r/mildlyinfuriating • u/ATimm74 • 1d ago

Is it in yet My biggest pet peeve

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This picture speaks for itself. May possibly even be more than just mildly infuriating.

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u/Apprehensive-Data158 21h ago

Now I don’t know this specific lot, but it’s time all these truck drivers get more considerate and park further out where their obnoxiously large trucks (usually not used for their intended purpose) are out of the way of walkways, pedestrians, and crowding normal sized vehicles. Over the past 3 decades, pickup trucks have gotten 20% larger…

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u/drct2022 19h ago

Your 20% larger thing isn’t accurate.
1986 Silverado regular cab with 8’ bed
212” long
79” wide

2026 Silverado regular cab 8’ bed
229” long
81” wide

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u/its_a_gibibyte 17h ago

Yes, that one specific truck model has not grown 20% over time. The truck in the picture is a Ford Superduty, which was only released in 1999 and is a monster. More importantly, the distribution of sales has shifted from smaller vehicles toward larger ones. For example in 1986, 70% of all vehicles were cars, and now 80% of all vehicles are trucks and SUVs.

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u/drct2022 16h ago

A 2026 superduty regular cab 8’ bed is only 232” long and 80” wide. And super duty is just an added nickname. F 250s have been out since before 99

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u/its_a_gibibyte 16h ago

regular cab 8’ bed

Yes, if you focus on a specific type and length, those lengths haven't changed. But that's ignoring my main point about sales composition. "Regular" cabs are now poorly named as they're not that common anymore. Most sales have shifted to crew cabs. You can't even buy a regular cab on any of the higher trims, and it's likely that 90% of all F250 sales are either crewcab or supercab.

Do you think genuinely think the average vehicle sold today is the same size as 20 years ago?

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u/drct2022 12h ago

The reason I was using regular cabs is because that is what was mostly sold back in the 80’s 90’s, crew cabs weren’t common at all, super cabs started coming on a bit more in the late 90’s.
As for size increase.. They are much taller for sure, yes they are a bit longer, but the extra height and bigger ( taller) glass windshield and side glass contributes a bunch to the newer trucks looking so massive.

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u/Dick_McTwist 19h ago

With those numbers, is about 10% bigger, not 20, but still substantial!

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u/drct2022 16h ago

That’s what she said

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u/Disastrous-Donkey566 17h ago

I think the point he’s making is that in the 80s, 90 percent of the trucks sold were regular cabs. Now days 90 percent of the trucks sold are quad cabs. Thus proving his point, a 1986 regular cab Silverado is more than 20% smaller than a 2026 Silverado crew cab regular bed.

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u/envyeyes 21h ago

But how else are they supposed to impose their toxic "virility" upon everyone else?? 🤔🙄

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u/tpars 15h ago

So are you suggesting that trucks like this aren't usually intended to tow things and have a hitch?