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The fatality they were talking about in the beginning was about the people in smaller cars that collide with a full size pick up, not the people in the pick ups.
Definitely misleading, the larger vehicle will be clearly safer.
Yeah they are really trying to push an agenda with the video and its annoying.
Actually that’s not true at all. New trucks are subject to crash tests however early 2000 and especially 90s trucks did not have to pass crash tests. Ford and dodge’s especially have horrible crash and roll over. Fords currently being sued for how bad the roll over is on 98 to 2008 f series. Dodge ram second gen quad cab folded and smashed the driver. The new trucks are doing better but older large trucks were horrible.
@@tylerstewart2474 Roll over has NOTHING to do with the size of the vehicle, nothing rolls more than little jeeps.
@@deanfirnatine7814 jeeps have a roll cage, full size trucks did not have to pass crash tests and they cut corners. Look up f350 roll overs. Roof folds like tin foil. According to insurance companies the jeep wrangler is the safest vehicle on the road but if your monster truck makes you feel safe go for it. Just a tip…. Viagra is cheaper than 40s
“Oh, shut up. Just let us have our big cars.”
You, my friend, rock!
Exactly! That and DONT DRIVE IN SOMEONE'S BLIND SPOT!! I can't STAND when someone drives right beside me. I slow down and move over or whatever I have to do. I drive defensively and cautiously. I know you can't control other people.
Also, those electric cars are HEAVIER than gas powered cars the same size.
I drive a big truck BECAUSE it's safer and I like the way they handle.
BS on not as safe
My husband had a head-on collision in his truck. If he’d been in a smaller vehicle, he would have died.
I do hope you get your pickup. Being from Texas originally I was used to seeing them everywhere. We’ve had a few. Right now we have a Ford 150 w/extended bed and king cab and of course it is 4 wheel drive which is necessary in West Virginia where we currently live. I truly love your comments.
It's more about the safety of everyone on the road. If someone is driving a 2000s yaris(
CNBC wants to discourage people to want to buy gas vehicles. Instead you need an electric car. I say bulshit! I bought an F-150 Ford truck and I loved it. You get into one of them trucks, you'll be so comfortable because it has so much room. The problem with all the crashes is because people don't pay attention and drive on the freeway as if their in NASCAR without any training.
Electric car is charged via natural gas anyways so it really doesn't make any sense why they push it so much. Not to mention if it gets cold enough the battery freezes and won't hold a charge. I'll stick to the gas cars, they're a lot more reliable and convenient for now
I don’t think I’ve ever met a single person that honestly prefers driving small cars. It’s just a matter of affordability.
Trucks are not more fatal in that way:
They’re more fatal to people in the small cars you collide with!
You in your truck are much safer.
Exactly, they are trying to scare you out of buying one.
Truth.
Trucks and SUVs also have as high fatality rate due to roll overs as compared to fatality rates of sedans. Big trucks are not as safe as you think. Front and rear collisions they are great, but being side swiped is more dangerous that smaller cars (statistically)
@@ΒΞΔΝ Link your statistics. I don’t believe it for a second.
Also…and try to use some mind exercise here…
Red sedans are often charged higher insurance rates than other cars, especially true of higher performance vehicles.
Nothing to do with the car, but the perceived personality of the driver and his more aggressive driving habits for buying a red car.
Any “data” which suggests trucks have higher fatality rates…the very inference is stupid beyond belief…has nothing to do with the build safety of the vehicle anyway.
Like if all red cars were banned, are we any safer!?
I'm glad someone explained this to him. Trucks are boss and always will be. ♣
Yeah, this video was produced by an American news organization, by people that largely live in cities, that do not like large trucks. They’re ethnocentrists in a world where small cars are more advantageous, and can’t imagine why anyone would want a large vehicle. They look down on people who don’t live in cities and want us to think the way they do.
Facts
Jono,
i feel you about tweeking a bad back. they leave out the fact that in a very small car if you hit anything bigger than a squirrel you'll have thousands in damage, and might need the jaws of life to get you out of that small car.
Some of those little cars you need to buy two and where them like roller skates !
