Do Europeans drive pick-ups?

muy_thaiguy · Post by **muy_thaiguy** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 2:55 pm

brooksieb wrote:and i know not all americans are like that but there is just too many people that drive them vehicles

Which vehicles? Trucks?

Mjinga · Post by **Mjinga** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:30 pm

muy_thaiguy wrote:Just because someone owns one, doesn't automatically make them white trash

I would have to agree with that, since I know several people (lawyers, doctors, etc.) who are very well-educated and who make upwards of 500,000 USD a year, and who have descended from similar education and wealth for three and four generations, who drive them.

muy_thaiguy wrote:I'm sorry, but little street cars that people in other areas own just don't cut it when the roads have a layer of ice, and then a layer of snow.

But I’d have to disagree with this one, since I live in the Western States myself, I drive a street car, and I’ve driven in just such conditions with it. That’s the beauty of chains!

Snowpepsi · Post by **Snowpepsi** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:35 pm

Mjinga wrote:
muy_thaiguy wrote:Just because someone owns one, doesn't automatically make them white trash
I would have to agree with that, since I know several people (lawyers, doctors, etc.) who are very well-educated and who make upwards of 500,000 USD a year, and who have descended from similar education and wealth for three and four generations, who drive them.

muy_thaiguy wrote:I'm sorry, but little street cars that people in other areas own just don't cut it when the roads have a layer of ice, and then a layer of snow.
But I’d have to disagree with this one, since I live in the Western States myself, I drive a street car, and I’ve driven in just such conditions with it. That’s the beauty of chains!

Except you will bottom out going over bumps and through creeks, right?And if you hit a big enough rock you could destroy something. Trucks go right over the top of all that. (not those lowered ones, of course.)

Snorri1234 · Post by **Snorri1234** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:38 pm

Snowpepsi wrote:
Mjinga wrote:
muy_thaiguy wrote:Just because someone owns one, doesn't automatically make them white trash
I would have to agree with that, since I know several people (lawyers, doctors, etc.) who are very well-educated and who make upwards of 500,000 USD a year, and who have descended from similar education and wealth for three and four generations, who drive them.

muy_thaiguy wrote:I'm sorry, but little street cars that people in other areas own just don't cut it when the roads have a layer of ice, and then a layer of snow.
But I’d have to disagree with this one, since I live in the Western States myself, I drive a street car, and I’ve driven in just such conditions with it. That’s the beauty of chains!
Except you will bottom out going over bumps and through creeks, right?And if you hit a big enough rock you could destroy something. Trucks go right over the top of all that. (not those lowered ones, of course.)

Yeah, but you're talking about off-road there. (At least, those things can hardly be called roads.)

btownmeggy · Post by **btownmeggy** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:41 pm

Mjinga wrote:
muy_thaiguy wrote:Just because someone owns one, doesn't automatically make them white trash
I would have to agree with that, since I know several people (lawyers, doctors, etc.) who are very well-educated and who make upwards of 500,000 USD a year, and who have descended from similar education and wealth for three and four generations, who drive them.

In what state?

Snowpepsi · Post by **Snowpepsi** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:42 pm

trucks

btownmeggy · Post by **btownmeggy** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:43 pm

Snowpepsi wrote:
btownmeggy wrote:
Mjinga wrote:
muy_thaiguy wrote:Just because someone owns one, doesn't automatically make them white trash
I would have to agree with that, since I know several people (lawyers, doctors, etc.) who are very well-educated and who make upwards of 500,000 USD a year, and who have descended from similar education and wealth for three and four generations, who drive them.
In what state?
California for one.

Outside of the Central Valley?

btownmeggy · Post by **btownmeggy** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:46 pm

And wait now, before y'all start calling me prejudiced, my dad is a (somewhat) well-educated doctor, though he certainly doesn't come from generations of wealth and prestige, and he drives a pickup truck. In rural Texas. And he wears overalls most days. And he pronounces "window" "winder".

Just because he has more than an 6th grade education doesn't mean he's not a hick.

Mjinga · Post by **Mjinga** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:48 pm

btownmeggy wrote:Outside of the Central Valley?

Yes, nearer to Los Angeles and San Diego, I was thinking.

snowpepsi wrote:Except you will bottom out going over bumps and through creeks, right?And if you hit a big enough rock you could destroy something. Trucks go right over the top of all that. (not those lowered ones, of course.)

I might, except I never found a creek on a road before, nor a rock that big.

Kid_A · Post by **Kid_A** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:54 pm

Is there a law stating that anyone driving a pickup truck in an urban area must drive like a fucking douchebag?

