a predecessor to your tuner cars. it takes a special breed to drive a lowered truck. so i say to you specifically, what advantage over my mini does your tuner have? i can perform the same mods, put the same tires, same stereo, same lights, same body kits. whats your advantage??
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roadracer;175419 wrote:
Lifted trucks don't bother me. Lowered trucks.. that's a special kind of ghetto that I never would have imagined could exist. Lowered trucks are like the trifecta of dipshitness... none of the advantages of a car... none of the advantages of a truck. Good job, ass clown.and what exactly is your point?? who do you think got the major customizing bug started. it started with small trucks out on the west coast. we were just a predecessor to your tuner cars.
i don't know what the history of west coast customizing was, but it's not frankly relevant. trucks are inferior to cars except for their harsh-climate (i.e. unimproved road / land) abilities and cargo/carrying capacity.
Lowering a truck removes both of those advantages, leaving you only with all of the disadvantages trucks have w.r.t. cars.
it takes a special breed to drive a lowered truck.
Looks like we agree. We probably disagree on what breed that is, exactly
so i say to you specifically, what advantage over my mini does your tuner have? i can perform the same mods, put the same tires, same stereo, same lights, same body kits. whats your advantage??
well, i don't quite know what a "tuner" is, but i doubt that i have one. In any case, i'll just replace "tuner" with "car" and take it from there
my vehice will have
- lower center of gravity
- better weight distribution
- better rear suspension design
- probably a better front suspension design
- stiffer chassis
- better drag coefficient
When I see a lowered pickup successfully competing in SCCA national events along side sedans and coupes, I'll consider changing my opinion.
(fwiw: I'm aware that there are "truck races". That's different than going head to head with cars under the same power / tire rules)
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so how does lowering a truck take away from its cargo/carrying capacity?.... its lower... so what, you cant put shit in the back any more?.... you cant tow a trailer?.... um i think not.... i for one do not car if a truck is lowered or raised..... and if done right, lowered trucks can handle better than most sports cars.... you just seem to be talking out your ass..... why dont you bash lowered trucks when you have done some more research... until then shut up, you dont know what you are talking about.....
im sorry in i have singled you out.... but it just pisses me off when people THINK they know what they are talking about... dont take it personaly... but you are wrong.....
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Parker;175430 wrote:
so how does lowering a truck take away from its cargo/carrying capacity?.... its lower... so what, you cant put shit in the back any more?.... you cant tow a trailer?.... um i think not.... i for one do not car if a truck is lowered or raised..... and if done right, lowered trucks can handle better than most sports cars.... you just seem to be talking out your ass..... why dont you bash lowered trucks when you have done some more research... until then shut up, you dont know what you are talking about.....im sorry in i have singled you out.... but it just pisses me off when people THINK they know what they are talking about... dont take it personaly... but you are wrong.....
/goodnightThe springs and rear suspension of a truck have a fair bit to do with its carrying capacity, do they not? Changing the ride height (and suspension travel) has a defacto effect on the load capacity.
what research do you suggest i do? what objective data do you have to backup your surprising claim that "done right, a lowered truck will outhandle most sports cars"? Where are all of the lightly modified trucks tearing up racetracks in the US? You should inform all those stupid 911 drivers that they'd be better off with a lowered pickup, instead of using a normal height pickup to tow their race cars
You seem to be emotionally disagreeing with me. While my original post is mostly a judgemental criticism, the specific deficiencies i listed later still stand - if you want to suggest that I'm wrong on any of them, please name them and then make reasonable arguments..
That would have been sweet though.
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