I had a Scion xB run into the back of my Ram 2500 (7" lift) a few years ago. The was road construction on the beltway (go figure) and all the traffic was slowing. I was down to about 25 to 30 mph, saw the Scion coming, and came off the brakes before it hit me at a more than 55 mph. The aftermarket class 5 (2.5" Curt) hitch receiver took the entire load of the collision and all I felt was a slight push forward. I got some powder coat damage on the receiver and a scuff on the chrome. The Scion was a write off.
I've been driving Ford Trucks since 1967. Love my F-150.
CNBC is definitely going to have a "slant" to the story. I am from Texas and by law here we have to drive a truck! They take your Texas card away and make you move if you drive a little car.
That's a awesome law, keep everything in Texas bigger!!!😄🤠
Move to Austin.?
One reason Americans like big cars is the fact that America is a big country, we travel longer distances than people from other countries. Was working in upstate New York years ago and the job shut down for 2 weeks, I'm from Colorado and 6' 2 and used to driving a 1 ton truck, one of the other guys from Colorado was also going back home and talked me into riding with him in his Volkswagen Jetta to save money, nice little car but after the first few hundred miles of the 3600 mile round trip it was pure agony.
I have a truck and it is nice to be able to haul stuff but then you get asked to help your friends move constantly. Lol it's like ask the dude with the pickup truck.....
Saw a great bumper sticker "Yes it's my truck and NO I will not help you move"
I saw a sticker: Favors start at $50.
I went to Europe in 1976 and got used to seeing smaller cars everywhere. My trip back home to the US, gave me an eye opening experience to how large our cars were!!! A culture shock in reverse of sorts!!
My friend Tony Buzbee here in Houston owns a ww2 tank. I think they did a video about it lol he parks it outside his house(all firing mechanisms were pulled before sale)
Last month I bought a set of patio furniture. Two chairs, table, loveseat. I ordered it online and picked it up at the store in my Toyota 4-Runner SUV. Try that in a Prius.
I used to have a small 4-door hatchback (Scion XD) and i really liked it, but i bought a piece of property in the hills of Eastern Kentucky and - bless its heart - that car was a city car. It had like four inches of ground clearance. So i gave it to my daughter and bought something more appropriate. I recommend it if you want a small car with a lot of flexibility that will last. The Scion was a 2008 and my daughter is still driving it.
Back in the '80s, my dad had an accident and was under the care of an orthopedic surgeon. The surgeon was over 7 feet tall. He came to our home to check on my dad and arrived in... a Volkswagen Beetle (vintage). Mom said when he got out of the car it was like one of those circus clown cars. He just kept expanding out of the car! 😂
I don't agree with their opinion that it's about competition among Americans to drive the biggest car. That may be true for 5% of Americans. But for most of us it's about what fits our family and what we need for our everyday driving because that's what we do the most. We drive to work and back. We drive our kids to sporting events or school activities. We drive our parents to the grocery store because they can no longer drive. We drive a lot because only the big cities have buses or trains to get to work. Those of us who live 20 25 miles outside of a city like I do have to drive.
I traded down to a very small car about six years ago and I now regret it because like you I have had some major back issues. I've had two surgeries on my back. The small car that I have to drive is now much more difficult to get in and out of. I want a larger car for that reason alone.
The cars I have bought have always been to accommodate the needs of my life at that time. .When I had young kids a car was fine. When they got a little older but still weren't old enough to drive I needed something a little bigger.
Now I drive a very small car. I want to change to a small SUV as soon as the economy recovers a little bit here in states. Whatever I get it will probably be the last car I ever own so I'm going to get what I want LOL
I’d take anything from CNBC with a grain of salt. They’re not the most honest along with any other media outlet anymore
More honest than others. Are you afraid of research and facts?
NBC is the worse
@@hrussell9677 Sometimes people worship studies and 'facts' like they can never be wrong. So many news outlets cherry pick certain studies or stats that support their agenda. Its naive to watch a news segment that tells you 'X is the case because this study from Y university said so'. Then they ignore the fact that a ton of other studies show the opposite. To really find the truth, you need to analyse the studies, read at least the abstract and find out who funded it. Then once you can remove bias collect several then you have to use some common sense to deduce something most accurately representing the truth. Its sad that journalism is so crooked nowadays but its the only way to sort through their bs. CNBC is part of the left wing biased news that supports climate change extremism. So of course they're going to portray large gas guzzling vehicles as a negative in some way to convince their audience to not buy them. That doesn't necessarily make it fact they're inserting their opinion and finding certain studies and stats to make them look bad.
