Not a pickup (Score: 2) by kwerle@pipedot.org on 2014-09-28 19:39 (#2T00) That's not a pickup. That's a VW with the back chopped. Re: Not a pickup (Score: 1) by evilviper@pipedot.org on 2014-09-29 07:56 (#2T08) I believe the 3rd sentence of the summary already says just that...Never-the-less, a pickup today is practically unrecognizable from a pickup from 20 years ago. Today they're part small luxury car, part minivan, and only part pickup. You might well just be looking at what pickups will morph into, in another 20 years, as astronomical oil price cause people to demand fuel efficiency combined with more cargo hauling capabilities than a hatchback can possibly offer. Perhaps fuel efficiency and crash worthiness rules will tighten up so much that compact pickups get to be just that small and aerodynamic, too. Re: Not a pickup (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-09-29 09:40 (#2T0A) Depending on how things go, the pickup of the future could easily be ... a donkey.I'm not feeling good about things.
Re: Not a pickup (Score: 1) by evilviper@pipedot.org on 2014-09-29 07:56 (#2T08) I believe the 3rd sentence of the summary already says just that...Never-the-less, a pickup today is practically unrecognizable from a pickup from 20 years ago. Today they're part small luxury car, part minivan, and only part pickup. You might well just be looking at what pickups will morph into, in another 20 years, as astronomical oil price cause people to demand fuel efficiency combined with more cargo hauling capabilities than a hatchback can possibly offer. Perhaps fuel efficiency and crash worthiness rules will tighten up so much that compact pickups get to be just that small and aerodynamic, too. Re: Not a pickup (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-09-29 09:40 (#2T0A) Depending on how things go, the pickup of the future could easily be ... a donkey.I'm not feeling good about things.
Re: Not a pickup (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-09-29 09:40 (#2T0A) Depending on how things go, the pickup of the future could easily be ... a donkey.I'm not feeling good about things.