Nah, there are lots of little MilSurp stores that are selling these now. Its the perfect truck for someone with a big piece of property but no cattle or farm equipment to haul
There is a ton of these here in Montana now. 5-10 years ago they were unheard of. Now you see at least 5 different ones everyday. My work even bought one for the Janitors
No people love these trucks but you literally cant import them unless they are like 20-25 years old, its a fucking truck cartel that keeps them out of the market
>its a fucking truck cartel that keeps them out of the market
its not specifically trucks its just a law for importing JDM automotives in general
protectionism or whatnot
half and half, theres actually a 35% tariff levied against imported light trucks specifically, on top of the work required to import it to begin with. American companies have lobbied for this tariff to remain in place to reduce competition. its known as the chicken tax.
Me neither, anon. ... and the small bikes we do get are all fucking gimped and loathsome. Abominable state of things, favelabro. Picrel is about as close as we get to anything nearing acceptably comfy. Sad.
>I never got why are North American motorbikes so huge, not funny, unappealing and not comfy.
Transcontinental travel. We have big highways that go across a continent from Florida to Alaska, so you need big, powerful bikes if you want to ride for distance.
And they're light and nimble enough that they can go literally fucking anywhere. When I had one in Thailand, we drove through pineapple fields and into Burma just because we fucking could. Two up, no less!
I miss it so much. 🙁
Underbones are fucking awesome, crazy fast, light, and get >80mpg. Pretty much the same motors as most larger scooters so I have no idea why they don't just ship over some of those chassis and slap an emissions compliant motor on them.
Closest you can get in the US is a Honda Super Cub, but that's more of a big wheel scooter than a true underbone
It's weird to me that it's basically impossible to procure a Super Cub (I've tried; 15 month waiting list in Las Vegas) and these fucking retards STILL keep churning out 1000 iterations of ugly dumb fucking useless machines that desperately want to be a 1700cc crotch rocket / cruiser. AGHGGGGGGGHH.
Scooter prices and demand went ballistic when Biden took over and gas prices went through the roof, plus the pandemic tax + inflation. Used prices are still up roughly 2x pre-pandemic. Super Cub is the cadillac of scooters and everyone wants them because the alternative are enormous Burgmans that weight as much as a Harley and get relatively poor gas mileage
Honda Waves are based. Semi-Auto, and still pretty quick as a stock motorbike. They're also very light and easy to move. I can get mine to about 100kmph
Next bike I wanna get is pic related, it's a Honda Sonic. The alternative is a Suzuki Satria.
Dumb thread, retard. Anyway, is it 4x4? Is it cheap. I'd buy one. Trucks in the US are retarded expensive and totally faggy. Give me a little utilitarian jap mobile pls. Make it diesel.
Never owned a Honda, but Toyota pickup trucks are amazing. Generally if you go for one, try to get a older model. Since the electronics suck. But the engine will never let you down. Also talibans can confirm.
By "increasingly popular" they mean, they went from zero to one of these micro trucks in Montana or wherever.
Remember, the media lies to you, so when you see something like this and they're not releasing the sales figures, it's a lie.
On another topic, you rape any Japanese girls lately, Tyrone?
these are true body on frame trucks, just very small. you can get them with hydraulic dump beds and 4x4 with locking rear diff. they have a weird cult enthusiast following and are relatively cheap. they used to go for between 4-5k, but i don't know what the current prices are.
small trucks kick ass. tack in AC, 4x4, UTV sized tires, and a manual trans and a lot of farmers would love it when a comparable UTV with less features is at least x2 the price
Presumably because that is actually all you need for hauling stuff and is probably more convenient for loading and unloading than all the oversized Smallpenismobiles all the suburbanites who want to LARP as blue-collar workers buy.
Except that one could probably haul a pallet of concrete or brick.
That's why trucks are built the size they are, to haul a pallet of concrete or brick.
I kind of wish we could get more of the larger trucks off the road. They're typically driven by retarded women who drive like lunatics. They'd do far less damage in one of these dinky little things.
Women secretly know they are terrible drivers and they are afraid they'll kill themselves in a crash they cause. They want a big van or a truck so everyone will yield to them when they make a bone head lane change or try to cross 3 lanes to catch an exit they didn't plan ahead for
it would be easier banning selling trucks to foids and city boys or whoever isn't a farmer or a chad that qualifies to drive a truck. seeing faglets and foids behind the wheel of a truck is the cringiest shit on earth. also i'd ban selling cars to anyone who is shorter than 5'4''. the other day i saw some foid barely looking over the driver wheel. she was probably 5'1'' at best. she looked like the size of a 12 year old. that's just plain dangerous and i don't understand how is this shit even allowed.
>buying a truck just to look "American" >when in reality is fattens up pockets of israelite billionaires who are fundamentally anti-nationalist and thus anti-american
Cuckservatives should be gassed
it's fun to zip around in a glorified pickup go cart?
the chinese make them more than japanese, they're cheap as shit. You'd never bring one out on an actual road. that would be insane, they're basically golf carts with a flat bed. You need to lug some hand tools across you're property or whatever and they're great.
What’s up with all the nips posting lately? Did Langley move an office down there to start astroturfing as Japanese? When wi you pay reparations for Korean comfort women?
they're more a substite for side by sides, alot of people don't like the prices for a new sxs and see these minitrucks as an alternative, they're not replacing their pickups with a ktruck
personally I don't need a sxs or a ktruck, I really miss oldschool quads, the utv market has basically drowned in these heavy stupid 4x4 4wheelers and sxs, I think racey style quads have damn near gone extinct.
I used to use a diesel Polaris ranger with the dump bed to haul trash pumps around to empty out holes when we would do excavations. I went through cv axels and a couple rear differentials before I figured out some dipshit had put a "lift kit" on it but didn't change the control arms , so all the weight of the Polaris was sitting on the cv joints and bell housing. Never understood why hicks think tall means strong. I suppose the same logic applies to utvs vs quads. They think because the body is bigger the motor is stronger or something. Either that or they like sitting next to their buddy so they can play tummy sticks behind the tree line
I know a doctors son (rich fuckers) who had a new can-am and they stuck it in the mud and he just kept slamming it in forward/reverse untill he progressively broke like 3 cv axels out of it before he decided to give up and have it towed out, the people who own and operate these things suffer from some sort of mind-rot that makes them just destroy them or nagger rig them to death.
Honestly, I would never buy a utv because the drive trains and suspension really are made like shit. The motor is always overpowered compared to the transmission and axles. For 16k I could buy a 4x4 Mazda or a ranger with 250k miles on it and refurbish it.
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>for 10k more i can just buy this other vehicle and completely restore it with another 5k and 40hours of labor
Why are you here, when you have no idea what this thread is about?
This ^^^^ They are very popular in my area (rural Idaho) With sxs pushing 20-40k dollars these trucks cost 24k new and about 6k used with every option, heat windshield, AC wipers locking diffs dump beds etc. Side by sides rarely have any of those. So on large ranches or non fag states where it is legal to drive them on road they make sense. Their only real drawback is they do 35mph tops.
RuralChad here, haven't seen a single one of these.
In fact, more and more are buying used Semi-Trucks that have close to a foot of clearance out here with full lockers.
I see them on farms on occasion and in peoples driveways if they live near a feild where they would be used for hunting or light landscaping,
the trouble is they're not street legal so you'd only see them in places where you'd normally see some shit like a john deere gator or side by side or perhaps a golf kart.
>I see them on farms on occasion and in peoples driveways if they live near a feild where they would be used for hunting or light landscaping, >the trouble is they're not street legal so you'd only see them in places where you'd normally see some shit like a john deere gator or side by side or perhaps a golf kart.
So basically they do exactly what a good side-by-side could do, without any of the benefits of 4 wheeling/ruggedization/abundant supply chains/known re-sale value?
Oh, the article says they're "cheaper" (lol; see above).
This is fucking America. You do not have the right to tell other people what they can and cannot need.
Many of the kei trucks in the United States are 4WD, some of them have dumping beds, good for couple hundred pounds, they are light weight (low ground pressure) and do not pot hole your dirt roads
>ruggedization
Japanese Farmers don’t need rugged vehicles? >resale
The rarity of these makes their resale very high, you’d scream and piss your pants if you saw how much money people pay to import these. They’re bought by people who want them
Fuck nagger GM and fake “American” truck companies that don’t make them in the US
there's a huge demand for vehicles like this and all ford and gm want to do is make superduties that start at 60k as if everyone in the world was a boomer concrete contractor
its getting stupid to even try and rent a pick up for a weekend project
i had to haul gravel around in one of uhauls dumb box trucks - pickups just arent available all summer anywhere near me
They are being used as a bigger utv which became popular because they are bigger than golf carts which became popular because they are better than rascals or not being lazy. Americans are getting bigger
I see them floating around every now and then, not daily driver status but there was a kei van at the recycle center a few weeks back and some guy around the corner has an Acty or whatever. I mostly see side by sides with the farmers checking on their fields and just running around though although you can't put plates on those. One dude always has a rifle in the rear window on his, city people would probably freak out but on a nice weekend I hear more gunshots than I hear cars driving by.
