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re: Why do so many people refer to SUVs as "trucks?"
Posted on 4/26/24 at 6:41 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
Posted on 4/26/24 at 6:41 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
Its just easier for them. It’s either a car, a truck, or a van to most ppl
Posted on 4/26/24 at 6:43 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
The Expedition/Suburban class is what I think of when I hear SUV. No, it’s not a truck. Anything smaller is just a normal car.
Posted on 4/26/24 at 6:43 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
I never do that. Ever.
Posted on 4/26/24 at 6:49 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
Do you even get dem keys to the Rover truck bro?
Posted on 4/26/24 at 6:52 pm to Landmass
The acronym CUV was commonly used to describe the car based utility vehicles. Seems to have fallen out of favor.
Full size, body on frame, SUVs are trucks.
Your Equinox is not.
Full size, body on frame, SUVs are trucks.
Your Equinox is not.
Posted on 4/26/24 at 6:53 pm to BuckyCheese
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Full size, body on frame, SUVs are trucks.
This is a suburban and hence why I refer to it as a truck.
Posted on 4/26/24 at 7:02 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
I call my truck a car most of the time.
Posted on 4/26/24 at 7:05 pm to Philzilla2k
Traditional SUVs were built on truck frames. When they went to unibody they were supposed to be called CUV.
Posted on 4/26/24 at 7:06 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
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First off, as a preface, for the record, I don't get outraged when someone calls an SUV a "truck" and it has no impact on my blood pressure and mood. It's just a casual and inconsequential annoyance – a curiosity more than anything.
But you started a whole thread for this ting you don't care about?
To be fair 4Runners are still built on a truck chassis, so they are trucks.
Posted on 4/26/24 at 7:59 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
Vernacular changes over time, it's not worth it getting worked up over, but the OT is "the place" for getting worked up over bullshite, so I understand your attempt to head that shite off at the pass.....but you had to know it was a futile attempt. Oh well, I do the same thing from time to time as well. 99% of the posters here are caught up in a never-ending big brother vs little brother kind of battle. Sometimes it's kinda funny, sometimes it's not, it gets old but whatever. Here's my take on the usage of the word truck.
This is a truck, 100%.
This is also a truck.
These are also trucks.
Here's a picture of what I call a "pick-up truck", or a "pickup", commonly referred to as a truck.......not wrong, but it's clearly very different from the above.
I took this photo in Silverton, CO after riding the train up there one day. This is a beautiful green/gold long-bed Ford pick-up truck. You can also see the bed of a newer model Tundra I believe, with the bed cap on it, and way ahead there is a new GMC pick-up truck.
People just call 'em trucks now, it's accepted, has been for a long time. I drive a Silverado and on my vehicle title under "body type" it has the code "PK" for pick-up, I suppose if I had a title for a International Durastar it would say "TR" for truck. People call SUV's trucks now, it's kinda silly, doesn't fit, but there's no stopping it. I consider them mini-vans, but no one calls them that, and we all know why. This is America, the country that is the most afraid of other people thinking it has a little dick. Everything about these United States is based off of this "Little Dick" syndrome. Just get yerself a sarsaparilla and take off yer boots if yer coming inside. Enjoy the ride. Try not to get shot.
This is a truck, 100%.
This is also a truck.
These are also trucks.
Here's a picture of what I call a "pick-up truck", or a "pickup", commonly referred to as a truck.......not wrong, but it's clearly very different from the above.
I took this photo in Silverton, CO after riding the train up there one day. This is a beautiful green/gold long-bed Ford pick-up truck. You can also see the bed of a newer model Tundra I believe, with the bed cap on it, and way ahead there is a new GMC pick-up truck.
People just call 'em trucks now, it's accepted, has been for a long time. I drive a Silverado and on my vehicle title under "body type" it has the code "PK" for pick-up, I suppose if I had a title for a International Durastar it would say "TR" for truck. People call SUV's trucks now, it's kinda silly, doesn't fit, but there's no stopping it. I consider them mini-vans, but no one calls them that, and we all know why. This is America, the country that is the most afraid of other people thinking it has a little dick. Everything about these United States is based off of this "Little Dick" syndrome. Just get yerself a sarsaparilla and take off yer boots if yer coming inside. Enjoy the ride. Try not to get shot.
Posted on 4/26/24 at 8:00 pm to gobuxgo5
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Traditional SUVs were built on truck frames. When they went to unibody they were supposed to be called CUV.
Never knew that. Tremendous work!
Posted on 4/26/24 at 8:13 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
The only ones I've heard refer to a SUV as a truck are black people I work with. I just assumed it was a black thing.
Posted on 4/26/24 at 8:42 pm to DrDenim
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This is a truck, 100%.
It's actually a tractor.
Posted on 4/26/24 at 8:48 pm to BabyTac
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I used to get pissed off when people called 3 wheeler and 4 wheelers as ATVs. I wrote it off as Yankees that smoked poles for a living.
I still think shotgun when people say side by side.
Posted on 4/26/24 at 8:53 pm to BFIV
My wife gets highly annoyed when I call any of ours a truck. But I’m not saying SUV. And it isn’t a car either. It’s built on a car frame but to me a car is a coupe or sedan. Basically if it is taller and you don’t have to lean down to get into it I call it a truck. Especially since I know it annoys her.
Posted on 4/26/24 at 9:00 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
Never understood this either. The only people that I heard say this are the certain type who are known to live across the tracks..
Posted on 4/26/24 at 9:01 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
Pretty much every grizzled redneck mechanic I've ever interacted with calls SUVs "trucks" - so if they do it, far be it from me to get annoyed by it
Granted, I've only ever had real SUVs so I'm not sure if they say the same to every Highlander that they see
Granted, I've only ever had real SUVs so I'm not sure if they say the same to every Highlander that they see
Posted on 4/26/24 at 9:04 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
I called my car a truck because i knew I was trading it in soon and I wanted my puppy to know what get in the truck meant without having to relearn it
Posted on 4/26/24 at 9:41 pm to ThuperThumpin
Here we go with THIS shite. There's always at least one ?
Well let's make it two.
Well let's make it two.
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