Comment on The average car purchased in 2023 emits higher levels of carbon dioxide (CO₂) than its 2013 equivalent. This is due to the large proportion of SUVs in the mix, which tend to be bigger and heavier.

• wmassingham@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Pickup trucks are fine. It’s the huge ones with giant cabs and useless beds that are just a fashion accessory.

  “But muh work tools”, yeah just get a sprinter van like normal people. You can fit more, and you can close and lock it so your shit doesn’t get stolen out of the bed.

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  • Nfamwap@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Sometimes it’s down to more than what the vehicle can carry, but what the vehicle can tow. A pickup with a 3.5 tonne towing capacity might be a far more useful vehicle than a van that can only pull 1 tonne for example.

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    • wmassingham@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Maybe, but the same “work pickups” you see everywhere also aren’t towing anything.

      But the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Van has a towing capacity of 5000-7500 pounds, or 2.5-3.75 tons, depending on configuration. That’s the same range as most medium pickups.

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      • Nfamwap@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I’m not decrying the abilities of a big van, I drive a 3.5 tonne Transit for work and love it. But we are comparing apples with oranges. I have a friend who owns a Nissan Navara. During the week it is onsite, dragging machinery around building sites. At the weekend it is a family car, taking the kids out etc.

        I do admit though, not all pickups are used in this way and my mate is probably in the minority where he has a genuine need for a vehicle that can handle the extremes of work life and home life.

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      • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Large vans are often made on the same chassis as trucks, so they have the same transmission and maybe a slightly reduced towing capacity

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• afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  100%, you drive a vehicle like that and you are just screaming to the void “don’t look at my small penis and/or small paycheck”.

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