All wrong. We just can finally start importing 90's and above quality jap cars that there is a 25 year ban on imported cars. We've wanted these for a long fucking time they're just finally easy to import. Not like the gay globohomo manufacturers make anything that isn't pig fat homo electric trash that burns while the ignition is off (seriously ford advised to park a fairly recent suv model outside because it could spontaneously combust)
It is increasingly apparent that the value of old quality cars will skyrocket until the feds ban them for gay jetsons remote controlled homo transporters
kei trucks are incredibly useful, street legal, and strong (for their size). Yet incredibly very cheap.If you need something small to haul around things for the farm they're a great choice
kei trucks are incredibly useful, street legal, and strong (for their size). Yet incredibly very cheap.If you need something small to haul around things for the farm they're a great choice
small trucks kick ass. tack in AC, 4x4, UTV sized tires, and a manual trans and a lot of farmers would love it when a comparable UTV with less features is at least x2 the price
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in reality drive picrel.
Why are rednecks like this ?
they are really just "motorized wheelbarrows". they are great though,they are perfect for small jobs, which plenty of farms have plenty of. They dont really replace full size trucks, which has its own uses. but if the weather is nice, and the job isnt too big, or you just need to go to town to get some hardware (and you dont want to burn 80$ in gas), then small light trucks make alot of sense.
Why does this burning question occupy your smooth brain? Does big dick energy frighten you? Do you tremble at the sight of a country boy? Do you quiver at the thought that the country boy would pick you up all dolled up, in his pick up truck and take you out to the corn fields and make you squeal like a pig, kogal? Hmmm?
>japanese mini truck: comfy, useful, fits anywhere, can carry a lot, great for a day at the beach, make great famoly memories high iq. >american truck: huge, needs 3 parking spaces, gas guzzler, promotes trannies, loud, annoying, low iq.
Maybe you have an inaccurate idea of how the midwest really is? Young guys drive those big trucks. I drive one of those Mazda B2300/Ford Rangers, which I think is a pretty cool truck. Every guy should have a truck, even if it's just a little 2.3L Duratec with a manual transmission
>be a reasonable erson >calculate what tye of the car you need for your daily needs >REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
When found out israelites are extremely retarded.
israelite develos an image for you.
Then he tries to force that image on you ersonally. And when he fails he autistically screeches in agony.
They do this all the time. >le flyover states >rednecks >so dumb lmao >subscribe to my social media account and change yourself >for some reason my feminine squeal you should treat as cry for reason >i got you goyim >youre out of the frame i put you in
Truly pathetic.
Chink ones have been around for 15 years or so, dirt cheap throw away vehicle that isn’t taxed or licensed that you use for irrigation, light hauling, checking crops, whatever, haven’t seen any jap ones yet.
Rural new england, see the same 3-4 of these mini trucks on my street every day. One of them runs a landscaping business, not sure on the others but seem to be contractors.
Granted, there are still 5x as many small-dick-mobiles.
>easier maintenance >Jap cars are famously reliable >cheaper >better mileage >easier to get around >enough carriage space for most things >better visibility and less blindspots
I don't know why anyone still buys those massive Ford trucks. Seem like a waste of money for a worse vehicle. The only reason I can see people needing one is if they actually need the truck bed space, yet every truck owner I see has an empty truck bed.
My work truck is an f150 with the supercab and a 6 foot bed. I carry lots of tools and ladders but it still hauls ass when you need to merge onto the highway, and it can handle rough jobs jobsite terrain, and I can haul a boom lift or a trailer and scissor lift. The super jacked up trucks usually end up parked at the plant parking lot and they all pile in a beat to shit chevy 2500 like Mexicans. I also notice that after a few years they all sell their turbo diesel and get a passenger car that gets good mileage
Modern trucks are trash. Luxury vehicles made for suburbanites crawling. Never a spec of dirt. They're over priced and as such are not work vehicles. Japs trucks are just that. Trucks. Nothing more. So in the end they'll win. If it wasn't for gay as laws we'd have them everywhere.
There are better utility trucks that have good offorad that are the size of "american truck" but way more useful, but you will never seen someone who brags about how he use his "truck for work" in one of these.
i used to drive an expedition that got 8 mpg, now i drive a pickup from the 90's and get 22. I dont haul much and could see it being an issue if i wanted to haul more than a john boat, but its more than sufficient for most people. We need to go back and prevent the chicken tax.
Modern trucks are trash. Luxury vehicles made for suburbanites crawling. Never a spec of dirt. They're over priced and as such are not work vehicles. Japs trucks are just that. Trucks. Nothing more. So in the end they'll win. If it wasn't for gay as laws we'd have them everywhere.
Reality check... I got my Toyota Tacoma in 2005 for about 13k. Within about 2 years, the price shot up to about 22k. In my day, they were priced to compete against the Ford Ranger. Personally, I think the Toyatas are far better and a lot was made in the US at the time.
Reality is that most cars are now priced for the wealthy. It seems that the bean counters concluded that lower income people are only worthy of used cars. Probably they don't like the cost of warranty maintenance and the rich trade in quicker. Also, probably the secret society is willing to shit another cost on the working class to keep their fresh, clean air. Generally though, I'm confident that trucks in particular are priced far higher then they cost to make because they have durable quality.
If Japan wants to sidestep the social engineers, I say "Great!" It would only improve if we can use the front lawns of those engineers as landfill for the China shit that they've made our only choice.
Small trucks make the perfect second vehicle, still cheap enough to commute in, perfect for doing all the random work you can't do in a car. They taxed small trucks out of existence and so everyone looked for an alternative.
When I was back in Japan you could get one of those mini trucks for the equivalent of 4-6k USD because the car market isn't price gouging over there. They can't afford to, few people in Japan really, really NEED a car like you do in the US. The import taxes and costs will probably increase the price to about 10k but that's still a good fucking price.
>tiny wheels >no 4x4 >rural North America
yeah nah. these things are great for the city, but driving on uncompacted gravel or a slightly moist dirt road would have this thing stuck.
if you even read the headline you'd know these are substitutes for side by sides, not for trucks
we have an old golf cart we beefed up to serve the same purpose
You can get them in 4x4, tiny wheels aren't that much of an issue with as little as they weigh and their small bed capacity. You can also put off-road tires on them.
i was thinking you could just put massive mud tires on them. Use a intercooler to increase the manifold pressure and she would make a pretty based little vehicle that could get around in any weather conditions.
Alot cheaper than using a tractor to haul shit around.
>was thinking you could just put massive mud tires on them. Use a intercooler to increase the manifold pressure and she would make a pretty based little vehicle that could get around in any weather conditions.
That's exactly what they did
some of them are 4x4, you can get pretty wide tires for them too
they do get stuck easy though
the ass end is super light, sketchy on gravel and ice
i think the main appeal is that they are road legal
they also import van-body ktrucks which just aleady have a backhalf interior in place of the bed, the only problem is that I think most of those aren't 4x4 and if they are you cannot take the body off of the cab.
utility + fuel economy + you can't get a regular cab small truck new anymore and the used market wants too much for a beater s-10. Why wouldn't you spring for a low mile 25+ year old kei truck for 5-10k?
Nah, we are cooler than that. Some guys would point but if you wave back and rock it proudly people respect that. Now, put a coexist sticker and Harris Biden and drive around all angry and hunched over the wheel, someone might take the vehicular homicide charge to run over you
Who knows, maybe it would turn into a weird bonding event.
> pulls up to bar in tiny truck > everyone laughs > One guy says "hey, I bet that would fit in the bed of my truck" > they put tiny truck into bed of truck > fuck you elmer, watch this... another guy puts the bigger truck on to his bigger utility work truck > now everyone's drunk. That's nothing, says homer. He pulls out his 18-wheeler, and drags all of them up to his bed > Oh ya?, says wilbor, watch this... > he runs around the corner, you see him come back with a full size bulldozer > he pushes all of the trucks over the side of of the hill going down the side of the parking lot > everyone lasts > a bonding moment.
They love to buy them to drive around their ranches and haul small loads (very handy) and train kids to ride big pickup trucks.
Children are put on such machines from the age of 10.
These things cost like $5-7k brand new. Americans are paying that for 25+ year old versions. The only reason they aren't dominating american streets already is that American car companies can't compete so they legislate away their competition. Otherwise every family would have one of these for various odd-jobs. They might not be a replacement for a work truck, but they're good enough for Home Depot runs, etc. >sauce
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they would not dominate american streets even if it wasn't for that retarded import law, as I have said I see the type of people who buy them and the niche they fill, but I have also never actually seen one on pavement in my entire life.
