| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone 12:27 - Mar 17 with 2521 views | MattinLondon |
….except those who drive these types of cars (not for work purposes).
They can all f**k right off.
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| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone on 12:37 - Mar 17 with 2109 views | Illinoisblue |
Are those trucks getting more popular in the UK? |  |
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| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone on 12:40 - Mar 17 with 2096 views | NthQldITFC |
| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone on 12:37 - Mar 17 by Illinoisblue |
Are those trucks getting more popular in the UK? |
Unfortunately, yes, because we're a bunch of moronic lemmings charging over the cliff of climate change as quickly and stupidly as we possibly can, in the biggest, most energy hungry cars with our children and grandchildren in the back seat screaming for new phones and trainers.
Tvvats. |  |
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| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone on 12:41 - Mar 17 with 2092 views | Fixed_It |
| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone on 12:37 - Mar 17 by Illinoisblue |
Are those trucks getting more popular in the UK? |
Not with Matt apparently. |  |
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| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone on 12:51 - Mar 17 with 2040 views | GlasgowBlue |
You wouldn’t want one of those coming into your path the next time you jump a red light 😂😂😂 |  |
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| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone on 12:59 - Mar 17 with 2006 views | MattinLondon |
| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone on 12:51 - Mar 17 by GlasgowBlue |
You wouldn’t want one of those coming into your path the next time you jump a red light 😂😂😂 |
When I think of that I still get nervous of how lucky I was not to have caused an accident- especially so as my youngest was in the car. | | | |
| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone on 13:03 - Mar 17 with 1989 views | Swansea_Blue |
| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone on 12:37 - Mar 17 by Illinoisblue |
Are those trucks getting more popular in the UK? |
I can’t say I’ve seen a recent growth in the number of trucks, as they’re called where you are. They took off many years ago but now seem to be far outnumbered by large SUVs. Loads of those around now. |  |
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| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone on 13:04 - Mar 17 with 1959 views | MattinLondon |
Admittedly it is funny when you see a driver of one of them trying to park in a space which is far too small for it.
They do seem to be getting more and more popular- no idea why. | | | |
| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone on 13:08 - Mar 17 with 1930 views | Zx1988 |
I imagine it's driven in part by the VAT exemptions for 'commercial' vehicles such as this:
https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/vans/95748/double-cab-pick-up-truck-tax-benefits-e
It would appear that if you are VAT-registered, you can pick one of these up as a company vehicle and benefit from VAT reclaims and preferential BIK rates, even if your business is something that would never need a pick-up in a month of Sundays. |  |
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| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone on 13:44 - Mar 17 with 1836 views | GlasgowBlue |
| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone on 12:59 - Mar 17 by MattinLondon |
When I think of that I still get nervous of how lucky I was not to have caused an accident- especially so as my youngest was in the car. |
If I had a pound for every time one of my kids distracted me when driving, resulting in a near miss, then I’d have enough to buy one of those jeeps. | |
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| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone on 13:52 - Mar 17 with 1794 views | WD19 |
Australians!?
Harsh, but fair. |  | | |
| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone on 15:04 - Mar 17 with 1706 views | bluelagos |
If you use twitter follow @Waankpanzer (With just the 1 a in Waank)
You'll find it soothing and most enjoyable.
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| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone on 15:13 - Mar 17 with 1679 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
Usually seen driven in Essex by someone wearing a gillet, and sporting tribal tattoos. | | | |
| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone on 16:20 - Mar 17 with 1593 views | MattinLondon |
| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone on 15:25 - Mar 17 by Ryorry |
Yeah, heaven forbid people living in rural areas where the gritter doesn't cover the minor roads for 3-4 days, should be able to get to medical appointments, work, shops, their kids to school, or put DIY stuff, fencing posts etc in the back ...  [Post edited 17 Mar 2023 15:27]
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One of the pitfalls of living in rural areas I guess. Still no excuse to get one of those monstrous ugly things. [Post edited 17 Mar 2023 16:24]
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| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone on 16:23 - Mar 17 with 1581 views | MattinLondon |
| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone on 13:52 - Mar 17 by WD19 |
Australians!?
Harsh, but fair. |
In my younger, house sharing days at various times, I lived with Aussies. All were really friendly - but they all took themselves very seriously. Not sure if it’s a National trait but none were the stereotypical laid back Aussie type. [Post edited 17 Mar 2023 16:25]
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| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone on 18:16 - Mar 17 with 1474 views | marvellous |
Have you ever noticed that pick-ups have very homo-erotic names? Warrior, Trojan, Centurion, et al. And that they seem to be driven exclusively by men? Which would then suggest that men are attracted to pick-ups.
