There's been a lot of moaning about the price of even small trucks, "Oh, they're ripping us off with these prices. $30k for a Maverick? I had a Ranger and it only cost $10k on the road" etc.

Here's a comparison test from 1982 for the Ranger, Chev S10 and Dodge Ram 50.

https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/comparison-test/a61865583/1982-chevrolet-s-10-sport-dodge-ram-50-sport-ford-ranger-xlt-pickups-compared/

Price as tested for the Ranger was $9347, or just above $32k in today's money. For that you got a regular cab, 6ft bed, a 79hp 2.3L, a four speed manual and two wheel drive and bucket seats. Safety features included disc/drum brakes, and seatbelts.

If could just about pull to 60mph in 15 seconds and the quarter mile in 20 seconds. For that level of 'performance' it still delivered 19mpg in C&D's testing.

The current base Maverick XL is better in every possible way other than bed length, is a hybrid and gets double the mpg, and clocks in at $27k.

#cars #trucks #pickups

#Bremerton, Wa. What I don't see is #bicycles anywhere. No #shoppers. No #kids. No #families. Maybe the very occasional Lycra and carbon fiber frame.

What I do see are #streets choked with #cars, #pickups, and SUV's. Vast expanses of #parking. Almost no painted #bike lanes anywhere. Never mind protected bike lanes.

#Bremerton, Wa. A city fully consumed by cars, pickups, and SUV's.

#TransmissionFromTheCarILiveIn (Which is a whole other societal problem)

Yay… Well, sorta yay, finally got 2 new M2 cars to add to my collection, its been months since WalMart had anything I wanted, in fact their stock has been real low for a long time. Unfortunately I seem to have lost my database of my collection, so that's annoying, going to have to re-do that. That said, here's the collection
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Admittedly kinda hard to see as its just so many of them, 32 if'n I'm mathing right.
From top to bottom, the first shelf and the left cars on the second shelf are all VW's, mostly vans or van-pickups. A pair of oddballs fill out that shelf, a 50's American cargo wagon and a 70's Bronco in patriotic paint. Below that are the American cab overs, whether Dodge A series or Ford econolines, so far 16 of those taking up just over two shleves. Finally at the end are the rest of the miscellany, a pair of 50's Ford conventional trucks, and the newest addition…
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A 1970 C900 pickup. 100 was ½ ton, 200 ¾ ton, 300 1 ton, so… ? Not sure what the weight class were on these, but they were heavy duty trucks typically box trucks, flatbeds or other service vehicles, a pickup is very interesting to see, and I always love the styling on these.

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