All those big american trucks are so damn useless that consumes hell amount of fuel just for simple things. A lil-Toyota truck saves fuel, it's faster and better.
A little Toyota is definitely not faster than a 4.2L v6 with a 10 speed electronically controlled transmission. You may rev your little shitbox and peel off from a big truck, but that's because they aren't racing you beaner.
I'm not saying faster in terms of speed and velocity but getting the job done efficiently speaking you brainlet.
Trucks are tools, not for racing. homosexual.
I never brought up speed until you did. Thanks for conceding I was right. I still like my little truck more unless I'm on the highway at 4 am. The lane assist is nice when you're tired
Why do Mexicans love to drunk drive with no insurance? Is it a cultural thing, like molesting their neices is?
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Beaner here, not sure what assurance is but you have to get pretty drunk to fuck your niece then you have to drive home.
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Because we're not responsible of our actions
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Car insurance is usury and a scam btw
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Says the guy who smashes his Renault into a Volkswagen with 8 people inside.
"But senior, I coulda not afford to pay my insurance, please don't call the police!"
But yes, it is
The vehicle in the back is basically my work truck and the little one is my personal truck. If you drive a lot of miles with a company gas card and need to have an entire shop worth of stuff with you at all times, you need the big truck
I can see I have upset you. That's funny. The super cab is the benefit of the big truck, plus the towing and hauling capacity. You're an angry little cuck and it's funny as hell
the bed size isnt really a factor. as a carpenter, I can say, he
The vehicle in the back is basically my work truck and the little one is my personal truck. If you drive a lot of miles with a company gas card and need to have an entire shop worth of stuff with you at all times, you need the big truck
is right. I often haul my tools and personal gear to sites in my S10, but as soon as you need to move a bobcat or a small excavator, or get a yard of sand, you need a full size truck. light trucks just arent rated for that kind of job. trust me Ive blown out my trasnmission hauling slate. My brothers and I own a small contracting company. We have two S10's, a 1971 GMC pickup(3/4ton), a 1969 GMC pickup(1/2 ton), and a 67 GMC 8 ton, a mercedes roadster, 84 chevy 1/2 ton and two f150's(which are leased for employees). Different trucks for different jobs.
Same. My company truck is an older F250 (ironically smaller than a current year F150). My personal car is a Prius. If I need to haul shit they let me use the company truck, which is also for commuting and taking service calls. My Prius is 13 years old with just over 40k miles on it.
Ha, yeah, i do all of my out of town chores and grocery shopping in the work truck on the way home. It's nice because I can let family borrow my personal vehicle any time they need it and I don't sweat them crashing it or keeping it too long. My dad drove my truck more than I did this year.
I saw like 20 of these homosexuals standing around in a parking lot near where I live once while I was riding on my old CB750. I wanted to check out wtf they were doing but I was too weirded out to approach. I don't even know if I'm supposed to give them the 2 sign or if they'd even know what that means.
small affordable trucks will always have a market
you wont treat a $70k truck like a truck
I own a 2000 Chevy S-10 that use to haul bricks or sod or tools, or whatever the heck I need to haul. I am not concerned if the bed gets scratched while I do so
I could never treat a $70k truck like that
Also the US marketing for it sucks. I just looked up some and they used words like XTREME to market it. No its small comfy truck, no need to for that overdone bs.
It's a meme. I saw one online for $10,000. Why would I buy that when a proper truck is that price or less? If I get a truck it's for cargo. I have a homestead and that wouldn't put a dent in my chore list. A beater F-150 on the other hand can haul a ton of rock, it can haul a ton of water in a tote for my garden, I can even haul dozens of chickens to the meat man for bagging and tagging. I can't do shit with this toy truck but pretend to homestead.
I drove a hijet for three years. Great little truck. Simple. Reliable. Bed walls flip down flat. Does fine in snow. Cheap to fill up and run. I wish the radio was a little louder.
the idea that perfectly safe vehicles aren't allowed because they don't have the israeli "street legal" seal of approval is complete horseshit and I don't know why we tolerate it when half the drivers on the road are drunk spics without insurance and active warrents
these trucks are just another toy. I saw one recently out on the road in a rural area--actually dropping stuff off at a scrap yard. It's nobody's main vehicle.
We use them instead of golf carts. Also they are nice for deer season because rhey fit between trees easy and you.can throw your deer in the little bed. We still have our big duallys for towing and stuff chang.
These trucks are cheap and useful for driving around big properties. You can't bring them on freeways or interstates, but they are great for hauling small loads around a property that could be hundreds or even thousands of acres. America is a big place and has many big landowners.
They're like a cheaper and more useful version of one of those off-road carts.
>Why are these more popular? >Oh you so you want a Ford truck Lightning Crusher Taco Supreme, that'll be $80,000 for the base model, $100,000 if you want power locks and windows, and $120,000 if you want bluetooth and air conditioning plus $500/monthly radio subscription
Gee, I wonder
I feel uncomfortable, referring to you as a dumbfuck homosexual retard, here on /misc/. Please move your idiot shit to LULZ, so we can laugh at you properly.
I've said this before but I don't know why Americans like 'full-size' trucks. The Maverick is fucking $20000 and has ever bit of utility that an F-150 has. I'd kill a bucket full of puppies for an affordable new truck like that.
It's a unibody FWD/AWD car-truck that's not made to carry or tow heavy loads or for any real off road travel. It's a great little utility vehicle though for someone who makes regular trips to the hardware store or whatever.
I understand but you have to realise the average F-150 driver will never take their truck on anyone other than perfectly sealed asphalt, will never tow a boat and won't use the bed for anything but groceries.
>I understand but you have to realise the average F-150 driver will never take their truck on anyone other than perfectly sealed asphalt, will never tow a boat and won't use the bed for anything but groceries.
And I don't have a problem with that. The modern crew cab, 4x4 1/2 ton truck is a useful family/utility/work vehicle even if it's never utilized to it capabilities. A light truck like a RWD Ford Ranger from the 80's in picrel is much more of a specialty vehicle. In actuality though most people I know who own a modern 1/2 will also do one of those things you mentioned at some point.
Every person I know who owns a F150 or similar uses it for work.
But I do roofing and landscaping, you probably only have experience with metropolitan homosexuals, probably don't even know how to secure a ladder in a truck
we bought one of these .... still waiting for delivery six months later. but im exicted about the maverick, it'll be a great addition to the fleet, and perfect for little jobs, carpooling the guys and as a run-around. it supposedly gets 40MPG, so, well see about that. not gonna be pulling the bobcat with it though!
American trucks are fine. Ford, Dodge and Chevy all make pretty good trucks. Half the homosexuals posting here don't know shit and it's hilariously obvious.
Fun fact, Kei cars are illegal to drive on the road and import because of Obama era regulations. There is 100% a market for smaller, cargo capable vehicles that don t cost as much as a house in a rural area, however our shit stain commie government hates the concept of the free market and refuses to allow the competition that would ass rape Ford, Chevy, and GM into the ground
Checked for Nevada. They're road legal if they're 25+ years old; you can register as a classic and then pwomise daddy gubmint to not drive them more than 5000 miles a year.
In 2027 I can get antique auto plates for it, and I plan to run it for the rest of my life. 2002 e350 with a Quigley 4x4 conversion (deQuigleyfied front suspension with superduty springs), Sportsmobile penthouse pop top camper, 7.3 diesel with 240k miles, just starting to get broken in. It's a long term labor of love.
It's the standard E350 front suspension, which is a coil over spring. With the addition of a 3 inch lift to get the Dana 60 front end and transfer case into place, the front suspension works a lot better with a leaf spring setup. The sway bar on the OEM van is pretty weak, and a solid upgrade to the bar and end links, with the leaf springs eliminates driving death wobble and bump steering. You can see the front spring front shackles in the pic.
Hello 1pbtid homosexual. Are you stupidly suggesting any rural people are selling their bigger than 1/2ton pickup of that micro machine? If so, you’re tarded
I would love to have one of these little naggers for getting around town and picking up small stuff. Probably gets good mileage compared to my 4X4 truck at 13mpg,
I live in the suburbs, not rurally, but someone in my neighborhood drives one of these little jap trucks. I see it out every once in a while. It looks like an old one though. Like from the 80s or 90s. It looks like it belongs in a factory hauling parts around, not on a road. It's cool looking though.
Most don’t have monster trucks and shit. You fell for a leftist straw man.
But they do like bigger trucks that can both carry stuff and off-road on rough terrain. But for farming and hauling if it isn’t ugly they’ll use it. The redneck types they make fun of as backwards and stupid are rather pragmatic like that.
