Great video

['91 ranger xlt]

I know this probably won't be well received here but whatever... (35 minute video)

I don't want to hear any angry comments unless you watched the whole thing. (disclaimer: yes I still have my ranger)

 

[CorbinsRanger]

Wanna bet Chad has a man bun and skinny pants....

 

[pjtoledo]

OK, I watched the entire video. Now I know what to be on the lookout for, and it ain't an SUV.

I spent 4 years in the military defending freedom. I'm not afraid to do some more defending.

 

[ericbphoto]

I watched the whole thing. You could have warned us that it's so long. Anyway. He lost me with his sensationalism and unnecessarily inflammatory rhetoric. There are a few smattering of possible facts thrown in. But calling me names because I drive a truck and he doesn't like trucks, is not a great way to make friends. Why are we listening to some guy from the Netherlands, anyway? And why does he focus on cities and urban areas and totally ignore the majority of the country? He also seems to think SUVs are recently introduced vehicles. Jeeps, Travelalls, Scouts and Suburbans have been around for a long time.

So, anyway. If that tree hugger wants me to pay attention, he needs to make better use of facts and talk to me respectfully and intelligently. He also needs a wider frame of reference than cities in the Netherlands.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

As a renovator and siding contractor, none of the new trucks makes sense. Maybe the Maverick for small jobs. FFS, the box on the new trucks is smaller than my old ranger!

 

[ericbphoto]

As a renovator and siding contractor, none of the new trucks makes sense. Maybe the Maverick for small jobs. FFS, the box on the new trucks is smaller than my old ranger!

I agree with that. The last trucks I had that were well suited to contracting were a 1988 F150, 4x4, 8ft bed and a 1990 f350 crew cab with 8ft bed. I don't entirely like the direction pickup design has gone in recent years.

 

['91 ranger xlt]

OK, I watched the entire video. Now I know what to be on the lookout for, and it ain't an SUV.

I spent 4 years in the military defending freedom. I'm not afraid to do some more defending.

The point is that cars are not "freedom" like we have been led to believe by car companies, they are just an expensive burden. Yes, people should be able to own vehicles if they want but our country is set up to be car centric. Public transportation and bikes should be standard, cars optional.

 

[sgtsandman]

While there are some kernels of truth in this colossal waste of time. There is so much willful ignorance, bias, and flat out gas lighting that what little truth is in this is negated. Notice how almost all the SUVs shown are the large examples, that aren't all that common around here.

 

['91 ranger xlt]

I watched the whole thing. You could have warned us that it's so long. Anyway. He lost me with his sensationalism and unnecessarily inflammatory rhetoric. There are a few smattering of possible facts thrown in. But calling me names because I drive a truck and he doesn't like trucks, is not a great way to make friends. Why are we listening to some guy from the Netherlands, anyway? And why does he focus on cities and urban areas and totally ignore the majority of the country? He also seems to think SUVs are recently introduced vehicles. Jeeps, Travelalls, Scouts and Suburbans have been around for a long time.

So, anyway. If that tree hugger wants me to pay attention, he needs to make better use of facts and talk to me respectfully and intelligently. He also needs a wider frame of reference than cities in the Netherlands.

The Netherlands have nicely set up cities and our cities are a car centric hell scape full of parking lots. Cities should be built for people first and cars last.

 

[Northidahotrailblazer]

Well I couldn't make it through the whole video. I think we should have flying SUVs by now.

 

[ericbphoto]

The Netherlands have nicely set up cities and our cities are a car centric hell scape full of parking lots. Cities should be built for people first and cars last.

All of them? I disagree. I think that is a matter of opinion. All-encompassing generalizations like that leave room for argument. Part of the issue is cultural. Our culture is different in this country. We have different ideas. We have different preferences. We see things differently. Not necessarily an "our way is right and there way is wrong" kind of thing. Just differences. And what works in their culture isn't necessarily what we want or need in our culture.

 

[sgtsandman]

The point is that cars are not "freedom" like we have been led to believe by car companies, they are just an expensive burden. Yes, people should be able to own vehicles if they want but our country is set up to be car centric. Public transportation and bikes should be standard, cars optional.

Not everyone lives in a city or in one of it's immediate suburbs. What works for them doesn't work for everyone, regardless of how much they think the world revolves around them.

I do bike to and from work when I can but a 14 mile ride in the Appalachian Plateau is not the same as elsewhere where it is flatter. It takes me about 30 minutes to drive to work and an hour and a half to bike there. Less so as my muscles build up over the summer but still, the fastest time I was ever able to ride that was and hour.

Mass transit is not an option. It has routes to the airport but not to any of the military bases around it. Mass transit is also not 24 hours a day. There is no way I would be able to catch a bus at the very early hours I leave at to get to work and mass transit takes way longer than it does to drive, possibly bike.

The urban answer is not the answer for everyone.

 

['91 ranger xlt]

Not everyone lives in a city or in one of it's immediate suburbs. What works for them doesn't work for everyone, regardless of how much they think the world revolves around them.

I do bike to and from work when I can but a 14 mile ride in the Appalachian Plateau is not the same as elsewhere where it is flatter. It takes me about 30 minutes to drive to work and an hour and a half to bike there. Less so as my muscles build up over the summer but still, the fastest time I was ever able to ride that was and hour.

Mass transit is not an option. It has routes to the airport but not to any of the military bases around it. Mass transit is also not 24 hours a day. There is no way I would be able to catch a bus at the very early hours I leave at to get to work and mass transit takes way longer than it does to drive, possibly bike.

The urban answer is not the answer for everyone.

Yes I understand that. I live in the middle of nowhere. Cars should be a rural thing and probably eliminated or greatly reduced in cities.

 

['91 ranger xlt]

All of them? I disagree. I think that is a matter of opinion. All-encompassing generalizations like that leave room for argument. Part of the issue is cultural. Our culture is different in this country. We have different ideas. We have different preferences. We see things differently. Not necessarily an "our way is right and there way is wrong" kind of thing. Just differences. And what works in their culture isn't necessarily what we want or need in our culture.

Yeah idk about all of them, I think it's mostly just Amsterdam.

 

[ericbphoto]

Yeah idk about all of them, I think it's mostly just Amsterdam.

But your statement was

our cities are a car centric hell scape full of parking lots.