Snowpepsi · Post by **Snowpepsi** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 4:13 pm

Toby Keith- Big Ol' Truck

Yeah you can see the girl comin'
From a mile away
She's got her big wheels turnin'
She's got Oklahoma plates

She's got her sun roof up
She's got her windows rolled down
And you oughta feel the ground shakin'
When she comes to town

Yeah I'm in love with the girl in the four-wheel drive
Chrome steel bumpers and red step side
She has a large time in her large machine
Man I wonder how she gets up in that thing
It casts a big shadow sittin' in the sun
She's got it revved up rockin' ready to run
And someday soon I'm gonna climb right up
And take a little ride in her big ol' truck

She's got bucket seats
Fully customized
In your wildest dreams painted on the side
It was built to run, she was built to show
She's got a Haggard hit playin' on her stereo

Yeah I'm in love with the girl in the four-wheel drive
Chrome steel bumpers and red step side
She has a large time in her large machine
Man I wonder how she gets up in that thing
It casts a big shadow sittin' in the sun
She's got it revved up rockin' ready to run
And someday soon I'm gonna climb right up
And take a little ride in her big ol' truck

Yeah I'm in love with the girl in the four-wheel drive
Chrome steel bumpers and red step side
She has a large time in her large machine
Man I wonder how she gets up in that thing
It casts a big shadow sittin' in the sun
She's got it revved up rockin' ready to run
And someday soon I'm gonna climb right up
And take a little ride in her big ol' truck

Big ol' truck
Ten feet tall, ten feet wide
It's a big ol' truck
Here she comes again man

These lyrics were found at ActioNext.com.

Mjinga · Post by **Mjinga** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 4:20 pm

Isn't Toby Keith that "Boot in your ass, it's the American way" singer?

I can't stand him. Such an uncivilised attitude.

muy_thaiguy · Post by **muy_thaiguy** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 4:34 pm

btownmeggy wrote:And wait now, before y'all start calling me prejudiced, my dad is a (somewhat) well-educated doctor, though he certainly doesn't come from generations of wealth and prestige, and he drives a pickup truck. In rural Texas. And he wears overalls most days. And he pronounces "window" "winder".

Just because he has more than an 6th grade education doesn't mean he's not a hick.

Okay, that's Texas, Texas (if you haven't realized it by now) is looked down upon by other Western States because a lot of the people from there act like jerks to the rest of us whenever they come to other states.

Iliad · Post by **Iliad** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 6:02 pm

Skittles! wrote:GAH!

4WD

The other is a ute!

A ute has 4wd. Therefore it may be called a 4wd!

btownmeggy · Post by **btownmeggy** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:02 pm

muy_thaiguy wrote:
btownmeggy wrote:And wait now, before y'all start calling me prejudiced, my dad is a (somewhat) well-educated doctor, though he certainly doesn't come from generations of wealth and prestige, and he drives a pickup truck. In rural Texas. And he wears overalls most days. And he pronounces "window" "winder".

Just because he has more than an 6th grade education doesn't mean he's not a hick.
Okay, that's Texas, Texas (if you haven't realized it by now) is looked down upon by other Western States because a lot of the people from there act like jerks to the rest of us whenever they come to other states.

I think Texas is looked down upon by everyone except most Texans for a wide, wide variety of reasons.

suggs · Post by **suggs** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:06 pm

Snowpepsi wrote:I live in California. I drive a pick-up truck.

We have 11 people living here at my house. My husband and I.
Our 4 single children (3 sons- 15,16,17; 1 daughter- 22.) Our married daughter- 21, her husband- 23, and their son - 6 months.
My husbands mom and step-dad (grandpa and grandma).
We have:

1 motorhome (grandpa and grandma)
Our 38 foot trailer
Our son-in-laws 39 foot trailer
1 Jeep wrangler (grandpa)
1 Jeep cherokee (son-in-law)
3 race cars (3 sons- 15, 16, 17)
1 '59 Ford Truck ( doesn't go) (17 year old son)
1 '69 impala car (17 year old son)
1 '51 Ford Truck (17 year old son)
1 2005 Chevy Truck (17 year old son) this is what I drive
1 2002 Ford 150 Harley Davidson Truck (grandpa)
1 2005 Dodge Truck (son in law)
1 honda (21 daughter)
1 honda (22 daughter)
1 1976 Suburban (chevy) (Hubby and 3 sons)
1 2004 Ford Mustang (grandma)
1 beat up porsche (doesn't go) (hubby)

Not ours but still here:
Son in Law's Work Van
Husbands Work Truck

And we aren't even rednecks. 9 Trucks, counting the work truck, the jeeps, and the suburban.

So you don't care at all for your children's future?
Thanks for your massive input into GLOBAL WARMING.
Get rid of some of those gas guzzlers-think of your kids for gods sake.

Iliad · Post by **Iliad** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:24 pm

fucking 19 cars for fucking 11 people.

HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!

Snorri1234 · Post by **Snorri1234** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:27 pm

Iliad wrote:fucking 19 cars for fucking 11 people.

HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!

Yeah.....wtf?

zimmah · Post by **zimmah** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:27 pm

Neoteny wrote:
muy_thaiguy wrote:
Skittles! wrote:No, it's a Ute.

This is a truck:

Closer to a semi-truck if anything, but a regular truck has a bed, and sometimes a hood for the bed. Also, the term "Ute" seems to only be a Aussie slang term, nothing more.
I've used it on crossword puzzles. I believe the key difference is that it is a "pickup" truck.

EDIT: Wikipedia says they're the same thing, so unless you've got a hard-on for semantics (in which case, noone probably gives a shit) let it drop.

wikiperia is an "open-source-like" enceclopedia, ca be updated by any random retard, and is therefore not always a trustworthy source to rely on.

Grooveman2007 · Post by **Grooveman2007** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:28 pm

Four cars for your 17 year-ord, you spoil him.

zimmah · Post by **zimmah** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:33 pm

suggs wrote:
Snowpepsi wrote:I live in California. I drive a pick-up truck.

We have 11 people living here at my house. My husband and I.
Our 4 single children (3 sons- 15,16,17; 1 daughter- 22.) Our married daughter- 21, her husband- 23, and their son - 6 months.
My husbands mom and step-dad (grandpa and grandma).
We have:

1 motorhome (grandpa and grandma)
Our 38 foot trailer
Our son-in-laws 39 foot trailer
1 Jeep wrangler (grandpa)
1 Jeep cherokee (son-in-law)
3 race cars (3 sons- 15, 16, 17)
1 '59 Ford Truck ( doesn't go) (17 year old son)
1 '69 impala car (17 year old son)
1 '51 Ford Truck (17 year old son)
1 2005 Chevy Truck (17 year old son) this is what I drive
1 2002 Ford 150 Harley Davidson Truck (grandpa)
1 2005 Dodge Truck (son in law)
1 honda (21 daughter)
1 honda (22 daughter)
1 1976 Suburban (chevy) (Hubby and 3 sons)
1 2004 Ford Mustang (grandma)
1 beat up porsche (doesn't go) (hubby)

Not ours but still here:
Son in Law's Work Van
Husbands Work Truck

And we aren't even rednecks. 9 Trucks, counting the work truck, the jeeps, and the suburban.
So you don't care at all for your children's future?
Thanks for your massive input into GLOBAL WARMING.
Get rid of some of those gas guzzlers-think of your kids for gods sake.

you can't drive them all at the same time anyways, so it's not that polluting, especially not if they drive together often (multiple persons in 1 car, rather then 'following' each other)

it is however pretty much unneccesary to own this much cars IMHO

suggs · Post by **suggs** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:36 pm

zimmah wrote:
suggs wrote:
Snowpepsi wrote:I live in California. I drive a pick-up truck.

We have 11 people living here at my house. My husband and I.
Our 4 single children (3 sons- 15,16,17; 1 daughter- 22.) Our married daughter- 21, her husband- 23, and their son - 6 months.
My husbands mom and step-dad (grandpa and grandma).
We have:

1 motorhome (grandpa and grandma)
Our 38 foot trailer
Our son-in-laws 39 foot trailer
1 Jeep wrangler (grandpa)
1 Jeep cherokee (son-in-law)
3 race cars (3 sons- 15, 16, 17)
1 '59 Ford Truck ( doesn't go) (17 year old son)
1 '69 impala car (17 year old son)
1 '51 Ford Truck (17 year old son)
1 2005 Chevy Truck (17 year old son) this is what I drive
1 2002 Ford 150 Harley Davidson Truck (grandpa)
1 2005 Dodge Truck (son in law)
1 honda (21 daughter)
1 honda (22 daughter)
1 1976 Suburban (chevy) (Hubby and 3 sons)
1 2004 Ford Mustang (grandma)
1 beat up porsche (doesn't go) (hubby)

Not ours but still here:
Son in Law's Work Van
Husbands Work Truck

And we aren't even rednecks. 9 Trucks, counting the work truck, the jeeps, and the suburban.
So you don't care at all for your children's future?
Thanks for your massive input into GLOBAL WARMING.
Get rid of some of those gas guzzlers-think of your kids for gods sake.

you can't drive them all at the same time anyways, so it's not that polluting, especially not if they drive together often (multiple persons in 1 car, rather then 'following' each other)

it is however pretty much unneccesary to own this much cars IMHO

So if they have multiple persons in one car, they dont need the others.
Two cars, unleaded, would do it.

Redfelt · Post by **Redfelt** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:37 pm

Now this is a sweet ride in Canada

suggs · Post by **suggs** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:41 pm

Good for the environment?

Mjinga · Post by **Mjinga** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:48 pm

I very much doubt it.