What sucks is American lawmakers are preventing Americans from importing Japanese mini trucks made in the year 2023. The 25 year auto export ban is fucking bullshit not to mention the chicken tax
Mini trucks are great. I used to drive one as a groundskeeper for the local University. Once in a while I'd turn it into a drunk taxi and haul like 10 drunk college kids home. I almost got in trouble for it but my boss recognized it as good PR.
Aside from towing something massive they can do pretty much anything a regular truck can do.
We have a kei truck for doing odd things around the farm. Took the doors off and pretty much leave it running during the chores so I can just hop in and move forward 100 feet before hopping out again. We still have chevy suburbans and 2500's but so many days the kei truck and garden tractor are the MVPs.
Anything you can say about trucks being too big, too expensive and too complex is true for modern cars. There's no car on the market now that's as small as a 1981 Accord which was Honda's flagship car. It'd be great if small, cheap kei cars became a thing to fill in the gaps. 90% of the people I see on the highway are driving alone, and probably don't even need anything else. A huge part of the congestion, emissions, parking, oil issues could be solved without resorting to gay electric vaporware cars.
There are a few of those around my town in Texas. They look 1000 times better than those fucking retard wide nagger trucks with obnoxiously large side mirrors.
American truck sizes are retarded because of idiotic environmental policy from the Obama era.
Been a while since I was read up on it but IIRC:
The stupid rules effectively made normal trucks financially unviable with their limits but automakers could get around the restrictions by making gigantic trucks and classifying them differently.
these things are replacing utvs for people who don't need the offroad capability of a utv. why pay 25k for a fucking base model utv when you could get a used minitruck with a dump bed for under 10k, and in some places that mini truck can be plated so you can go into town with it. It doesn't replace their truck, it doesn't replace their tractor, it is an alternative to a utv.
Have you seen the price of UTV side by sides lately? A base level Polaris Ranger with no options starts at
$34,000 Canuckistani Bucks here in Snow Mexico.
What is it about this truck that is so...off?
People expect the top of the bed to match the bottom of the driver side window
and for the hood to sit even with the bed
Didnt know, interesting. When looking at it now seems so obvious
Fuel efficiency, lighter, easy to drive, and smaller for narrow roads.
If you slam on the breaks and there is nothing in the bed weighing it down it'll flip over.
You’re all fucking retards. It’s rear-engine and well balanced. Also these trucks and vans are fun as shit.
t. Owner of Acty van shaggin wagon.
when you hit the brakes the bed unloads itself over the cab
It's cab over engine configuration
It’s proportions are totally fucked.
Its better and performs its job.
Looks does not matter
Looks like a box truck w/o the box.
Like the uncanny valley... you're so used to seeing that design with the box, but something feels off.
its the mexicans doing field work that drive them esse
this, plus Japaiians and Chamorros in Guam, then some redneck will see it on TikTok and Insta 500 times and want one too
Dont lie, foo!
By "increasingly popular" they mean, they went from zero to one of these micro trucks in Montana or wherever.
Remember, the media lies to you, so when you see something like this and they're not releasing the sales figures, it's a lie.
On another topic, you rape any Japanese girls lately, Tyrone?
Nah, there are lots of little MilSurp stores that are selling these now. Its the perfect truck for someone with a big piece of property but no cattle or farm equipment to haul
There is a ton of these here in Montana now. 5-10 years ago they were unheard of. Now you see at least 5 different ones everyday. My work even bought one for the Janitors
No people love these trucks but you literally cant import them unless they are like 20-25 years old, its a fucking truck cartel that keeps them out of the market
>its a fucking truck cartel that keeps them out of the market
its not specifically trucks its just a law for importing JDM automotives in general
protectionism or whatnot
half and half, theres actually a 35% tariff levied against imported light trucks specifically, on top of the work required to import it to begin with. American companies have lobbied for this tariff to remain in place to reduce competition. its known as the chicken tax.
Bro those trucks are about only ones actual working class people can afford. Even the Tacoma and Frontier have been turned into sports cars
Gas prices
Cost. Trucks are Luxury vehicles now
American car/motorcycle culture is fucking revolting. Asians win. I would buy one of these right now. Where can I get one?
picrel are more fun than every dumb fucking chopper/hog ever made, combined
godDAMN i hate america
Everyone and their grandma has one of those here.
I never got why are North American motorbikes so huge, not funny, unappealing and not comfy.
Me neither, anon. ... and the small bikes we do get are all fucking gimped and loathsome. Abominable state of things, favelabro. Picrel is about as close as we get to anything nearing acceptably comfy. Sad.
>I never got why are North American motorbikes so huge, not funny, unappealing and not comfy.
Transcontinental travel. We have big highways that go across a continent from Florida to Alaska, so you need big, powerful bikes if you want to ride for distance.
Shut the fuck up, retard. You speak for boomers. Not purists. Fuck you. Go die on I-80. Fuck you.
Small dick energy
Not true, only if you live in favelas.
It's fun, cheap on gas, stylish, and makes you feel free for a time. It's not for everyone but I enjoy it.
I love the aesthetic. Simple, sporty, utilitarian.
And they're light and nimble enough that they can go literally fucking anywhere. When I had one in Thailand, we drove through pineapple fields and into Burma just because we fucking could. Two up, no less!
I miss it so much. 🙁
Underbones are fucking awesome, crazy fast, light, and get >80mpg. Pretty much the same motors as most larger scooters so I have no idea why they don't just ship over some of those chassis and slap an emissions compliant motor on them.
Closest you can get in the US is a Honda Super Cub, but that's more of a big wheel scooter than a true underbone
It's weird to me that it's basically impossible to procure a Super Cub (I've tried; 15 month waiting list in Las Vegas) and these fucking retards STILL keep churning out 1000 iterations of ugly dumb fucking useless machines that desperately want to be a 1700cc crotch rocket / cruiser. AGHGGGGGGGHH.
Scooter prices and demand went ballistic when Biden took over and gas prices went through the roof, plus the pandemic tax + inflation. Used prices are still up roughly 2x pre-pandemic. Super Cub is the cadillac of scooters and everyone wants them because the alternative are enormous Burgmans that weight as much as a Harley and get relatively poor gas mileage
>factual
I am in a state of unsatisfaction.
>t. Filipino
Honda Waves are based. Semi-Auto, and still pretty quick as a stock motorbike. They're also very light and easy to move. I can get mine to about 100kmph
Next bike I wanna get is pic related, it's a Honda Sonic. The alternative is a Suzuki Satria.
Fuckin based, would rock that shit in a heartbeat
>wot an absolute beaut
ho speed you on your merry way, VCbro
100,000 mph is pretty fast. Congrats.
Both are absolutely revolting. Just get a European you fucking naggerkike.
The fuck are you smoking, toothpaste? A fucking Husqvarna? Lmao? No. Fuck you.
>Just get a European
barbary slave trade was stopped in the 19th century
They are caller Kei trucks. Was able to find people who sold these locally. Affordable but all 90's models with super low mileage.
Dumb thread, retard. Anyway, is it 4x4? Is it cheap. I'd buy one. Trucks in the US are retarded expensive and totally faggy. Give me a little utilitarian jap mobile pls. Make it diesel.
Never owned a Honda, but Toyota pickup trucks are amazing. Generally if you go for one, try to get a older model. Since the electronics suck. But the engine will never let you down. Also talibans can confirm.
these are true body on frame trucks, just very small. you can get them with hydraulic dump beds and 4x4 with locking rear diff. they have a weird cult enthusiast following and are relatively cheap. they used to go for between 4-5k, but i don't know what the current prices are.
small trucks kick ass. tack in AC, 4x4, UTV sized tires, and a manual trans and a lot of farmers would love it when a comparable UTV with less features is at least x2 the price
That's a fwd ute and not a truck
Wish i still had my little ford ranger the new ones are a fucking monstrosity like every other truck bring back small trucks
Damn. I always liked those. I guess I'll just have to get a bronco...
the vw pickups were comically small even compared to other minitrucks of the time, I think they were just a vw rabbit that they put a bed on.
because pic rel is more practical for 99% of people livig in rural areas
Probably quite useful in increasingly large cities to get deliveries in for restaurants etc
How did they teach that cat to drive?
Presumably because that is actually all you need for hauling stuff and is probably more convenient for loading and unloading than all the oversized Smallpenismobiles all the suburbanites who want to LARP as blue-collar workers buy.
Pic related: A pickup-truck from the 1950s
Trucks from the 50s weren't slammed and didn't have stupid rims or bad boy matte black paint jobs.
That paint isnt matte you blind homosexual.
When I painted your mom's face last night the finish wasn't matte either.
Except that one could probably haul a pallet of concrete or brick.
