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But that goes for pretty much any pickup truck. The whole category is an affront to common sense.
Nah. The current crop of US pickups is, I'll agree; but there's plenty of older pickups that are much more reasonably scaled. Not to mention non-American models.
Agreed. I was specifically referring to the current crop of US pickups.
Oder Pickups were utility vehicles, not the abhorrent passenger vehicles they are commonly used as today. I'm sure the other person wasn't referring to your average 1968 F150 used on a farm back in the day.