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Posted: 3/15/2021 5:20:51 PM EDT
4.5l diesel, manual transmission, locking diffs. And that's about it. All we get is pimped out shit. I understand that it wouldn't make enough money because people are soft and want giant luxury cars as trucks.
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Posted: 3/15/2021 5:21:57 PM EDT
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Because of ugliness?
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Posted: 3/15/2021 5:23:42 PM EDT
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Does it get above 45mph?
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Posted: 3/15/2021 5:23:54 PM EDT
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If it wasn’t a 79 series I was going to tell you you were wrong. But carry on.
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Posted: 3/15/2021 5:24:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Because of ugliness? Because of green rules under biden/harris/communism? |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 5:25:04 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/15/2021 5:28:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Does it get above 45mph? Depends. How high a cliff are we pushing it off? |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 5:31:02 PM EDT
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A bit ugly but a 4.5 diesel would haul some freight.
Not a big fan of diesel myself , doesn't seem to make much sense until you get up into a heavy pickup with large towed loads but that is me. I am sort of looking for a pickup used/new but this four door crap is killing me . I get that lots of folks want the extra cab space (at least that is what is selling) but the extra length in the bed is more useable than the cab |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 5:32:25 PM EDT
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 The bed extends 8' beyond the rear wheels. I'm glad they don't import it. Because it's retarded. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 5:33:36 PM EDT
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Americans are sold overpriced behemoths so the rest of the world can have useful affordable vehicles.
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Posted: 3/15/2021 5:34:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Americans are sold overpriced behemoths so the rest of the world can have useful affordable vehicles. The rest of the world should stop being poor. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 5:35:00 PM EDT
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Yes but 76 series instead.
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Posted: 3/15/2021 5:35:07 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/15/2021 5:37:22 PM EDT
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It probably has a lot to do with the "chicken tax" on trucks and utility vehicles. The tariffs would make them too expensive and no one would buy one.
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Posted: 3/15/2021 5:37:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The 79 has been around awhile. It’s far from new. lol This is how I like my 79 Series. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/446382/BA15F3A8-52E0-451B-A890-8E631D1DD2BC_jpe-1866965.JPG Good to see that line commemorated in a sigline. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 5:37:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If it wasn’t a 79 series I was going to tell you you were wrong. But carry on. The 79s are badass. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 5:38:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It probably has a lot to do with the "chicken tax" on trucks and utility vehicles. The tariffs would make them too expensive and no one would buy one. Can you explain that tax? |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 5:38:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It probably has a lot to do with the "chicken tax" on trucks and utility vehicles. The tariffs would make them too expensive and no one would buy one. Emissions and crash standards. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 5:39:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Good to see that line commemorated in a sigline. It needed to be done. 
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Posted: 3/15/2021 5:39:38 PM EDT
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They could import it. But after getting it to pass emissions, crash testing and adding all required safety equipment, it would cost $30k.
So it’ll be ugly, impractical, and cost as much as a base Tacoma. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 5:39:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Depends. How high a cliff are we pushing it off?  |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 5:40:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The 79 has been around awhile. It’s far from new. lol This is how I like my 79 Series. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/446382/BA15F3A8-52E0-451B-A890-8E631D1DD2BC_jpe-1866965.JPG I would do nasty nasty things to get a hold of one of those |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 5:41:52 PM EDT
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Cool truck. Would like to see a shorter bed. But might buy.
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Posted: 3/15/2021 5:42:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I would do nasty nasty things to get a hold of one of those  Big RED?? evil79 vs Twin Lckd BT50 vs Coild Ranger & N70 |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 5:43:21 PM EDT
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They don't import them because you're the only one that wants one.
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Posted: 3/15/2021 5:44:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Can you explain that tax? In the 1940s, Europe got effed up in a war. In the 50s, their factories were rebuilt and focused on economy models. At the same time, we figured out a way to start MASS PRODUCING chickens in the first factory farms. So chicken prices fell. By around 1960, VW started making a little air cooled pickup truck. It was thrifty and the Big 3 hated it. But our cheap chickens were a favorite in Europe, where chickens were raised traditionally on family farms and sold at local markets or to the local butcher. Chicken was expensive. Several European governments put an import tax on our chickens, and we put an import tax of like 20% on light duty pickup trucks. Or maybe I have those mixed up and reversed. The tax remains today. Which is why the Subaru Brat was sold with two plastic seats bolted into the bed (to be a four seater and avoid the tax) and why, for a while, Ford Transit vans were shipped to Baltimore with glass windows in them, which were then removed after the vans landed and the utility blank steel panels installed. That’s the rough outline. YouTube vids and online articles have the real details. So a trade war which started in post-war Europe between cheap factory farmed chickens and cheap VW pickups is why you can’t have a good light duty pickup truck. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 5:48:18 PM EDT
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I will never understand Arfcom's fascination with small diesels, including half tons.