That's why trucks are built the size they are, to haul a pallet of concrete or brick.
No they're built the size they are to skirt obama-era EPA policy.
Yup Obamas policy ruined the truck market.
Typical eurohomosexual pretending he understands trucks
Yeah Hans lemme just get a century old Chevy w 2 inches of ground clearance that sounds perfect
what nice truck
>to dump 17tons of shit on
thanks pretty cool I'm going to buy one for my redneck villa
I kind of wish we could get more of the larger trucks off the road. They're typically driven by retarded women who drive like lunatics. They'd do far less damage in one of these dinky little things.
Women secretly know they are terrible drivers and they are afraid they'll kill themselves in a crash they cause. They want a big van or a truck so everyone will yield to them when they make a bone head lane change or try to cross 3 lanes to catch an exit they didn't plan ahead for
it would be easier banning selling trucks to foids and city boys or whoever isn't a farmer or a chad that qualifies to drive a truck. seeing faglets and foids behind the wheel of a truck is the cringiest shit on earth. also i'd ban selling cars to anyone who is shorter than 5'4''. the other day i saw some foid barely looking over the driver wheel. she was probably 5'1'' at best. she looked like the size of a 12 year old. that's just plain dangerous and i don't understand how is this shit even allowed.
He cute!
>That is a very cute car
>buying a truck just to look "American"
>when in reality is fattens up pockets of israelite billionaires who are fundamentally anti-nationalist and thus anti-american
Cuckservatives should be gassed
>israeliteS: YOU DONT NEED BIG TRUCKS GOYIM!
>ALSO israeliteS: HAHAHA LOOK AT THE GOYIM IN THEIR TINY TRUCKS!
I've never seen one and I live in rural America. Where are they popular?
it's fun to zip around in a glorified pickup go cart?
the chinese make them more than japanese, they're cheap as shit. You'd never bring one out on an actual road. that would be insane, they're basically golf carts with a flat bed. You need to lug some hand tools across you're property or whatever and they're great.
What’s up with all the nips posting lately? Did Langley move an office down there to start astroturfing as Japanese? When wi you pay reparations for Korean comfort women?
they're more a substite for side by sides, alot of people don't like the prices for a new sxs and see these minitrucks as an alternative, they're not replacing their pickups with a ktruck
A Polaris is $16,000-$20,000. You could buy one of these mini trucks and all the gas it will ever burn for less.
personally I don't need a sxs or a ktruck, I really miss oldschool quads, the utv market has basically drowned in these heavy stupid 4x4 4wheelers and sxs, I think racey style quads have damn near gone extinct.
I used to use a diesel Polaris ranger with the dump bed to haul trash pumps around to empty out holes when we would do excavations. I went through cv axels and a couple rear differentials before I figured out some dipshit had put a "lift kit" on it but didn't change the control arms , so all the weight of the Polaris was sitting on the cv joints and bell housing. Never understood why hicks think tall means strong. I suppose the same logic applies to utvs vs quads. They think because the body is bigger the motor is stronger or something. Either that or they like sitting next to their buddy so they can play tummy sticks behind the tree line
I know a doctors son (rich fuckers) who had a new can-am and they stuck it in the mud and he just kept slamming it in forward/reverse untill he progressively broke like 3 cv axels out of it before he decided to give up and have it towed out, the people who own and operate these things suffer from some sort of mind-rot that makes them just destroy them or nagger rig them to death.
Honestly, I would never buy a utv because the drive trains and suspension really are made like shit. The motor is always overpowered compared to the transmission and axles. For 16k I could buy a 4x4 Mazda or a ranger with 250k miles on it and refurbish it.
>for 10k more i can just buy this other vehicle and completely restore it with another 5k and 40hours of labor
Why are you here, when you have no idea what this thread is about?
This ^^^^ They are very popular in my area (rural Idaho) With sxs pushing 20-40k dollars these trucks cost 24k new and about 6k used with every option, heat windshield, AC wipers locking diffs dump beds etc. Side by sides rarely have any of those. So on large ranches or non fag states where it is legal to drive them on road they make sense. Their only real drawback is they do 35mph tops.
These will do 65-75 mph no problem
RuralChad here, haven't seen a single one of these.
In fact, more and more are buying used Semi-Trucks that have close to a foot of clearance out here with full lockers.
I see them on farms on occasion and in peoples driveways if they live near a feild where they would be used for hunting or light landscaping,
the trouble is they're not street legal so you'd only see them in places where you'd normally see some shit like a john deere gator or side by side or perhaps a golf kart.
>I see them on farms on occasion and in peoples driveways if they live near a feild where they would be used for hunting or light landscaping,
>the trouble is they're not street legal so you'd only see them in places where you'd normally see some shit like a john deere gator or side by side or perhaps a golf kart.
So basically they do exactly what a good side-by-side could do, without any of the benefits of 4 wheeling/ruggedization/abundant supply chains/known re-sale value?
Oh, the article says they're "cheaper" (lol; see above).
This is fucking America. You do not have the right to tell other people what they can and cannot need.
Many of the kei trucks in the United States are 4WD, some of them have dumping beds, good for couple hundred pounds, they are light weight (low ground pressure) and do not pot hole your dirt roads
>ruggedization
Japanese Farmers don’t need rugged vehicles?
>resale
The rarity of these makes their resale very high, you’d scream and piss your pants if you saw how much money people pay to import these. They’re bought by people who want them
Fuck nagger GM and fake “American” truck companies that don’t make them in the US
there's a huge demand for vehicles like this and all ford and gm want to do is make superduties that start at 60k as if everyone in the world was a boomer concrete contractor
its getting stupid to even try and rent a pick up for a weekend project
i had to haul gravel around in one of uhauls dumb box trucks - pickups just arent available all summer anywhere near me
They are being used as a bigger utv which became popular because they are bigger than golf carts which became popular because they are better than rascals or not being lazy. Americans are getting bigger
I see them floating around every now and then, not daily driver status but there was a kei van at the recycle center a few weeks back and some guy around the corner has an Acty or whatever. I mostly see side by sides with the farmers checking on their fields and just running around though although you can't put plates on those. One dude always has a rifle in the rear window on his, city people would probably freak out but on a nice weekend I hear more gunshots than I hear cars driving by.
>cheap
>reliable
>can do all the maintenance yourself
>no computer
This is all truck owners who use their trucks want.
All wrong. We just can finally start importing 90's and above quality jap cars that there is a 25 year ban on imported cars. We've wanted these for a long fucking time they're just finally easy to import. Not like the gay globohomo manufacturers make anything that isn't pig fat homo electric trash that burns while the ignition is off (seriously ford advised to park a fairly recent suv model outside because it could spontaneously combust)
It is increasingly apparent that the value of old quality cars will skyrocket until the feds ban them for gay jetsons remote controlled homo transporters
The fuck are your talking about? They use two trucks. One for heavy duty one for light.
Fucking retarded thread by a supremely gay op.
kei trucks are incredibly useful, street legal, and strong (for their size). Yet incredibly very cheap.If you need something small to haul around things for the farm they're a great choice
This. I'm considering this for my future market garden , but I have a '88 yota in the meantime.
The shape makes a lot more sense when you see it to scale. It's just a simple little cockpit.
Seeing more of these cool little trucks every day.
they are really just "motorized wheelbarrows". they are great though,they are perfect for small jobs, which plenty of farms have plenty of. They dont really replace full size trucks, which has its own uses. but if the weather is nice, and the job isnt too big, or you just need to go to town to get some hardware (and you dont want to burn 80$ in gas), then small light trucks make alot of sense.
Never seen one
Why does this burning question occupy your smooth brain? Does big dick energy frighten you? Do you tremble at the sight of a country boy? Do you quiver at the thought that the country boy would pick you up all dolled up, in his pick up truck and take you out to the corn fields and make you squeal like a pig, kogal? Hmmm?
I'm more concerned about retarded insecure manlets killing my family on our way to the grocery store
Also good for city slickers, based vehicle.
I'd rather drive a Japanese mini truck than an American Sodomy truck.
>mfw it's real
One more manufacturer to avoid. israelites are essentially eliminating the paradox of choice for me.
>japanese mini truck: comfy, useful, fits anywhere, can carry a lot, great for a day at the beach, make great famoly memories high iq.
>american truck: huge, needs 3 parking spaces, gas guzzler, promotes trannies, loud, annoying, low iq.
28 US MARINES
PULING UP IN BLACK
FORD RAPTOR TRUCKS
>plate is HIV
it's over
Kek, nobody can ever make fun of miatas for being fag chariots.
>Kek, nobody can ever make fun of miatas for being fag chariots.
Fag.
same
hate those shiny ford fag150
Would
Saw a whole ramen shop rolling around on a larger hiJet once. Selling ramen in my neighborhood like a damn icecream truck.
