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Posted: 3/15/2021 1:27:32 PM EDT
[#1]
I enjoy explaining to Prius owners that my truck weighs close to 4 tons and has no crumple zone....just a heavy steel frame and a 400 lb bumper. So when they decide to cut me off they should not be surprised if they end up underneath my truck.
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Posted: 3/15/2021 1:27:42 PM EDT
[#2]
Sadly, it's true. My truck, unbeknownst to me, oppressed no less than 4 people on the way to work this morning. It's now sitting in the parking lot, on top of a Prius. These sentient killers must be stopped!
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Posted: 3/15/2021 1:27:48 PM EDT
[#3]
Women drivers cause most accidents on the road. Honk honk
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Posted: 3/15/2021 1:28:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Because thats what people paying the money for them want. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: The author isn't wrong about the styling. Nearly every truck has a "big angry dick gon' fuck you up!" front end anymore, all are comically big for what they're doing (even 'compact' pickups are what full sizes used to be, and rapidly swell to bloated full size after a couple model year changes). And of course everything is lifted, every last model, even though nearly all are 2WD. A Chevy 2500 used to be considered a big truck --not huge, but big. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/482171/2001-chevrolet-silverado-2500hd-3_jpg-1866599.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/482171/2021ChevroletSilverado2500HD-exterior-02-1866598.JPG Why the fuck is the hood higher than the bed? Why is the front end flat? Why is there a sharp corner at the front of the hood? How much fucking plastic is there around the engine bay? Everything but the fenders is molded vinyl, anymore. Don't get me started on how retarded the interiors have become, in order to cater to lardasses --why else would you want, let alone need, a dinner table for a center console? Because thats what people paying the money for them want. I was going to write a multi paragraph response, but this did the trick in a more succinct manner. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 1:28:21 PM EDT
[#5]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I just knew that this was penned by a white woman Here is the confirm https://usa.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/08/Angie-Schmitt-headshot.jpg PS here is the link https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-11/the-dangerous-rise-of-the-supersized-pickup-truck?utm_source=pocket-newtab Seriously .. dont know why people are afraid of HTTP referrer address. wierd *shrug* She looks like someone butt-stroked her in the face with an ugly stock. These idiots are using the same argument that they do with guns. I guess the truck just ups and kills people indiscriminately on it’s own, has nothing to do with who is operating it. Not surprising that some big city thinker came up with this. They hate anything that has to do with suburbia or flyover country, whether it’s guns, trucks or the people that use them. It truly looks like it will be urban vs rural soon. LC |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 1:28:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The author isn't wrong about the styling. Nearly every truck has a "big angry dick gon' fuck you up!" front end anymore, all are comically big for what they're doing (even 'compact' pickups are what full sizes used to be, and rapidly swell to bloated full size after a couple model year changes). And of course everything is lifted, every last model, even though nearly all are 2WD. A Chevy 2500 used to be considered a big truck --not huge, but big. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/482171/2001-chevrolet-silverado-2500hd-3_jpg-1866599.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/482171/2021ChevroletSilverado2500HD-exterior-02-1866598.JPG Why the fuck is the hood higher than the bed? Why is the front end flat? Why is there a sharp corner at the front of the hood? How much fucking plastic is there around the engine bay? Everything but the fenders is molded vinyl, anymore. Don't get me started on how retarded the interiors have become, in order to cater to lardasses --why else would you want, let alone need, a dinner table for a center console? I have an '08 GMC Duramax and couldn't agree more. Often wonder how much better this truck would be without all unnecessary amenities. They would do well to put even half the thought into basic truck needs as they do all the fluff. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 1:29:12 PM EDT
[#7]
Is there a website where we can direct republish garbage like this? Like an unironic onion?
Sent from my idling evil diesel 3/4 ton |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 1:29:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If sucking dick was a professional sport, the author of that article would be a team captain would have led his team to 5 or 6 national championships. I also laughed out loud at this. Nicely done. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 1:30:22 PM EDT
[#9]
Anybody who listened to Rush enough remembers how he chronicled and ridiculed the War on SUVs in the same manner.
Looks like we're back. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 1:30:22 PM EDT
[#10]
Yup. They did get heavier.
My old ‘84 Silverado came in at about 4200 pounds. My ‘05 F150 King Ranch is about 5200 pounds. The difference is my Ford has a 4 door Super Crew cab. I do miss my old Chevy though. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 1:31:57 PM EDT
[#11]
F250 super duty crew cab 7.3 checking in.
