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Re: Why don't Europeans appreciate pick-up trucks??
« Reply #45 on: January 03, 2017, 09:06:26 PM »
Quote from: Gopher Gary on January 03, 2017, 05:27:54 PM
I liked my truck and my jeep because I didn't have to pay much attention to curbs.  :zoinks:

^__^ Ya don't say  :autism:
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Re: Why don't Europeans appreciate pick-up trucks??
« Reply #46 on: January 03, 2017, 09:14:57 PM »
About 60% of vehicles here (Kayleigh and I came up with that percentage) are 4WDs. That's heaps. My parents have one, so does my sister and my niece. I have been wishing for a small one - a Suzuki Vitara.
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Re: Why don't Europeans appreciate pick-up trucks??
« Reply #47 on: January 04, 2017, 01:19:40 AM »
Quote from: Gopher Gary on January 03, 2017, 05:27:54 PM
I liked my truck and my jeep because I didn't have to pay much attention to pedestrians.  :zoinks:

Fixed. :zoinks:
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Re: Why don't Europeans appreciate pick-up trucks??
« Reply #48 on: January 04, 2017, 12:18:48 PM »
Quote from: FourAceDeal on January 03, 2017, 06:50:51 AM
Mostly it says "I murder prostitutes".

I thought that was windowless vans??

Quote from: justcurious on January 03, 2017, 10:42:17 AM
4 by 4s here are looked down upon by a lot of people. Especially if there's a woman behind the wheel, they tend to be viewed as aggressive.

I don't get it. Why do people view them as aggressive??

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Re: Why don't Europeans appreciate pick-up trucks??
« Reply #49 on: January 04, 2017, 01:07:15 PM »
Because they're a little more aggressive behind the wheel. I read somewhere that it gave some women a sense of power, being physically above people on the road.
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Re: Why don't Europeans appreciate pick-up trucks??
« Reply #50 on: January 04, 2017, 01:31:57 PM »
Quote from: Pappy on January 04, 2017, 12:18:48 PM
Quote from: FourAceDeal on January 03, 2017, 06:50:51 AM
Mostly it says "I murder prostitutes".

I thought that was windowless vans??


Vans and Trucks are different things in Europe.  A Truck is anything commmercial from about 7.5 tonnes upward.   A van is a smaller commercial vehicle with no windows.

I get the van connection but in the UK over recent years there has been more than a few incidents of truck driver killing ladies of the night.  Even Jeremy Clarkson has made mention of it on TopGear.
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Re: Why don't Europeans appreciate pick-up trucks??
« Reply #51 on: January 04, 2017, 02:24:55 PM »
It wasn't pick-up trucks, it was lorry drivers.
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Re: Why don't Europeans appreciate pick-up trucks??
« Reply #52 on: January 05, 2017, 07:31:25 PM »
Sheesh what is it with those Lorry Drivers  (emo)
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Re: Why don't Europeans appreciate pick-up trucks??
« Reply #53 on: January 05, 2017, 08:49:44 PM »
Lorry sounds kind of sissy sounding :hahaha:
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Re: Why don't Europeans appreciate pick-up trucks??
« Reply #54 on: January 05, 2017, 10:23:47 PM »
Maybe they're still trying to understand pick-up lines?
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Re: Why don't Europeans appreciate pick-up trucks??
« Reply #55 on: January 05, 2017, 10:30:27 PM »
Here in the US we have bid rigs and Mack trucks which sounds manly.  :viking:
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Re: Why don't Europeans appreciate pick-up trucks??
« Reply #56 on: January 06, 2017, 12:48:06 AM »
Quote from: Genesis on January 05, 2017, 07:31:25 PM
Sheesh what is it with those Lorry Drivers  (emo)

They kill prostitutes.
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Re: Why don't Europeans appreciate pick-up trucks??
« Reply #57 on: January 06, 2017, 01:16:04 AM »
Quote from: Cleocatra on January 05, 2017, 10:30:27 PM
Here in the US we have bid rigs and Mack trucks which sounds manly.  :viking:
We have road trains.
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Re: Why don't Europeans appreciate pick-up trucks??
« Reply #58 on: January 06, 2017, 12:41:20 PM »
Quote from: renaeden on January 06, 2017, 01:16:04 AM
Quote from: Cleocatra on January 05, 2017, 10:30:27 PM
Here in the US we have bid rigs and Mack trucks which sounds manly.  :viking:
We have road trains.

In straylia?
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Re: Why don't Europeans appreciate pick-up trucks??
« Reply #59 on: January 06, 2017, 02:17:06 PM »
Quote from: justcurious on January 04, 2017, 01:07:15 PM
Because they're a little more aggressive behind the wheel. I read somewhere that it gave some women a sense of power, being physically above people on the road.
 

My little purple truck...aggressive...damn.

I guess having a big brush guard on the front wouldn't soften my image much.

I should so totally get a gun rack for the back window.  8)
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