The Post a Picture of Your Ride as it Sits Thread

Bosko said:
heading back home 200 miles in ice rain

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Yeah be safe

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Picked up this last week, to add to the stable
 
DFB said:
Are they as big as the previous model? I remember seeing a Hellcat recently and was stunned how large they are.
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DFB said:
Are they as big as the previous model? I remember seeing a Hellcat recently and was stunned how large they are.
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I looked up the dimensions, it's a very similar size to the WM Statesman/Caprice, so it's big.
 
Big Dave said:
I looked up the dimensions, it's a very similar size to the WM Statesman/Caprice, so it's big.
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Just saw your Statesman Caprice today, they were offered as State Troopers and Investigators cars by law enforcement. I HEARD it before I SAW it

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So many tradesmen in Australia buy dual cab pickups. The likes of the F-150 and RAM 1500 are reserved for the absolute top end of the market, most starting at around $115, 000 AUD..................only the site manager or developer can afford one of those. As such, the vast majority of tradesmen are buying what you call "mid-size" trucks. And I guess next to an F-150, a Ford Ranger would appear mid-size. The Ranger has been the number 1 selling vehicle in Australia the last two years, with the Toyota Hilux in second. Those positions were reversed for the years prior. So, in conjunction with the Mitsubishi Triton, Nissan Navara, Isuzu D-Max and the slew of no-name Chinese made competitors flooding the market, these vehicles are what most people buy now. And I hate it.

These vehicles are a jack of all trades.........................master of NONE! With the exception of the Ranger that has the option of a 3.0 Powerstroke V6 Diesel and the EcoBoost V6 Raptor, the rest are powered by anemic four-cylinder diesels. All of these vehicles are big and heavy now, so even though the on-paper torque figure might look stout, those engines are extremely slow. So, if you load up the vehicle, you know, like it was apparently designed to do, there isn't enough grunt to spare. They are also sold for towing ability, up to 3.5 tonne / 7700 pounds. Again, most of them don't have enough engine to do so safely.

Then, because quite a lot of them are bought on the pretense of carrying passengers at the weekend, most people choose the dual cab over the space-cab or single cab. Not only does this make the tray/bed smaller, but those back seats are not exactly comfortable places to be. Most on the market don't even have air conditioning vents for the rear seats either. Imagine two or three kids in the back of one of these with no legroom, a rock-hard seat and no climate control...................murder on wheels!

And so, because the bed/tray is so bloody small, tradesmen then end up towing around a trailer to fit all their tools and materials. Which to me makes these vehicles utterly pointless. They are slow, not at all economical to run or service, aren't comfortable for those in the back seat, don't have enough grunt to tow or carry the weight the manufacturer claims they can, and the tray is so small that you then need to have a trailer, which is another set of registration, insurance and maintenance bills to pay. At the end of the day, I suspect most buy these things as a tax right off and because the government actively subsidizes the sale of them. So, you end up living with a vehicle that does absolutely nothing well at any point in time.

So, I always like to poke the bear when it comes to what I can fit in the bed of my single cab truck. Today, it was 10 bales of lucerne mulch, but also a variety of other tools and materials on previous occasions.





















I actually made the following comparison the other day..................................said by the man with two high powered V8's. :unsure: I don't think it went down very well. :ROFLMAO:

 
DFB said:
So many tradesmen in Australia buy dual cab pickups. The likes of the F-150 and RAM 1500 are reserved for the absolute top end of the market, most starting at around $115, 000 AUD..................only the site manager or developer can afford one of those. As such, the vast majority of tradesmen are buying what you call "mid-size" trucks. And I guess next to an F-150, a Ford Ranger would appear mid-size. The Ranger has been the number 1 selling vehicle in Australia the last two years, with the Toyota Hilux in second. Those positions were reversed for the years prior. So, in conjunction with the Mitsubishi Triton, Nissan Navara, Isuzu D-Max and the slew of no-name Chinese made competitors flooding the market, these vehicles are what most people buy now. And I hate it.

These vehicles are a jack of all trades.........................master of NONE! With the exception of the Ranger that has the option of a 3.0 Powerstroke V6 Diesel and the EcoBoost V6 Raptor, the rest are powered by anemic four-cylinder diesels. All of these vehicles are big and heavy now, so even though the on-paper torque figure might look stout, those engines are extremely slow. So, if you load up the vehicle, you know, like it was apparently designed to do, there isn't enough grunt to spare. They are also sold for towing ability, up to 3.5 tonne / 7700 pounds. Again, most of them don't have enough engine to do so safely.