My trucks got more of the “ dirty bug terminator “ front end thing going . Does that still count? |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 1:31:58 PM EDT
[#12]
It reads a lot like "stop liking what I don't like".
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Posted: 3/15/2021 1:34:28 PM EDT
[#13]
There they go again, attributing human characteristics to inanimate objects.
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Posted: 3/15/2021 1:35:32 PM EDT
[#14]
"...the biggest vehicles on the market now weigh almost 7,000 pounds — or about three Honda Civics."
Pretty sure a Honda Civic hasn't been that light in a long time. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 1:35:43 PM EDT
[#15]
Quote HistoryQuoted: She’s just mad that men who drive huge trucks prefer the company of other men rather than her. ...and here we go. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 1:36:05 PM EDT
[#16]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I just knew that this was penned by a white woman Here is the confirm https://usa.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/08/Angie-Schmitt-headshot.jpg PS here is the link https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-11/the-dangerous-rise-of-the-supersized-pickup-truck?utm_source=pocket-newtab Seriously .. dont know why people are afraid of HTTP referrer address. wierd *shrug* |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 1:38:47 PM EDT
[#17]
Maybe the pick up has gained popularity because the large rear drive V-8 sedan was killed by the EPA and the NHTSA
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Posted: 3/15/2021 1:40:09 PM EDT
[#18]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The author isn't wrong about the styling. Nearly every truck has a "big angry dick gon' fuck you up!" front end anymore, all are comically big for what they're doing (even 'compact' pickups are what full sizes used to be, and rapidly swell to bloated full size after a couple model year changes). And of course everything is lifted, every last model, even though nearly all are 2WD. A Chevy 2500 used to be considered a big truck --not huge, but big. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/482171/2001-chevrolet-silverado-2500hd-3_jpg-1866599.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/482171/2021ChevroletSilverado2500HD-exterior-02-1866598.JPG Why the fuck is the hood higher than the bed? Why is the front end flat? Why is there a sharp corner at the front of the hood? How much fucking plastic is there around the engine bay? Everything but the fenders is molded vinyl, anymore. Don't get me started on how retarded the interiors have become, in order to cater to lardasses --why else would you want, let alone need, a dinner table for a center console? |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 1:40:09 PM EDT
[#19]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I shake my head at what this country has become..... After they ban guns, they'll And to counterpoint the article, I have a friend who owes the lives of himself and his wife to driving a Chevy Silverado. They were hit head on by a full size car that crossed the median, with both vehicles doing 55+. Both him and his wife suffered significant injuries they are still trying to recover from a year later. From the pictures I saw, if they were driving a Honda Civic, they would have been dead. Fixed. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 1:40:10 PM EDT
[#20]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Why are they always ugly? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I just knew that this was penned by a white woman Here is the confirm https://usa.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/08/Angie-Schmitt-headshot.jpg PS here is the link https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-11/the-dangerous-rise-of-the-supersized-pickup-truck?utm_source=pocket-newtab Seriously .. dont know why people are afraid of HTTP referrer address. wierd *shrug* Yeah, she's got a low lip-to-nose ratio. Weird. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 1:40:41 PM EDT
[#21]
Someone must have pulled up a little too close to the back bumper of her Prius and honked their train horn when she didn't hit the "gas" because her nose was buried in her phone as the light turned green.
This article was her way of getting revenge for the slight. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 1:41:05 PM EDT
[#22]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The author isn't wrong about the styling. Nearly every truck has a "big angry dick gon' fuck you up!" front end anymore, all are comically big for what they're doing (even 'compact' pickups are what full sizes used to be, and rapidly swell to bloated full size after a couple model year changes). And of course everything is lifted, every last model, even though nearly all are 2WD. A Chevy 2500 used to be considered a big truck --not huge, but big. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/482171/2001-chevrolet-silverado-2500hd-3_jpg-1866599.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/482171/2021ChevroletSilverado2500HD-exterior-02-1866598.JPG Why the fuck is the hood higher than the bed? Why is the front end flat? Why is there a sharp corner at the front of the hood? How much fucking plastic is there around the engine bay? Everything but the fenders is molded vinyl, anymore. Don't get me started on how retarded the interiors have become, in order to cater to lardasses --why else would you want, let alone need, a dinner table for a center console? alot of front end design is due to pedestrian impact standards |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 1:43:51 PM EDT
[#23]
So when she pays a MAN to redo her kitchen or bathroom, she's going to make sure the contractor shows up in a Prius, right?