@@hrussell9677 it sounded like they were intentionally trying to mislead people in this video they made it seem like it's more fatal to be in a truck and have a crash then vice versa when that's just plainly false it's more fatal for the cars you collide into not you in your truck.
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I love bigger vehicles. I currently have 2 pickups, both Fords. My daily vehicle is a F-150 and the second is a F350. The F-350 is use to pull horse trailers for the most part. I have hauled tractors and once a backhoe. I recently sold my Ford Escape SUV because I hardly used anymore.
I have a 97' Dodge Dakota 4X4 and I love it! It's not to big and not to small and it kicks ass in the snow. I've never been stuck yet.
People are definitely safer in the larger vehicles. I got slammed into by someone who blew a red light while speeding, and yeah my suv got totaled, but my brother and I only walked away with some pretty nasty bruising. We wouldn’t have walked away from it at all if I got the vehicle I was initially looking at
I drive a pickup with 5 seats and a midsized bed. I use the truck as a truck a lot - I live in the woods in a Hollow (Holler). My place is 3 miles down a dirt/gravel mountain road, so I prefer 4WD over AWD. My gravel driveway is steep. I pick up cords of wood from the mulch plant to heat my home. I also use it to deliver food bank food to the homebound. My gas mileage sucks, but my other car is a motorcycle getting 50 MPGs.
Why are we obsessed with big cars? Because we can! 'Murica baby!!!
I am a former cop they are NOT repeat NOT more fatal in car accidents to the driver, they are more fatal to those they hit, this video by CNBC is biased and taking facts out of context.
Smaller cars for driving into the office every day. SUV's for leisure.
Here is a fun video to watch that kinda goes along with this type of video. Here is the title.
Living with a 3 ton US pick-up in the UK!
Had a jeep, will never have a jeep again. The thing was a lemon with electrical issues right and left and looking into it found out that those issues were common across multiple models of jeep.
I’m sorry to hear about your back! Back pain is the worst! Hope you feel better soon.
Am I the only one who thinks this guy would be fun having some adult beverages with while sitting around a fire pit after a BBQ?
When I was younger I preferred sports cars but when everything on the road is a truck or SUV it doesn't feel safe. For two reasons, the obvious weight difference and the fact that you can't see past them.
Actually we (American's) don't. It is Europeans who are obsessed with American's having large cars. In psychology it is called projection. Maybe it's because Europeans cannot afford them or can't have them because lack of road infrastructure. But really, Americans don't think about it much less obsess over large vehicles.
We don't obsess with large cars???
Why in the world do we buy 4 door pickup trucks that cost over $60K???
and Europeans cant afford them?? have you priced a european car???
@@hifijohn I can see you are not fluent in English. Bring your vocabulary up to that of at least a 4th grade child then try again.
A car here imported from there has about a $10 - $15 K tax put on them. I have 2 trucks so I'm not your average car guy, have always had one of each.
Do a video on tiny houses and the tiny house movement-its a comfortable set up for one person and SOOO much cheaper, but still nice 🎉
I love my old 99 tahoe. 4wd, 4 doors.
To me a car/truck is a tool. Living in Nevada, going often to the desert and also camping/fishing/hunting with my son and my dog (German shepperd) I need space.i also have an 06 hummer H3 but I'm gonna sell it cuz it's too small. I ride my motorcycle everyday, all year long, cuz I just love it and it's cheap. Again a vehicle is just a tool to do what you need.
Ugh I feel your pain with the back and herniated discs. ❤ Feel better.
I just bought a new pickup truck. You just can’t beat the utility or a large truck.
hahaha i crashed cars in demolition derbies and we love to use big cars, like old station wagons. We have trucks because we need to keep our houses up, and that includes taking trash to the dumps. my main cars are a 55 chevy truck, a 68,69 and 73 plymouths
I drive a Ram 3500 all day at work and besides the trucks weight I'm hauling between 10 to 20 thousand lbs and the truck has no problem pulling it but you give yourself plenty of stopping distance
Prices on Pickups have gotten insanely high as well. I bought my mid-level 2016 F150 Lariat for $55K, taxes and fees included. A 2023 F250 Lariat starts at $62K.