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Posted: 3/15/2021 5:51:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: In the 1940s, Europe got effed up in a war. In the 50s, their factories were rebuilt and focused on economy models. At the same time, we figured out a way to start MASS PRODUCING chickens in the first factory farms. So chicken prices fell. By around 1960, VW started making a little air cooled pickup truck. It was thrifty and the Big 3 hated it. But our cheap chickens were a favorite in Europe, where chickens were raised traditionally on family farms and sold at local markets or to the local butcher. Chicken was expensive. Several European governments put an import tax on our chickens, and we put an import tax of like 20% on light duty pickup trucks. Or maybe I have those mixed up and reversed. The tax remains today. Which is why the Subaru Brat was sold with two plastic seats bolted into the bed (to be a four seater and avoid the tax) and why, for a while, Ford Transit vans were shipped to Baltimore with glass windows in them, which were then removed after the vans landed and the utility blank steel panels installed. That’s the rough outline. YouTube vids and online articles have the real details. So a trade war which started in post-war Europe between cheap factory farmed chickens and cheap VW pickups is why you can’t have a good light duty pickup truck. You got it right - europoors hated cheap chickens, so we retaliated on cheap VW car/truck-looking things. It also managed to end import of cheap Japanese light trucks, as well. I think it's like a 25% tax, so it effectively barred any competition to domestic light truck production. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 5:53:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I will never understand Arfcom's fascination with small diesels, including half tons. Other than the fact that they're extremely efficient, I'm not sure, either. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 5:53:39 PM EDT
[#29]
 That's $60,658 |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 5:57:42 PM EDT
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Quoted: 4.5l diesel, manual transmission, locking diffs. And that's about it. All we get is pimped out shit. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/293779/LC79_sCab_GX_Sfx_X0_X1_058_French_Vanill-1866917.JPG If you want it, go get it. Drive it right across the border. The border is open! |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 6:01:04 PM EDT
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coworker of mine just bought a toyota fire truck. he loves the thing, right-hand-drive and all.
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Posted: 3/15/2021 6:02:03 PM EDT
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Move to Australia, mate.
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Posted: 3/15/2021 6:03:33 PM EDT
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Quoted: 4.5l diesel, manual transmission, locking diffs. And that's about it. All we get is pimped out shit. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/293779/LC79_sCab_GX_Sfx_X0_X1_058_French_Vanill-1866917.JPG LOL no, you wouldn’t. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 6:04:01 PM EDT
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I think it was about 5-10 years back that Mahindra was going to branch out from their US tractor market and start importing their small pickup with similar specs. Manual everything, turbodiesel, solid axles, etc. After trying to deal with the EPA and safety orgs they eventually just gave up. But at least it paved the way for importing the Roxor.
Shame, the Mahindra looked like a perfect farm, utility or hunting rig. Something US auto makers just won't build. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 6:05:40 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/15/2021 6:06:35 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/15/2021 6:11:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The 79 has been around awhile. It’s far from new. lol This is how I like my 79 Series. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/446382/BA15F3A8-52E0-451B-A890-8E631D1DD2BC_jpe-1866965.JPG Yep |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 6:13:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Other than the fact that they're extremely efficient, I'm not sure, either. If I didn't have to tow heavy loads, I would never own another diesel. Between the $120 oil changes in the garage, outrageous maintenance, and $1k for just popping the hood, they suck at everything but pulling heavy crap. Common rail diesel also love their high dollar injectors. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 6:51:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryBut they’d sell so many to Arfcommers at $18k.... 
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Posted: 3/15/2021 6:57:42 PM EDT
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Yes I would FO hard
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Posted: 3/15/2021 6:59:11 PM EDT
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I was going to ask what they cost. Yikes. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 7:10:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: They don't import them because you're the only one that wants one. They do import them, but only as mine vehicles (or they were anyways, I assume they still do). That 4.5 turbo diesel is a great engine and easily modded to get even more hp. It's a very durable and reliable vehicle for folks who need a utility vehicle whether for work or outback travel and ute beds/trays are more common overseas than here. On a side note, the Jeepneys in the Philippines are built on all types of chassis; Mitsubishis are pretty common starting points these days. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 7:20:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Because of green rules under biden/harris/communism? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Because of ugliness? Because of green rules under biden/harris/communism? |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 7:29:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I’d settle for a Jeepney from the Philippines. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/484786/867AA343-48E8-4C38-B271-E88CA5FE5F6F_jpe-1866939.JPG Why does your bus have a penis painted on it? |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 7:30:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: But can you mount a rocket pod?  https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/17391/154368177_3822782171116884_2461152426798-1867012.JPG 
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Posted: 3/15/2021 7:37:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryDamn.
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Posted: 3/15/2021 7:39:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Because of green rules under biden/harris/communism? Prolly Chicken Tax. ETA: Damnit, beat by 2 hours and 23 minutes. 
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Posted: 3/15/2021 7:39:38 PM EDT
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You know why they don’t have that here?
Because it’s ugly and won’t sell. |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 7:39:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Can you explain that tax? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: It probably has a lot to do with the "chicken tax" on trucks and utility vehicles. The tariffs would make them too expensive and no one would buy one. Can you explain that tax? Courtesy of that son of a bitch Lyndon B. Johnson The Chicken Tax is a 25 percent tariff on light trucks (and originally on potato starch, dextrin, and brandy) imposed in 1964 by the United States under President Lyndon B. Johnson in response to tariffs placed by France and West Germany on importation of U.S. chicken. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tax |
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Posted: 3/15/2021 7:40:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: They don't import them because you're the only one that wants one. Wrong. |
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