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Posted: 3/15/2021 1:43:57 PM EDT
[#24]
I'm not a Ford guy, but the new F-150 is nice looking. Alas I am afflicted with the poors so my 06 Silverado will have to last another 10-15yrs.
That author is a dumb bitch, but most are. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 1:45:59 PM EDT
[#25]
i have an auxiliary tank in mine so i can carry even more petro-masculinity
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Posted: 3/15/2021 1:49:21 PM EDT
[#26]
My Ranch Hand bumper makes the front of my F-250 look intimidating. The weird thing is it was my wife that talked me into buying it. I guess she didn't get the memo.
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Posted: 3/15/2021 1:49:26 PM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The author isn't wrong about the styling. Nearly every truck has a "big angry dick gon' fuck you up!" front end anymore, all are comically big for what they're doing (even 'compact' pickups are what full sizes used to be, and rapidly swell to bloated full size after a couple model year changes). And of course everything is lifted, every last model, even though nearly all are 2WD. A Chevy 2500 used to be considered a big truck --not huge, but big. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/482171/2001-chevrolet-silverado-2500hd-3_jpg-1866599.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/482171/2021ChevroletSilverado2500HD-exterior-02-1866598.JPG Why the fuck is the hood higher than the bed? Why is the front end flat? Why is there a sharp corner at the front of the hood? How much fucking plastic is there around the engine bay? Everything but the fenders is molded vinyl, anymore. Don't get me started on how retarded the interiors have become, in order to cater to lardasses --why else would you want, let alone need, a dinner table for a center console? |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 1:50:10 PM EDT
[#28]
That kind of makes me wish I still have my 2500 Cummins. Of course, gas mileage sucks on the Tundra, so there. Suck it.
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Posted: 3/15/2021 1:50:44 PM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Yeah, she's got a low lip-to-nose ratio. Weird. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: I just knew that this was penned by a white woman Here is the confirm https://usa.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/08/Angie-Schmitt-headshot.jpg PS here is the link https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-11/the-dangerous-rise-of-the-supersized-pickup-truck?utm_source=pocket-newtab Seriously .. dont know why people are afraid of HTTP referrer address. wierd *shrug* Yeah, she's got a low lip-to-nose ratio. Weird. No one NEEDS an assault nose! |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 1:52:14 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/15/2021 1:52:49 PM EDT
[#31]
It's like someone didn't look into how much cars have gotten bigger. Take the Civic, I now have to look carefully, the new ones seem very close in size to the Accord.
Not to mention, those same enthusiasts on that same Jalopnik she referenced, (the few left) will bitch right after about how new cars suck because they have gotten too big. I'd guess that cars have gotten heavier/bigger than trucks by percent. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 1:53:33 PM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Huh, I would have guessed it would have been a lack of attention (probably texting) that would be the cause of rising pedestrian deaths. Like the video of the woman killed by a backhoe just last week. Had her head in her phone and walked right into the back of a moving tractor. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 1:54:58 PM EDT
[#33]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Don't get me started on how retarded the interiors have become, in order to cater to lardasses --why else would you want, let alone need, a dinner table for a center console? Well, when a new truck costs 70 grand, and has a 144 month loan, the owners are probably living in it 
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Posted: 3/15/2021 1:55:15 PM EDT
[#34]
Saw Bloomberg and quit reading.
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Posted: 3/15/2021 2:00:28 PM EDT
[#35]
All types of cars have gained weight in the past few decades, mostly due to more safety features and improved crash testing.
Compare a small car from the 90's with a comparable model in 2021, and the difference is pretty much the same. It's not limited to pickups. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 2:00:49 PM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: If sucking dick was a professional sport, the author of that article would be a team captain would have led his team to 5 or 6 national championships. After looking at the pic, I’d lay odds she’s a tuna licker. LC |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 2:04:24 PM EDT
[#37]
If you can't stop or get out of the way, smile as you go under....
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Posted: 3/15/2021 2:04:58 PM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: My Ranch Hand bumper makes the front of my F-250 look intimidating. The weird thing is it was my wife that talked me into buying it. I guess she didn't get the memo. a grill guard or replacement bumper is the first thing that ever happens to my pickups the dealer carried ranch hand this last pickup so i had one on before i'd even signed the paperwork. cheap insurance and as an added bonus, they act as a truck burqa for chevrolets |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 2:12:45 PM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Well, when a new truck costs 70 grand, and has a 144 month loan, the owners are probably living in it My new 250 doesn't have a payment, I do however have a couple homes with a mortgage.