I love my big truck! I have a Ram 1500 6.5 liter HEMI engine. It's super fast!
It is more dangerous for the people in the small cars that are involved in the collision, NOT for you in the large truck. (it's the person you plow over)
Big pickups are more lethal to the other smaller cars, not themselves (except being prone to roll-overs, but all SUVs are, big or small because of the higher center of gravity). I had a Lyft come pick me up the other day, it was a Toyota Corolla and I could not fit in the back seat, my head was hard against the roof. I had to sit in the front with the seat all the way back and reclined so my head wasn't touching the top of the car. I drive a huge 23 year old Mercury Grand Marquis, and I'm not giving it up for another 20 years.
I'm. 6ft 2in and have a Ford f 150 1990. And have all the room and power 19mg. And feel safe won't change
I drive a 1998 Chevy Suburban she has a 50 gallon tank. I have her because I can take her off road and if I get stuck I can sleep in her but we never get stuck cause she’s the best! 250000 plus mikes and she’s still a champ she starts without fail!! We can take her to the worst of the worst terrain and it’s no match for my Ruby!!
I have a F150. Passenger cars are just cramped and manufacturers design them to feel cramped e.g. bucket seats and surrounding cockpit.
My brother has two trucks- both fords. One is a big diesel with dull wheels in the back. The other is another big ford that he uses for normal daily driving. Ya he’s that guy but he always has two horses and pretty much uses it for them these days. If I need something hauled he’ll ask- well how long are the boards - so he knows which truck since one has a longer bed. Lol.
I am a big guy, 6'3, and I have issues with my spinal nerves that cause a lot of pain. The position you end up sitting in in smaller cars is a lot worse than the position in a truck or van. I have two vehicles I drive regularly, a Town & Country van and a Sentra, and I can't drive the car for long without the pain in my back and legs becoming overwhelming.
Being bigger, vehicles like trucks are more likely to get hit. But should you get hit, you are more likely to survive. Personally, I normally drive a smaller car due to the price of gas. In the future I might get a bigger truck to have on standby for more intense drives and hauls.
sounds like either a compressed disc or a really really tight muscle.
I saw another American make a comment about the honesty of this report, he said take it with some salt, I agree people die more often, from small cars on the highways.
This guy is a Texan with a different accent. Come over during deer season - you can drive a pickup, visit Bucees and Bass Pro, then go hunting. Unfortunately, we cannot quite match the variety of big game species you have in South Africa.
The BIGGER the truck the better…. F-250 super duty King Ranch makes a great daily driver
I'd love a truck too but if you're looking for a truck with all the bells & whistles or a top of the line truck you're looking at close to $100,000 more or less. Trust me, I've looked into it many times.
Hope you're feeling better! I've herniated a disc, and it's a long, hard recovery process... 😞
I drive a 2010 Ford Escape. It is all wheel drive and gets 31 miles per gallon. I would prefer a larger vehicle but I am disabled and the larger vehicles are too high for me to get into. I had to sell my pickup because nerve damage in my back now prevents me from driving a standard shift vehicle. I need a vehicle with an automatic transmission.