Then, because quite a lot of them are bought on the pretense of carrying passengers at the weekend, most people choose the dual cab over the space-cab or single cab. Not only does this make the tray/bed smaller, but those back seats are not exactly comfortable places to be. Most on the market don't even have air conditioning vents for the rear seats either. Imagine two or three kids in the back of one of these with no legroom, a rock-hard seat and no climate control...................murder on wheels!

And so, because the bed/tray is so bloody small, tradesmen then end up towing around a trailer to fit all their tools and materials. Which to me makes these vehicles utterly pointless. They are slow, not at all economical to run or service, aren't comfortable for those in the back seat, don't have enough grunt to tow or carry the weight the manufacturer claims they can, and the tray is so small that you then need to have a trailer, which is another set of registration, insurance and maintenance bills to pay. At the end of the day, I suspect most buy these things as a tax right off and because the government actively subsidizes the sale of them. So, you end up living with a vehicle that does absolutely nothing well at any point in time.

So, I always like to poke the bear when it comes to what I can fit in the bed of my single cab truck. Today, it was 10 bales of lucerne mulch, but also a variety of other tools and materials on previous occasions.





















I actually made the following comparison the other day..................................said by the man with two high powered V8's. :unsure: I don't think it went down very well. :ROFLMAO:

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Lots of dual cabs in my neighbourhood, I would say Rangers are the most popular, followed by Hilux and LandCruiser 79 series single and dual cabs with the heavy tradie canopy, and the exhaust done so it sounds like a truck. There was one house down the road that had his and hers Rams, they were too wide for the driveway so one of them always parked with its wheels in the garden.
 
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DFB said:
So many tradesmen in Australia buy dual cab pickups. The likes of the F-150 and RAM 1500 are reserved for the absolute top end of the market, most starting at around $115, 000 AUD..................only the site manager or developer can afford one of those. As such, the vast majority of tradesmen are buying what you call "mid-size" trucks. And I guess next to an F-150, a Ford Ranger would appear mid-size. The Ranger has been the number 1 selling vehicle in Australia the last two years, with the Toyota Hilux in second. Those positions were reversed for the years prior. So, in conjunction with the Mitsubishi Triton, Nissan Navara, Isuzu D-Max and the slew of no-name Chinese made competitors flooding the market, these vehicles are what most people buy now. And I hate it.

These vehicles are a jack of all trades.........................master of NONE! With the exception of the Ranger that has the option of a 3.0 Powerstroke V6 Diesel and the EcoBoost V6 Raptor, the rest are powered by anemic four-cylinder diesels. All of these vehicles are big and heavy now, so even though the on-paper torque figure might look stout, those engines are extremely slow. So, if you load up the vehicle, you know, like it was apparently designed to do, there isn't enough grunt to spare. They are also sold for towing ability, up to 3.5 tonne / 7700 pounds. Again, most of them don't have enough engine to do so safely.

Then, because quite a lot of them are bought on the pretense of carrying passengers at the weekend, most people choose the dual cab over the space-cab or single cab. Not only does this make the tray/bed smaller, but those back seats are not exactly comfortable places to be. Most on the market don't even have air conditioning vents for the rear seats either. Imagine two or three kids in the back of one of these with no legroom, a rock-hard seat and no climate control...................murder on wheels!

And so, because the bed/tray is so bloody small, tradesmen then end up towing around a trailer to fit all their tools and materials. Which to me makes these vehicles utterly pointless. They are slow, not at all economical to run or service, aren't comfortable for those in the back seat, don't have enough grunt to tow or carry the weight the manufacturer claims they can, and the tray is so small that you then need to have a trailer, which is another set of registration, insurance and maintenance bills to pay. At the end of the day, I suspect most buy these things as a tax right off and because the government actively subsidizes the sale of them. So, you end up living with a vehicle that does absolutely nothing well at any point in time.

So, I always like to poke the bear when it comes to what I can fit in the bed of my single cab truck. Today, it was 10 bales of lucerne mulch, but also a variety of other tools and materials on previous occasions.





















I actually made the following comparison the other day..................................said by the man with two high powered V8's. :unsure: I don't think it went down very well. :ROFLMAO:

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My mum drives a duel cab! How dare you! 😘
 
Big Dave said:
Lots of dual cabs in my neighbourhood, I would say Rangers are the most popular, followed by Hilux and LandCruiser 79 series single and dual cabs with the heavy tradie canopy, and the exhaust done so it sounds like a truck. There was one house down the road that had his and hers Rams, they were too wide for the driveway so one of them always parked with its wheels in the garden.
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Come to Tassie, every man women and dog owns a ute or a lifted up hunk of none ADR hazardous junk.

The local twenty something year old police wouldn't even know what ADR stands for. 🤬
 
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