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  • Sagifurius@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    It’s bizarre. All my neighbours have massive pickups built in the last five years, and use them to commute. I own a bar and use a 1983 gm pickup twice a month to make my liquor and supply run (Warehouse is twenty miles away but they want 50 for delivery)

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      I have a small farm and a battered 12 year old F150 XL. It moves once a week, and I commute by motorcycle. I bought the truck in 2022 and it was bizarre. It had half the miles of the next cheapest truck on the lot, and it was half the price. It’s a base model, no option truck and nobody seems to want one of those.

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        1 year ago

        I wanted one a few years ago, but couldn’t find anything that wasn’t from the 90s and/or beat to shit…

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        1 year ago

        That’s the era the spark plugs all break off, people hate those motors and most everyone knows about this issue

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          1 year ago

          It’s actually later than the trucks with the 5.4 engines. This one could have had a 3.7 V6, a 3.5 turbocharged V6, or a 5.0 V8. The last year for the 5.4 was 2009.

          Edit: I feel I should mention that a 12 year old truck means it’s a 2012. I don’t understand how 2012 is a dozen years ago, either.

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      1 year ago

      Big pickups are nasty af. Actually useful pickups are sexy.