Trucks are definitely safer. My Silverado is rear-ended by a car going 40 miles an hour while I was stopped at a stoplight. The car was totaled they had a replace my rear bumper in my rear tailgate. My trailer hitch kept anything else and getting damaged
I live near Norfolk Naval Base and Naval Air Station Oceana. Most of the people I see in HD pick ups are young Navy guys or the sons of more affluent parents trying to out-macho each other. I would love a Ford F 150 and I am a little old lady.😊
Love your comment! While I'm an old lady too I know my limitations. However, the men in my family have always owned large trucks. What I'm amazed at is my daughter-in- laws mother who is older than me (early 70's) and no more than 5'4" drives a big F150 like one of the men. We live in a major U.S. city, not in small town America or driving on backwoods or country roads. We live in a big city with eight lane highways where people drive 75-80 mph and she definitely doesn't drive in the slow lane. lol. I have mad respect for her! We live by a number of military bases. Military guys sometimes have to sell their vehicles for various reasons, sometimes quickly, may be an idea if you decide to buy one. :)
One safety feature that they fail to mention is all the ne we technology that has gone into the brakes, suspension, traction control and all that good stuff. Blind spot warning radars are another thing, but improvements in braking is probably the simplest form of controlling these vehicles. Just adding rear disc brakes to trucks helps a ton. I had a 1999 Dodge Ram truck that had rear drum brakes. Never really stopped all the good. In fact along the time I got rid of it, an engine oil leak reduced the amount of pressure the brake lines were getting and I had to apply harder brake to get it to stop. Not really sure how that works, but it did. I replaced that truck with a 2016 F150 and it has rear disc brakes and that thing will stop on a dime almost. Engine braking is also improved. In other words, as the Auto Transmission is downshifting as you're slowing down, the change in gears act as an additional way to help you slow down. The thing with Electric cars that don't have gears, don't slow down all that well. I play Real Racing 3 mobile game, and .I hate all the electric cars in the game because they don't slow down worth a shit, because there's no engine braking when the transmission downshifts.
I have to have my truck 🛻 I can carry 6 people and haul building materials and other equipment, I have a Ram 1500 love it rides as smooth as a big car.
I've owned two small cars....NEVER AGAIN. I'm a truck guy from now own
I love the FX2 FX4 and F250 350.
The main reason large vehicles are so popular in the US is that many people can take advantage of a tax write off for any vehicle with a gvw of 6000lbs-14000lbs known as section 179 this covers just about any 3 row suv or pickup the two most popular segments of vehicle. Now the reason small cars made by American brands are getting 86'd is because they were just shitty products it has not much to do with the demand as good small cars even really expensive ones sell really well.
I know this is 4 days late but I hope your back is feeling a bit better. Back issues are no joke.
I'll always buy my teen the biggest truck for her first car because it is just safer being the bigger car. Anything smaller run the risk of being ran over or getting a tow hitch embedded in the driver's seat and even a BMW can't escape physics. Plus the kid will learn how to drive large beastly vehicles. I still like small sporty cars, but they won't survive a crash with most of the things on America's roads.
I’m an old shrimp who drove 4-door F-150s for years before my recent “mid-size” Kia Telluride SUV.
Every time I get into a regular sedan, which is basically never, I feel like a toddler playing in a toy car and I’m scared for my life.
I am 5'1". I used to drive a Nissan Xterra and had to jump down when getting out. I became the caregiver for my mother and she couldn't get in or out of it, so I got a sedan. I almost sprained my knee throwing my leg to the ground while getting out, because the ground was right there. I am embarrassed to say how long it took to stop doing that. I miss not being able to see what's up ahead. 😢
All trucks should have 360 degree cameras now. It makes it so much safer and prevents a lot of accidents.
@@robinmills8675 They make pull out steps for trucks, you know!
@@Ira88881 Yeah, I couldn't afford that. I bought a two-step step stool but she couldn't use that very well either. The last straw was having to call my aunt to take her home from a Dr. appt. All my pushing and shoving couldn't get her in. 😔 On the bright side, she paid for the sedan but it was in my name. ☺
@@robinmills8675 When I went out of town and rented a car, I too almost broke my ankle and foot getting out of a rented sedan!
Definitely the first time, but like 10 times after as well!
I like my Ram I've owned full size pick ups all my life and have absolutely no plans to drive anything else
In the United States we have great great distances to travel and all kinds of severe weather. Regular cars just don't cut in where I live in Nevada. You need a truck
The US used to have a 55 mile an hour speed limit because of these so - called scientists. Later, after review, they discovered a car traveling at 70 didn't burn anymore gas than one traveling at 55. I think a majority of the accidents that they mention here were partly caused by speed. You should check out the damage done to a vehicle at different speeds. I have a small SUV because I commute to work and in the winter, I need the 4 wheel drive capability.
