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One of these has definitely hauled more than the other, and i guarantee you it's not the ford.

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[–] OkBananas@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

In the States, that Ford is considered a mid-size truck. The F-150 is considerably larger and they are everywhere.

[–] jzefbeio54@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was thinking buying a fiat panda, how is it ?

[–] TDCN@feddit.dk 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

LOVE IT! it's dirt cheap in every single way you can imagine. Repairs, fuel, tax, insurance etc. you won't find anything to compeat for the quality and reliability it offers. Stay away from the newer panda 3 models (summer 2012 and newer) the engine is only a two cylinder and has a lot of issues because it is a completely new engine design. Get the older models preferably the newest you can get (up to summer 2012) the newest of them have aircondition and a slightly more efficient engine. The engine in the panda 2 is the tried and tested 69Hp Fire Engine used by many many small cars and is so reliable they can run for many hundreds of thousands of km. As an example mine is from the last batch from 2012 has run 165k km and doesn't use a single drop of oil. I change oil and it runs for over a year and the level is exactly the same when i change it again. what i love about it the most is that it is so cheap i don't really care about it much so if it gets a tittle scratch or gets filled with dog-hair i really don't care much. Just buff it out and clean it a bit and it's good as "new" is it the most comfortable car? well no, but it's not that bad. Tried much worse in other cars similar priced. Is it the pretties car? No, but it has lots of space for it's size. Does it have lots of smart features? no but i don't want that anyway. Just give me air condition and i'm happy. Damn i love it.

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[–] Squeak@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is only a ranger, so not even a big pickup by American standards.

I think most cars would look big next to the Fiat.

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[–] PhreakyByNature@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm pretty tall. I move a lot of family members around on rare occasions. I go for week-long trips out of town in my car. I barely drive it in town (usually evenings and weekends and not even every evening or weekend). My car isn't quite that behemoth but it is large enough for what I need. I have helped with over 4 home moves in that car and even used it to transport a fridge to a civic waste site.

It does the job fine. I've never felt the need to get a pickup truck. Some people probably have genuine use cases. The majority probably don't. Those things are wild.

[–] TDCN@feddit.dk 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The mondeo is a great family car. I have a friend where his whole family, brother, mother, dag, uncle etc. each own a mondeo and sware by it because it just the right size for a family.

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[–] theyawner@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

It looks like a caricature. Kinda like Into the Spider-Verse's version of Kingpin in vehicle form.

[–] activestatue@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Have you started noticing some cars are now the same height level of a semi truck? These people are so ridiculous.

[–] theluckyone@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

As a Subaru Baja owner, I'm inclined to agree. Though I did upgrade to overload springs in the rear, mostly to keep it from sagging as much when hauling heating pellets each winter.

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