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Posted: 3/15/2021 2:14:21 PM EDT
[#40]
Quote HistoryQuoted: "...the biggest vehicles on the market now weigh almost 7,000 pounds — or about three Honda Civics." Pretty sure a Honda Civic hasn't been that light in a long time. No, they start around 3k lbs. So probably 3500+ with typical options. That said, they are still among the lightest vehicles on the road. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 2:20:33 PM EDT
[#41]
Author clearly has no concept of Horse Chicks
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Posted: 3/15/2021 2:20:42 PM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: A tesla model x is about 5500 lbs but I'm sure that's really forward thinking and intelligent in every way if you asked the author of that article. Teslas don’t have grilles. It’s all about the angry grilles. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 2:20:43 PM EDT
[#43]
Author clearly has no concept of Horse Chicks
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Posted: 3/15/2021 2:20:45 PM EDT
[#44]
Quote HistoryQuoted: No, they start around 3k lbs. So probably 3500+ with typical options. That said, they are still among the lightest vehicles on the road. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: "...the biggest vehicles on the market now weigh almost 7,000 pounds — or about three Honda Civics." Pretty sure a Honda Civic hasn't been that light in a long time. No, they start around 3k lbs. So probably 3500+ with typical options. That said, they are still among the lightest vehicles on the road. Yep, don't need to know anything. She just needs to write stuff and use the oppression words. 2021 Honda Civic/Curb weight 2,771 to 3,012 lbs |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 2:21:52 PM EDT
[#45]
She might be upset with "rolling coal," which has to be illegal but like many things, police don't enforce it. Also the oversized tires that stick out the sides, again illegal, and great for picking up rocks and throwing those into windshields.
Remember when officers used to check muffler nose with a decimeter? That could afford to come back and fast. I put all this up to the immature desires to "follow trends" and expression one's self. Also, it's obnoxious but the young tend to be obnoxious. How one acts makes everyone look bad. Now all that said.....how about this. People that write for magazines tend to live in big cities. People in big cities tend to hate each other, trust no one, constantly very stressed out. It's a fact. That might be part of it. Ditto on the requires for safety features others have stated. Finally, it's what the makers think people want. She's probably never done any work in her life at all and doesn't know anyone that does. I grew up watching both my parents work....do things on their own. People in cities don't understand the concept. They rent or hire things done, including hauling things. Pretty soon I'll be loading up the ramps and mowing grass for people. My Honda Accord isn't cut out for that. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 2:24:17 PM EDT
[#46]
On the subject of "grill guards."
I plan to buy one for my truck and weld up a spare tire mount. I plan to move my spare tire to the front bumper. That used to be an option for trucks but fell out of favor. I don't like hauling my spare under the bed and I really don't like getting it down, in the rain, lying in mud to do so. I'm my AAA. I'm sure she'd be freaked to see a big wheel coming in her rear view mirror! 
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Posted: 3/15/2021 2:24:25 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/15/2021 2:26:00 PM EDT
[#48]
Quote HistoryQuoted: She’s just mad that men who drive huge trucks prefer the company of other men rather than her. LOL  Wut  That strafing run blew up the Nazi train and the allied POWs in the rail cars. You got everybody, nice. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 2:30:03 PM EDT
[#49]
Is nothing to be LEFT alone ! Freaking air should be cutoff the bumbling bigot.
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Posted: 3/15/2021 2:35:31 PM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The author isn't wrong about the styling. Nearly every truck has a "big angry dick gon' fuck you up!" front end anymore, all are comically big for what they're doing (even 'compact' pickups are what full sizes used to be, and rapidly swell to bloated full size after a couple model year changes). And of course everything is lifted, every last model, even though nearly all are 2WD. A Chevy 2500 used to be considered a big truck --not huge, but big. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/482171/2001-chevrolet-silverado-2500hd-3_jpg-1866599.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/482171/2021ChevroletSilverado2500HD-exterior-02-1866598.JPG Why the fuck is the hood higher than the bed? Why is the front end flat? Why is there a sharp corner at the front of the hood? How much fucking plastic is there around the engine bay? Everything but the fenders is molded vinyl, anymore. Don't get me started on how retarded the interiors have become, in order to cater to lardasses --why else would you want, let alone need, a dinner table for a center console? To fit the bigger radiator, for better cooling. |
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