I must have missed 150kW max rate. That doesn’t jive with the front page specs. Unless there are games being played with the summation of the motors’ ratings versus the available total power.
No wonder why I hate F150's... their headlights truly are almost eye level. [Never mind the fact that they must have about 6 headlights up front now.]You'd be safe. I'd only smear myself on the side of your tank of a truck with a badge the size of my car.
Seriously there has to be a limit to weight. It's dangerous. The laws of physics are what they are and if you think you can argue otherwise you're delusional. Power is one thing, weight is another. I will die if I get hit by one of these things, there's no way out of it. If it's light and fast it can at least be maneuvered and stopped without fighting mass as much. We still have laws against speeding. There's no way to combat how heavy a vehicle is now because we're somehow allowing 9k lb electric Hummers on the road when that used to be reserved only for commercial vehicles.
You can say it's the same thing, but it's not even close. Speed can be enforced. The laws of physics can be harsh and a truck that weighs 3 times the car in front of it will guarantee kill the driver in front of them if they can't stop in the distance behind the accident in front of them. I get that it's illegal to follow to closely, but writing a ticket for following too closely doesn't bring the driver of the subcompact back to life.
I love freedom and I love cars, but I will jump up and down with joy if they banned large vehicles for the average person. Allow people to have them that need them with an additional license, but it's getting ridiculous the way it is now. We have more forms of distraction that people give into each day and they're driving heavier vehicles than ever. Sure I probably would have been safer to keep my stupid truck, but I would argue that was too big for the average person. I had no business having it even if I was comfortable driving it and I was. There was no reason why I needed something that weighed twice my current car to commute to work. It's sad it took me 5+ years and twice the fuel to realize it.
That's my honest transition. I got out of a 2017 to get in my current GTI. I loved the car from the second I drove it, but it took awhile to not feel like I was dragging my butt on the ground while driving it. I was amazed that I ever got used to driving a truck. It was my only truck and it's a fraction of an inch under 80 inches wide. That was by design. If you look at the wider Raptor or the Super Dutys they all have 3-5 orange lights in the grill or on the roof. Those lights are required for any vehicle more than 80 inches wide.
I figure it's because any form of ICE is going to be hard to pass emissions and this will have more in common with their full EV.
It’s dangerous. You’re not going to change the definition of the word because you feel I’m being unreasonable. Getting hit by a vehicle that is 6,000 lbs as opposed to one that is 4,000 has the potential of doing more damage to the vehicle and occupants it hits.
So, what are your thoughts on transport trucks then?
Is that supposed to change a single thing I've said?
No, it's a rather pointed question about what your thoughts are on transport trucks, which are obviously (as illustrated) hazards for the same reason you are concerned about the weight of average vehicles going up. No amount of airbags or crumple zones are going to save you in the above scenarios, so I'm interested in what your thoughts are on that.
I'm worried about pick-ups too, particularly the ones with like a 1 foot lift kit where their bumper is level with my windshield. What's your position on mall crawlers and the Carolina Squat?
I can't stand it. It's amazing how many trucks are like this here. There's 3-5 of them parked in front of my neighbor's home at all times, usually blocking my whole front lawn. I understand that none of it is legal, but that doesn't seem to stop them.
I think you completely missed what I said. My concern is inattentive drivers which seems to continue to get worse with driving distractions. What exponentially compounds it is heavier vehicles when the accident does happen. People are free to make their own decisions. Some are selfish and are not in their best interest, but they're free to do so.
That directly does not change what I said. They're a necessity for the job. The guy driving the 1 foot lift truck you mentioned doesn't need it, it's a personal choice and driven from A to B a Yugo assuming it doesn't break down will accomplish the same thing.
And that's a fundamental issue, with no enforcement, what's the point of the regulation? And these vehicles are often a medley of offences with Chinese HID's or LED's pointed right at eye-level running 12" wide mud tires in January with enough bump steer and death wobble due to offshore garbage suspension bits that they can barely be kept between the white and yellows on dry pavement, let alone on a snow-covered road.
That's my honest transition. I got out of a 2017 to get in my current GTI. I loved the car from the second I drove it, but it took awhile to not feel like I was dragging my butt on the ground while driving it. I was amazed that I ever got used to driving a truck. It was my only truck and it's a fraction of an inch under 80 inches wide. That was by design. If you look at the wider Raptor or the Super Dutys they all have 3-5 orange lights in the grill or on the roof. Those lights are required for any vehicle more than 80 inches wide.
The previous car to the F150 was a 2006 Jaguar XJ Vanden Plas. I want to say it was just as long as the truck, but it never felt unwieldy because it weighed only 3,700 lbs which made it extremely nimble for its size. Most trucks are this way though with the headlight height and unfortunately driving something as low as the GTI or Model 3 every truck and some SUVs are blinding. My garage changed a lot last year.
I'm not trying to change what you said, it was a question regarding your thoughts about transport trucks, given your position on personal vehicles, which I suspected my views on were more extreme than yours. You've now answered that.
Somewhat. I never really towed, but I used the bed a lot. I was also constantly offroad. I had to remove the front air dam because nature helped a lot with removing it. I then refused to use my personal vehicle for work and use a company vehicle so I was able to get out of needing it. Then on family trips with two large dogs and 4 people we started having to take two vehicles for this. Two much smaller vehicles were able to do the same thing for less than what it cost the truck to operate per mile.
