01-31-2020, 09:46 AM | #26 |
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Re: GM 2021 pickup
Where do you put your purse?
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01-31-2020, 10:05 AM | #27 |
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Re: GM 2021 pickup
Another thing I'm noticing, is the worsening visibility in modern trucks. I'm currently driving a 1981 f-150. That thing has a panoramic view all the way around.
I was riding in a 2015 silverado recently. It's much harder to see out of. Massive pillars, ridiculously high hoodline, and high waistline. The older trucks kept the hood at the same level as the bottom of the door windows. The 2015 silverado's hood was several inches higher. That 2021 e-truck posted above, looks to be far worse than the 2015 I've experienced. Interesting strategy going on to coax folks into trusting an autonomous vehicle. Shrink the windows to the point that the driver no longer feels safe driving on his own. When you can't see out at all, you'll have no choice but to let the computer drive for you!
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01-31-2020, 11:31 AM | #28 | |
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What gets me (and this is because of rollover stanards, etc) but when I make left turns, my A-pillars are so massive, I sometimes can't see an entire car for a second or two and I do find myself leaning forward sometimes going around curves because of how large the pillars are. Size-wise, I think the GMT 800's were the perfect size full size truck. I drove my 00 Z71 for 11 years. I loved that thing. Even as a Z71 I could reach over the bed, check my oil, get in and out of it. On this new one, I need a curb or a step to check the oil, I had to add old man steps because I couldn't get in and out of it and reaching over the bedsides? And the 2020's were slightly ENLARGED again. I'm waiting for the day when someone will have the balls to actually shrink their 1500 series trucks.
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01-31-2020, 11:58 AM | #29 |
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Re: GM 2021 pickup
The Colorado is very close to what a full size truck used to be.
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01-31-2020, 12:09 PM | #30 |
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Pretty much. They're the same size as the 60s/70s trucks.
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01-31-2020, 06:42 PM | #32 |
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The first time I drove a GMT400 I felt like I would fall out the window. Superior visibility. Such a well designed sensible truck. They dropped the macho factor to gain what the world needed. No more clipping fence posts and mail boxes you couldn't see. Those trucks turned the worlds gaze to trucks, then GM got stupid and added back the unnecessary bulk for those with male ego issues that need a truck to make them feel they are a man. Screw that. I'm a man once my feet hit the ground. I'm a man because I want things sensible. Putting a mound in your view is stupid truck design, but you can feel your pair gained circumference, if that's what you needed. I do think the newer trucks look quite tough in comparison and I like them. But you can't beat a GMT400 for a good truck that lasts and does what a real man buys a truck to do. I thought they were too modern when they came out. Now I see them as the last truck of the good old trucks you can work on and keep running without a banker's budget. My 25 year old K2500 Suburban is more truck than that Panini could ever be. It still does everything I ask it to do, willing and able
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