It is not more dangerous, except to the smaller vehicle. Still driving a Chevy p.u. from early 90s with over 290K miles on it. Was rear ended once by smaller car, nice thud I felt, his whole front end was a crumpled mess, mine nothing, he hit the tow bar and ball, bent slightly downwards, a 4# hammer can straighten out. Man was pissed, his car was trashed, mine nothing, and it was his fault. The reason the newer trucks weigh more than before is vehicle regulations put on them by do gooder groups. Buyers figure if I am going to be charged the price, I am going to be comfortable doing it.
Be sure you have a large bank account because the cheapest Ford F150 starts at $50,000, a Raptor starts at $81,000, the Jeep Grand Wagoneer starts at $120,000. A F250 King Ranch will set you back $92,000.
I don’t know how they let little micro cars like smart car or mini coopers on the road. Those little toy cars will get demolished if a real car hits them
Me and you are quite the same brother. I just want a nice looking work reliable truck and a nice cottage house to live in. It honestly is a dream to own at least 15 acres to have a big cottage style house a massive garage for all my cars and maybe 2 or 3 monster trucks, and to have a big farm to keep myself and my family sustainable.
Edit: Also if I were a lot richer than what I would have to be to have all that I would like to have 30 acres of land, and I would want my dream truck to get around which is a 79' Ford F-250.
Glad I didn't fall for the huge Truck and SUV craze. Gas is between $4.50 and $5.00 a gallon in my area. There seems to be an arms race for size and price. Yes cars are disappearing. I have a 17 Chevy Impala. I can't buy a new one because they don't make them anymore. I will just keep the one I have which has never given me any trouble with 90K miles on it.
lol I drive a gmc sierra long bed full crew cab and 6.6 dirtymax 11k lbs dry
I have a small sports car, but that's because I'm a single dude living on the coast. I'm sure id have a truck or some sort of mid-sized cross over if I was a family man. Having the larger option is nice. Our country was built for cars, I absolutely hate the push to try and match the European model for transportation.
I know it's soooo annoying!!🙄
I drove several Toyota Tacomas over the years the first in 98 when they still made the smaller version unlike todays Tacoma which is a bit larger.
For my purpose the smaller Tacoma was perfect since I did a lot of off roading. It had the TRD blower in it and of course I put a locker front and rear.
That thing would go wherever you pointed it. Also had an FJ that was even better offroad.
I eventually needed a vehicle that could tow so I went with the Tundra 5.7 and while yes it tows really well driving in the city sucks!!!
Always ended up having to park in the back of the lot because it's so big. And the gas mileage sucks to put it mildly.
I did have something to do with it by lifting it and putting 35's on it.
Around town it gets around 10 MPG on the open HW it gets around 15 MPG's. When towing it gets a gut wrenching 7 MPG.....thank God it has a 38 Gallon tank.
If you want to be amazed by some Jeep Gladiator 4x4 pickup trucks (and other 4x4 Jeeps) Google America's Most Wanted 4x4 and click on Turnkey Vehicles For Sale. If you want a stock 392 Hemi powering it, you can have it. If you want a 505hp Hellcat powering it, you can have it. If you want a 840hp Demon powering it, you can have it. If you want a 1000hp Hellephant powering it, you can have it. Imagine, new highly modified pickup trucks with as much and more horsepower and torque than the muscle cars you reacted to.
The thing with the safety concerns. If your driving in a F150 or Silverado 1500. And you get into an accident with a Toyota Corolla. You'll be fine. The folks in the Toyota, not so much.
The trucks are more safe. It’s less safe for people in cars to get hit by trucks is what they were saying.
I have an accord and an f-150. If I hit something or something hits me, I want to be in the f-150. I wouldn't want to drive my truck in a large city, but that's one of the reasons I will never live in a city.
We like Truck's here in Alabama.