Maybe you have an inaccurate idea of how the midwest really is? Young guys drive those big trucks. I drive one of those Mazda B2300/Ford Rangers, which I think is a pretty cool truck. Every guy should have a truck, even if it's just a little 2.3L Duratec with a manual transmission
I've never seen a single one of these and I am a truck driver in the western USA
You wont see these putting down the interstate
>be a reasonable erson
>calculate what tye of the car you need for your daily needs
>REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
When found out israelites are extremely retarded.
israelite develos an image for you.
Then he tries to force that image on you ersonally. And when he fails he autistically screeches in agony.
They do this all the time.
>le flyover states
>rednecks
>so dumb lmao
>subscribe to my social media account and change yourself
>for some reason my feminine squeal you should treat as cry for reason
>i got you goyim
>youre out of the frame i put you in
Truly pathetic.
This is because a twitch streamer named Ludwig advertised these truck.
Chink ones have been around for 15 years or so, dirt cheap throw away vehicle that isn’t taxed or licensed that you use for irrigation, light hauling, checking crops, whatever, haven’t seen any jap ones yet.
Rural new england, see the same 3-4 of these mini trucks on my street every day. One of them runs a landscaping business, not sure on the others but seem to be contractors.
Granted, there are still 5x as many small-dick-mobiles.
Side by sides are really good so i am not surprised these become popular as well with that big tray on the back.
That is a very cute car. Sadly i dont have to transport sruff.
Amerisharts!
Looks functional as fuck. Easier to throw some shit on the back and drive around than an American pickup. Good farm vehicle.
>easier maintenance
>Jap cars are famously reliable
>cheaper
>better mileage
>easier to get around
>enough carriage space for most things
>better visibility and less blindspots
I don't know why anyone still buys those massive Ford trucks. Seem like a waste of money for a worse vehicle. The only reason I can see people needing one is if they actually need the truck bed space, yet every truck owner I see has an empty truck bed.
Because you urbanite neet, you need to haul stuff if you're farming.
My work truck is an f150 with the supercab and a 6 foot bed. I carry lots of tools and ladders but it still hauls ass when you need to merge onto the highway, and it can handle rough jobs jobsite terrain, and I can haul a boom lift or a trailer and scissor lift. The super jacked up trucks usually end up parked at the plant parking lot and they all pile in a beat to shit chevy 2500 like Mexicans. I also notice that after a few years they all sell their turbo diesel and get a passenger car that gets good mileage
There are better utility trucks that have good offorad that are the size of "american truck" but way more useful, but you will never seen someone who brags about how he use his "truck for work" in one of these.
i used to drive an expedition that got 8 mpg, now i drive a pickup from the 90's and get 22. I dont haul much and could see it being an issue if i wanted to haul more than a john boat, but its more than sufficient for most people. We need to go back and prevent the chicken tax.
They are good utility vehicles hence why the nickname is called Ute.
BRING BACK THE T100 YOU COWARDS
Rural americans use polaris rangers
Real rural americans know this
>size of a honda civic
>beg larger than a full size f150
cabovers (vans included) > trucks
Minimum resource consumption.
Something Liberals preach about.
I heard those trucks have a Mew under them
Modern trucks are trash. Luxury vehicles made for suburbanites crawling. Never a spec of dirt. They're over priced and as such are not work vehicles. Japs trucks are just that. Trucks. Nothing more. So in the end they'll win. If it wasn't for gay as laws we'd have them everywhere.
Look at that little ricebag hauler!!!
HAAAHAAAHAAAHAAAAAAA!
Reality check... I got my Toyota Tacoma in 2005 for about 13k. Within about 2 years, the price shot up to about 22k. In my day, they were priced to compete against the Ford Ranger. Personally, I think the Toyatas are far better and a lot was made in the US at the time.
Reality is that most cars are now priced for the wealthy. It seems that the bean counters concluded that lower income people are only worthy of used cars. Probably they don't like the cost of warranty maintenance and the rich trade in quicker. Also, probably the secret society is willing to shit another cost on the working class to keep their fresh, clean air. Generally though, I'm confident that trucks in particular are priced far higher then they cost to make because they have durable quality.
If Japan wants to sidestep the social engineers, I say "Great!" It would only improve if we can use the front lawns of those engineers as landfill for the China shit that they've made our only choice.
I cant haul 19000-21000 lbs of hay with that. It would be a good field truck though.
Small trucks make the perfect second vehicle, still cheap enough to commute in, perfect for doing all the random work you can't do in a car. They taxed small trucks out of existence and so everyone looked for an alternative.
When I was back in Japan you could get one of those mini trucks for the equivalent of 4-6k USD because the car market isn't price gouging over there. They can't afford to, few people in Japan really, really NEED a car like you do in the US. The import taxes and costs will probably increase the price to about 10k but that's still a good fucking price.
>tiny wheels
>no 4x4
>rural North America
yeah nah. these things are great for the city, but driving on uncompacted gravel or a slightly moist dirt road would have this thing stuck.
These tiny trucks definitely have 4x4
alot of them are 4x4, and because of the tiny wheels you can typically fit atv tires onto them which allows them to get around offroad pretty well.
if you even read the headline you'd know these are substitutes for side by sides, not for trucks
we have an old golf cart we beefed up to serve the same purpose
You can get them in 4x4, tiny wheels aren't that much of an issue with as little as they weigh and their small bed capacity. You can also put off-road tires on them.
They're relatively capable off-road for the price
i was thinking you could just put massive mud tires on them. Use a intercooler to increase the manifold pressure and she would make a pretty based little vehicle that could get around in any weather conditions.
Alot cheaper than using a tractor to haul shit around.
>was thinking you could just put massive mud tires on them. Use a intercooler to increase the manifold pressure and she would make a pretty based little vehicle that could get around in any weather conditions.
That's exactly what they did
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You've sold me on the idea.
some of them are 4x4, you can get pretty wide tires for them too
they do get stuck easy though
the ass end is super light, sketchy on gravel and ice
i think the main appeal is that they are road legal
Small trucks are based
BIG OLE FO' SEATA TRUCKZ are cringe and mostly driven by suburban office workers/women
>sells 10 trucks to soijacks organic onions farmers who moved to alabama from cali
>soiface excitement
>increasingly popular
you laugh now, but wait till somebody slips on a set of nagger ANIHILATOR 6'MILLIONS onto their little ktruck and mogs your shit
how to aerate your lawn in 5 easy k turns
And the EPA will ban those too like they did small pickups.
Only big gay lifted MURCAN trucks are allowed.
Remove the truck bed and I'll take one
I wonder if you could make a tiny little camper out of one of these
they also import van-body ktrucks which just aleady have a backhalf interior in place of the bed, the only problem is that I think most of those aren't 4x4 and if they are you cannot take the body off of the cab.
utility + fuel economy + you can't get a regular cab small truck new anymore and the used market wants too much for a beater s-10. Why wouldn't you spring for a low mile 25+ year old kei truck for 5-10k?
Imagine driving this truck in the south. probably a world record speedrun in getting called a homosexual.
>Imagine driving this truck in the south. probably a world record speedrun in getting called a homosexual.
Kek. The sales department would probably be the first.
> "Sign 'homosexual' here, and just initial 'GAY' here, here and here..."
Nah, we are cooler than that. Some guys would point but if you wave back and rock it proudly people respect that. Now, put a coexist sticker and Harris Biden and drive around all angry and hunched over the wheel, someone might take the vehicular homicide charge to run over you
Who knows, maybe it would turn into a weird bonding event.
> pulls up to bar in tiny truck
> everyone laughs
> One guy says "hey, I bet that would fit in the bed of my truck"
> they put tiny truck into bed of truck
> fuck you elmer, watch this... another guy puts the bigger truck on to his bigger utility work truck
> now everyone's drunk. That's nothing, says homer. He pulls out his 18-wheeler, and drags all of them up to his bed
> Oh ya?, says wilbor, watch this...
> he runs around the corner, you see him come back with a full size bulldozer
> he pushes all of the trucks over the side of of the hill going down the side of the parking lot
> everyone lasts
> a bonding moment.
Nah. I wouldnt give a shit. I laugh at homosexuals who own 20k polaris side by sides to drive to their mailbox.
You can laugh at them back on how much you save on fuel and how fast and efficient you are travelling.
Also, these niggas don't know about Gator, Club Cart, and Kubota.
They love to buy them to drive around their ranches and haul small loads (very handy) and train kids to ride big pickup trucks.
Children are put on such machines from the age of 10.
this is a /r/fuckcars meme and a communist trope. Fuck cuck trucks.
These things cost like $5-7k brand new. Americans are paying that for 25+ year old versions. The only reason they aren't dominating american streets already is that American car companies can't compete so they legislate away their competition. Otherwise every family would have one of these for various odd-jobs. They might not be a replacement for a work truck, but they're good enough for Home Depot runs, etc.