Maybe they're just coq magnets 🤷ðŸ»â€â™‚ï¸ | | | |
| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone on 19:23 - Mar 17 with 1434 views | Ryorry |
| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone on 16:20 - Mar 17 by MattinLondon |
One of the pitfalls of living in rural areas I guess. Still no excuse to get one of those monstrous ugly things. [Post edited 17 Mar 2023 16:24]
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They don't need your "excuses" or any stupid generalisations - they have plenty of good reasons, some of which I listed. |  |
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| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone on 19:25 - Mar 17 with 1433 views | Ryorry |
| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone on 18:16 - Mar 17 by marvellous |
Have you ever noticed that pick-ups have very homo-erotic names? Warrior, Trojan, Centurion, et al. And that they seem to be driven exclusively by men? Which would then suggest that men are attracted to pick-ups.
Maybe they're just coq magnets 🤷ðŸ»â€â™‚ï¸ |
"Seem to be" to you maybe, but are in fact driven by many women outside your clearly limited experience. | |
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| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone on 20:42 - Mar 17 with 1380 views | marvellous |
| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone on 19:25 - Mar 17 by Ryorry |
"Seem to be" to you maybe, but are in fact driven by many women outside your clearly limited experience. |
That was supposed to be tongue in cheek!
I'm not attacking anyone for their choice of vehicle. I have no problem with pick-ups or SUVs whether they're bought out of necessity or desire. I don't care what other people drive. | | | |
| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone on 21:00 - Mar 17 with 1347 views | MattinLondon |
| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone on 20:42 - Mar 17 by marvellous |
That was supposed to be tongue in cheek!
I'm not attacking anyone for their choice of vehicle. I have no problem with pick-ups or SUVs whether they're bought out of necessity or desire. I don't care what other people drive. |
I do. Especially when someone gets defensive about it.
Anyone would think that the countryside was some god forbidden wasteland, inhospitable as soon as the temperature drops, leaving nothing but barren land. A land incapable of being navigated except by a massive horror of a car. | | | |
| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone on 21:22 - Mar 17 with 1320 views | Ryorry |
| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone on 21:00 - Mar 17 by MattinLondon |
I do. Especially when someone gets defensive about it.
Anyone would think that the countryside was some god forbidden wasteland, inhospitable as soon as the temperature drops, leaving nothing but barren land. A land incapable of being navigated except by a massive horror of a car. |
Hope you're just trolling now.
Anything else would make you look rather silly. | |
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| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone on 21:29 - Mar 17 with 1300 views | J2BLUE |
| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone on 21:00 - Mar 17 by MattinLondon |
I do. Especially when someone gets defensive about it.
Anyone would think that the countryside was some god forbidden wasteland, inhospitable as soon as the temperature drops, leaving nothing but barren land. A land incapable of being navigated except by a massive horror of a car. |
Sounds like Ryorry bought one because she needed something like that. Surely the issue is with people driving things like that or giant 4x4s when they are just driving around town? |  |
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| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone on 21:35 - Mar 17 with 1295 views | Ryorry |
| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone on 21:29 - Mar 17 by J2BLUE |
Sounds like Ryorry bought one because she needed something like that. Surely the issue is with people driving things like that or giant 4x4s when they are just driving around town? |
Thanks J2. For the record, I've never driven, let alone bought a pickup myself, but have had quite a few friends & neighbours over the years who did so for the reasons I listed. Many of them live/d along muddy tracks or have long steep unsurfaced drives.
I had a SWB Landrover which I bought after breaking two axles, only a few months apart, of my old Volvo on the 500m long rough track leading to my old house.
Blanket generalisations by some people (not you) polarise debate in a really unhelpful way. We're all on the same side re the climate crisis.
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| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone on 22:07 - Mar 17 with 1226 views | King_ding_a_lin_g |
| On this fine March morning, peace and love to everyone on 13:08 - Mar 17 by Zx1988 |
I imagine it's driven in part by the VAT exemptions for 'commercial' vehicles such as this:
https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/vans/95748/double-cab-pick-up-truck-tax-benefits-e
It would appear that if you are VAT-registered, you can pick one of these up as a company vehicle and benefit from VAT reclaims and preferential BIK rates, even if your business is something that would never need a pick-up in a month of Sundays. |
This has been true for many many years now, it's not contributed to any alleged sharp recent increase in the number of these vehicles being on the road. |  | | |
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