One thing about the difference between American vehicles and roads compared to European vehicles and roads is the standard lane width. In Europe, it's 9 ft wide or about 3m. In America, lanes are at least 12 ft or 4m wide. So what does that say about the size of the vehicles. Well, for the American market, they're built wider that their European counterparts. So an American-buikr BMW, Mercedes, VW, or whatever else that we get, exotics and what not, are about a foot or more wider than the European built ones of the same model. So you spoke of feeling cramped in your vehicle. Well, yes...that's the main issue right there. I see European vehicles and if looks like their passengers are sitting in one another's laps. That's insane to us across the pond. We gotta have our room. You can generally fit two large adults and a child in the same bench seat, or three smaller adults, say like three petite sized women. Back when my family would take vacations in the late 70s and early 80s, we oened a 1979 Chevy K10 Blazer, and we pulled a 24 ft camper with it. The front seats were bucket seats with a hard plastic storage console in the middle. I'd sit on that console as we'd drive down the road. Wasn't the most comfortable thing to do, but I was less than 11 at the time, so I could handle it. We'd take my grandparents with us, so it was four adults and me and my 3 year younger sister. We ended up using cushions from the camper to build an extra seat in the very back of the Blazer for my sister and I to sit on comfortably. Bht in 1985, we upgraded to a GMC Suburban which included a 3rd seat, which solved our space problem. But by that time, so grandparents were getting tok old and sick to travel with us anymore. In fact, in 1987, my grandpa died at home just after we got back home from a big New England vacation. We got home July 7th 1987, and he died on the 14th. Grandma lived till late Sept 2001 though. Then my mom died in April 2014 at just 71 years old. Grandma was 89, almost 90 when she died.
I have Degenerative disk disease so I'm feeling your pain.
If you want to see an amazing pickup truck, try looking into the Rezvani Hercules 6x6...
Not all of us want big vehicles. I prefer something that doesn't cost an arm and a leg when you fill up the tank.
American muscle,for the day u want to drive,our dually for work and haul 4wheeler, our semi for earning or money not changing anytime soon
The new Ford electric truck is a joke. Forget about towing anything with it
In my opinion the best electric car is a Golf Cart.
Hahahaha 😆
Obama was giving out tax credits on golf carts at one point in time. The legislation, which I am sure that no one read before passing, had giant hole that GC manufacturers were able to take advantage of to make some cash. I wouldn't be surprised if more than half of congress didn't invest in GC manufacturers right before the legislation was revealed to the public.
Yeah, clearly CNBC had an agenda when they made this report. The amount of "pollution" a big truck puts into the air is like putting a drop of ink into the ocean.
I have an SUV and I will never go back to a car
I'm with you I cannot stand those little tiny electric cars
It’s not that we don’t like small cars. Government regulations made it to where you can’t sell cars. It’s easier for he manufacturers to get past the regulations if it is a truck or SUV.
I am a truck guy like you
On my 3rd Chevy Silverado 1500, wouldn't have it anyother way!!!
That's hilarious wrap your mind around this the truck that's at least two to three feet taller than the Prius is more deadly than the coffin on wheels😂. I think it's the other way around you and your little car get in the way of a big truck it's kind of like getting in the way of a semi. Or going to Monster Jam😂
I will keep my gmc sierra at4x aev lol
You should look in to modern American muscle cars
I call BS. Big passenger vehicles are safer. For example, fatalities are 3x higher for subcompacts than large cars.
U.S. crash fatality rates per _100 million_ travel miles for each vehicle size based on data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for the year 2019:
Micro Car: 7.6
Subcompact Car: 4.3
Compact Car: 3.2
Midsize Car: 2.4
Large Car: 1.4
Small SUV: 1.4
Midsize SUV: 1.3
Large SUV: 1.1
Pickup: 1.5
Van: 1.5
It's more about the safety of everyone on the road. If someone is driving a 2000s yaris(
@@kaPaURL It isn't usually the large vehicles weaving in and out of traffic at high speed and it is much easier to both avoid, and recover from, a slide in a longer wheelbase vehicle. The "other road user safety" argument is moot. We are all individuals able to make our own decisions and we have to live with the consequences of those decisions. Live is not without risk.
Vehicle-pedestrian incidents account for about 3% of all collisions and 23% of road fatalities in the US. In Europe, with their smaller vehicles and more pedestrian friendly infrastructure, pedestrian deaths make up 1 in 5 (20%) of all road deaths.
Young man if you get a truck. Get a full size truck, a v8 engine, 4 wheel drive, install a lift kit with bigger all terrain tires.
In many countries a car is just basic transportation buy something cheap that runs but in america a car is a status symbol you are what you drive.
Im convinced that youre American, probably from Georgia but you were just born in south Africa and hV t made it home to Savannah yet .