>sauce
https://kakaku.com/kuruma/bodytype/kei-truck/
they would not dominate american streets even if it wasn't for that retarded import law, as I have said I see the type of people who buy them and the niche they fill, but I have also never actually seen one on pavement in my entire life.
I am not a NotJustBikes cultist and I deeply hate those homosexuals but american trucks are needlesly huge.
These Hap mini trucks have a place on farms as actual work trucks. No one wants to fuck up their $65k Dodge Ram.
All those big american trucks are so damn useless that consumes hell amount of fuel just for simple things. A lil-Toyota truck saves fuel, it's faster and better.
A little Toyota is definitely not faster than a 4.2L v6 with a 10 speed electronically controlled transmission. You may rev your little shitbox and peel off from a big truck, but that's because they aren't racing you beaner.
there are few things more insufferable in this world than fucking white people bragging about "muh vortex V6 Chevy "
fuck off already man.
I don't drive a chevy, and I didn't bring up speed until someone else did. Chevy trucks need to work on not having the wheels fall off.
I'm not saying faster in terms of speed and velocity but getting the job done efficiently speaking you brainlet.
Trucks are tools, not for racing. homosexual.
I never brought up speed until you did. Thanks for conceding I was right. I still like my little truck more unless I'm on the highway at 4 am. The lane assist is nice when you're tired
I'm proving your point N
Why do Mexicans love to drunk drive with no insurance? Is it a cultural thing, like molesting their neices is?
Beaner here, not sure what assurance is but you have to get pretty drunk to fuck your niece then you have to drive home.
Because we're not responsible of our actions
Car insurance is usury and a scam btw
Says the guy who smashes his Renault into a Volkswagen with 8 people inside.
"But senior, I coulda not afford to pay my insurance, please don't call the police!"
But yes, it is
Are you kidding? Little Toyotas are way faster.
It helps that they are moving a much smaller mass.
Okay bro. Go drag race a new consumer grade full size truck and report back
That sounds like it would be fun, however drag racing is strongly associated with narco culture and my mother raised me better than that.
That's a bit contextual. It's mostly associated with custom cars, which may mean gangsters or simple hobbyists depending on your country.
These kei trucks are very slow. Their HP ranges from 35-60 hp. They’re fun as fuck though.
lmao eat shit, acting like v6 is impressive in a fucking tank disguised as a pickup
The vehicle in the back is basically my work truck and the little one is my personal truck. If you drive a lot of miles with a company gas card and need to have an entire shop worth of stuff with you at all times, you need the big truck
>you need the big truck
If you weren't retarded you might have noticed that the beds are the same size in both the trucks.
I can see I have upset you. That's funny. The super cab is the benefit of the big truck, plus the towing and hauling capacity. You're an angry little cuck and it's funny as hell
the bed size isnt really a factor. as a carpenter, I can say, he
is right. I often haul my tools and personal gear to sites in my S10, but as soon as you need to move a bobcat or a small excavator, or get a yard of sand, you need a full size truck. light trucks just arent rated for that kind of job. trust me Ive blown out my trasnmission hauling slate. My brothers and I own a small contracting company. We have two S10's, a 1971 GMC pickup(3/4ton), a 1969 GMC pickup(1/2 ton), and a 67 GMC 8 ton, a mercedes roadster, 84 chevy 1/2 ton and two f150's(which are leased for employees). Different trucks for different jobs.
This. People who've never done heavy work with trucks should lower their voices when speaking to truck chads.
Same. My company truck is an older F250 (ironically smaller than a current year F150). My personal car is a Prius. If I need to haul shit they let me use the company truck, which is also for commuting and taking service calls. My Prius is 13 years old with just over 40k miles on it.
Ha, yeah, i do all of my out of town chores and grocery shopping in the work truck on the way home. It's nice because I can let family borrow my personal vehicle any time they need it and I don't sweat them crashing it or keeping it too long. My dad drove my truck more than I did this year.
>need to have an entire shop worth of stuff with you at all times, you need the big truck
No, you retard, you need a van
>2wd Tacoma
God what a waste of materials. 4x4 Tacomas are god tier but some homos refused to spend the extra $1200
"increasingly popular" means from 0.001% to 0.002%
So, where do you get these things? I've never seen one in person...
I saw like 20 of these homosexuals standing around in a parking lot near where I live once while I was riding on my old CB750. I wanted to check out wtf they were doing but I was too weirded out to approach. I don't even know if I'm supposed to give them the 2 sign or if they'd even know what that means.
Those trucks are everywhere in here. Japanese vehicles are very popular in general.
truck beds in modern trucks are getting shorter and shorter think they are only 5-6ft now vs 8ft in the past
Turn them into van-life tiny-houses and liberals will love them.
Such cute lifestyle uwu :3
I was gonna ask if I could put in a bed and live in it.
small affordable trucks will always have a market
you wont treat a $70k truck like a truck
I own a 2000 Chevy S-10 that use to haul bricks or sod or tools, or whatever the heck I need to haul. I am not concerned if the bed gets scratched while I do so
I could never treat a $70k truck like that
you can still import new ones. just cant drive on public roads.
JPY 1,555,400 = USD 11113.41
+ shipping
I think it'll be cheaper than buying ATV of similar spec.
>just cant drive on public roads
sauce? I saw one in the NYC suburbs in the past 30 days.
https://www.thedrive.com/news/43958/you-can-buy-a-new-suzuki-jimny-at-us-dealerships-just-dont-ask-too-many-questions
i think that person bought it from suspicious dealers. i dont think its legal.
That thing is sold for 20-30k€ around here, ridiculous for what you get
Called Suzuki Jimny here
You could get them for 20000 in the beginning.
How am I gonna carry wood pallets, concrete and bricks with that japanese truck?
Fuck i want one of those, but i dont have a reason to own a truck. I just want one of those fuckers, look how comfy they look.
Also the US marketing for it sucks. I just looked up some and they used words like XTREME to market it. No its small comfy truck, no need to for that overdone bs.
It's a meme. I saw one online for $10,000. Why would I buy that when a proper truck is that price or less? If I get a truck it's for cargo. I have a homestead and that wouldn't put a dent in my chore list. A beater F-150 on the other hand can haul a ton of rock, it can haul a ton of water in a tote for my garden, I can even haul dozens of chickens to the meat man for bagging and tagging. I can't do shit with this toy truck but pretend to homestead.
Where are proper trucks that are that price or less?
eat shit homosexuals, die slow.
https://kansascity.craigslist.org/search/cta?auto_bodytype=7&hasPic=1&max_price=10000&min_price=20#search=1~gallery~0~0
You havent price checked a F-150 in a long time friend
I drove a hijet for three years. Great little truck. Simple. Reliable. Bed walls flip down flat. Does fine in snow. Cheap to fill up and run. I wish the radio was a little louder.
the idea that perfectly safe vehicles aren't allowed because they don't have the israeli "street legal" seal of approval is complete horseshit and I don't know why we tolerate it when half the drivers on the road are drunk spics without insurance and active warrents
>half the drivers on the road are drunk spics without insurance and active warrents
Don't forget the naggers driving on perpetually suspended licenses
Seems like a comfy car 🙂
Damn that car FUCKS.
these trucks are just another toy. I saw one recently out on the road in a rural area--actually dropping stuff off at a scrap yard. It's nobody's main vehicle.
i love those tiny trucks, and they're great for driving everywhere that isn't a highway
I've never seen one of these in person.
>t. rural retard
Don't believe everything you read, dude.
IMO, Hondas are fun drive in general and these flatbeds are great for farmwork.
Typical ricel seething at the very notion of American trucks even though most rednecks know to buy jap when u can-
There's no way you all find whites in pickup trucks that intimidating that would be truly pathetic
It's better than their shitty nagger cars
Because they're cheaper than side by sides like the Kawasaki mule. Also have enclosed cabins. Have less environmental shit on them.
https://www.kawasaki.com/en-us/side-x-side/mule/2-passenger/mule-sx?cm_re=GLOBALNAV-_-PRODUCTGROUPLIST-_-VEHICLE
How does american get inside one of those? Sideways?
Only redeemable thing left in muttland is their gargantuan premium trucks. Too bad those gas guzzlers would be discontinued in the near future.
We use them instead of golf carts. Also they are nice for deer season because rhey fit between trees easy and you.can throw your deer in the little bed. We still have our big duallys for towing and stuff chang.
These trucks are cheap and useful for driving around big properties. You can't bring them on freeways or interstates, but they are great for hauling small loads around a property that could be hundreds or even thousands of acres. America is a big place and has many big landowners.
They're like a cheaper and more useful version of one of those off-road carts.
>Why are these more popular?
>Oh you so you want a Ford truck Lightning Crusher Taco Supreme, that'll be $80,000 for the base model, $100,000 if you want power locks and windows, and $120,000 if you want bluetooth and air conditioning plus $500/monthly radio subscription
Gee, I wonder
I have never seen one of these in real life
>itt rural american
I saw one here in my rural area. In Amish neighborhood actually.
I feel uncomfortable, referring to you as a dumbfuck homosexual retard, here on /misc/. Please move your idiot shit to LULZ, so we can laugh at you properly.
yfw you'll never drive a kitty bus
https://jdmwholesale.com/detail/2606625d62515460
I saw something like this the other day, except it was itasha anime art that was 3d. Was awesome (and disgusting).
I've said this before but I don't know why Americans like 'full-size' trucks. The Maverick is fucking $20000 and has ever bit of utility that an F-150 has. I'd kill a bucket full of puppies for an affordable new truck like that.
Nice unibody, fudge packer.
Hey at least your continent actually gets station wagons.
It's a unibody FWD/AWD car-truck that's not made to carry or tow heavy loads or for any real off road travel. It's a great little utility vehicle though for someone who makes regular trips to the hardware store or whatever.
I understand but you have to realise the average F-150 driver will never take their truck on anyone other than perfectly sealed asphalt, will never tow a boat and won't use the bed for anything but groceries.
>I understand but you have to realise the average F-150 driver will never take their truck on anyone other than perfectly sealed asphalt, will never tow a boat and won't use the bed for anything but groceries.
And I don't have a problem with that. The modern crew cab, 4x4 1/2 ton truck is a useful family/utility/work vehicle even if it's never utilized to it capabilities. A light truck like a RWD Ford Ranger from the 80's in picrel is much more of a specialty vehicle. In actuality though most people I know who own a modern 1/2 will also do one of those things you mentioned at some point.
Every person I know who owns a F150 or similar uses it for work.
But I do roofing and landscaping, you probably only have experience with metropolitan homosexuals, probably don't even know how to secure a ladder in a truck
Also, the L200 has a chassis, is still much smaller than the F-150 and does everything an F-150 does for 99% of its users.
we bought one of these .... still waiting for delivery six months later. but im exicted about the maverick, it'll be a great addition to the fleet, and perfect for little jobs, carpooling the guys and as a run-around. it supposedly gets 40MPG, so, well see about that. not gonna be pulling the bobcat with it though!
American trucks are fine. Ford, Dodge and Chevy all make pretty good trucks. Half the homosexuals posting here don't know shit and it's hilariously obvious.
It’s a great truck despite its dinky looks.
American trucks have gone so far to bend over for the waanbes in the ‘burbs that they’re not really great for the actual work and cost way to much.
This thing will carry what you need, is cheap and has basic amenities, and will get the job done.
So what if it’s dinky looking?
americans are just cattle
I need a 4-seater version of this for my wife to drive the kids to the beach/playground/library/etc. Any suggestions?
Them american pickups are nearly 40k bongs here i dont get where they think people just have that money laying around now days
Fun fact, Kei cars are illegal to drive on the road and import because of Obama era regulations. There is 100% a market for smaller, cargo capable vehicles that don t cost as much as a house in a rural area, however our shit stain commie government hates the concept of the free market and refuses to allow the competition that would ass rape Ford, Chevy, and GM into the ground
I think alot of places recanted these laws but some places it's still not road legal.
Checked for Nevada. They're road legal if they're 25+ years old; you can register as a classic and then pwomise daddy gubmint to not drive them more than 5000 miles a year.
oops my odometer broke!
I know a couple mechanics that use to play that game to bypass plate fees and inspections.
front mid engine, completely different.
The Honda’s are rear mid engine.
all my cars are on classic tags, I drive them when I want and I don't think there's anything the police can do about it.
hiace
We bought somethijng like pic.
Cuz the trucks had Got so stupid priced for something you throw dead deer in ect.
take the waspill
i fucking want one.
Little trucks are nice. But limited, I think
>want
In 2027 I can get antique auto plates for it, and I plan to run it for the rest of my life. 2002 e350 with a Quigley 4x4 conversion (deQuigleyfied front suspension with superduty springs), Sportsmobile penthouse pop top camper, 7.3 diesel with 240k miles, just starting to get broken in. It's a long term labor of love.
Is there a problem with the original Quigley front suspension? I've always been interested in those conversions.
It's the standard E350 front suspension, which is a coil over spring. With the addition of a 3 inch lift to get the Dana 60 front end and transfer case into place, the front suspension works a lot better with a leaf spring setup. The sway bar on the OEM van is pretty weak, and a solid upgrade to the bar and end links, with the leaf springs eliminates driving death wobble and bump steering. You can see the front spring front shackles in the pic.
Hello 1pbtid homosexual. Are you stupidly suggesting any rural people are selling their bigger than 1/2ton pickup of that micro machine? If so, you’re tarded
Wouldn't mind having one for driving on my property to move firewood etc.
Look at him go
This is from the back to the future remake. He's trying to get up to 88 mph
I would love to have one of these little naggers for getting around town and picking up small stuff. Probably gets good mileage compared to my 4X4 truck at 13mpg,
Gas costs money, anon. If something smaller that burns less fuel does the job, why not get it?
2021-2022 Tacoma via fueleconomy.gov: Toyota Tacoma 2WD 2.7L 4 Cyl Engine: 20 mpg city/23 mpg highway
2021 Ford F150 5.0L V8 with RWD:17 mpg city / 24 mpg highway
Trucks don't get great gas mileage, and for what we use it for a lot of us dgaf anyway. Size and engine doesn't even make much difference.
I live in the suburbs, not rurally, but someone in my neighborhood drives one of these little jap trucks. I see it out every once in a while. It looks like an old one though. Like from the 80s or 90s. It looks like it belongs in a factory hauling parts around, not on a road. It's cool looking though.
Are they street legal?
The one in my town is licensed.
Most don’t have monster trucks and shit. You fell for a leftist straw man.
But they do like bigger trucks that can both carry stuff and off-road on rough terrain. But for farming and hauling if it isn’t ugly they’ll use it. The redneck types they make fun of as backwards and stupid are rather pragmatic like that.
What sucks is American lawmakers are preventing Americans from importing Japanese mini trucks made in the year 2023. The 25 year auto export ban is fucking bullshit not to mention the chicken tax
My dad bought one if these. 4x4. Has a dump bed, a snow plow. Good for around the farm. It's Japanese you know it will last. And it was like 16k.
Mini trucks are great. I used to drive one as a groundskeeper for the local University. Once in a while I'd turn it into a drunk taxi and haul like 10 drunk college kids home. I almost got in trouble for it but my boss recognized it as good PR.
Aside from towing something massive they can do pretty much anything a regular truck can do.
These things are great if you actually have to move things around on a daily basis, much easier to load and unload.
These are like golf carts for the farm. Mostly a Midwest thing where the land is flat
We have a kei truck for doing odd things around the farm. Took the doors off and pretty much leave it running during the chores so I can just hop in and move forward 100 feet before hopping out again. We still have chevy suburbans and 2500's but so many days the kei truck and garden tractor are the MVPs.
Anything you can say about trucks being too big, too expensive and too complex is true for modern cars. There's no car on the market now that's as small as a 1981 Accord which was Honda's flagship car. It'd be great if small, cheap kei cars became a thing to fill in the gaps. 90% of the people I see on the highway are driving alone, and probably don't even need anything else. A huge part of the congestion, emissions, parking, oil issues could be solved without resorting to gay electric vaporware cars.
Baste rei truck /bread
Heil OP, the Etenal homosexual
REPEAL THE CHICKEN TAX. BRING BACK LIGHT TRUCK COMPETITION
its because UTV prices have gotten redonkulous and these serve the same role
There are a few of those around my town in Texas. They look 1000 times better than those fucking retard wide nagger trucks with obnoxiously large side mirrors.
American truck sizes are retarded because of idiotic environmental policy from the Obama era.
Been a while since I was read up on it but IIRC:
The stupid rules effectively made normal trucks financially unviable with their limits but automakers could get around the restrictions by making gigantic trucks and classifying them differently.
these things are replacing utvs for people who don't need the offroad capability of a utv. why pay 25k for a fucking base model utv when you could get a used minitruck with a dump bed for under 10k, and in some places that mini truck can be plated so you can go into town with it. It doesn't replace their truck, it doesn't replace their tractor, it is an alternative to a utv.
Have you seen the price of UTV side by sides lately? A base level Polaris Ranger with no options starts at
$34,000 Canuckistani Bucks here in Snow Mexico.
Yo nip anon, how much one of those costs, and do they have a version with the bed covered?
They would be a great match for brazil.