• @[email protected]
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    102 years ago

    Just check the bed. If there’s a liner, chances are the truck is needed. If it’s clean, it’s a vanity truck.

    I own a 350 and am very aware of just how big this truck is. But I do need the pulling power for work related things. I’ve also used it to help people that have broken down.

    • @[email protected]
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      142 years ago

      I haven’t seen a new truck without a bed liner in decades. I apparently thought they were standard equipment.

      If you need one, you need one, but I’m confident that a tiny percentage of these things are used for actual work. Also: still ugly. Sorry.

      • @[email protected]
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        32 years ago

        Yeah, not standard. And I guess if they’re that common where you are then check the wear of the liner. Like another commenter said, they get fucked up pretty quickly. It’s easy to tell if a truck is vanity or not just by looking at the bed. I’ve called people out for driving them. It’s especially humiliating for the guys because I’m a woman.

        I also appreciate that you’re confident in your assessment without actually talking to any of those people. Assuming just makes an ass out of u and me.

        • @Halosheep
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          82 years ago

          As someone who lives in Texas and every other vehicle in the road is an oversized pickup, fuck em.

          They drive worse faster the douchy chargers/mustangs and somehow manage to use their blinker less often than a BMW driver.

      • Buelldozer
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        -22 years ago

        I haven’t seen a new truck without a bed liner in decades.

        Plenty of 'em out there homie. I bought a used DMax in 2019 and despite being a Denali edition it didn’t come with a bedliner, just a rubber mat for the floor. I should have had one sprayed in when I got the truck because my box is now beat to shit.

        I think all the previous owner did with it was tow a horse trailer.

    • @The_v
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      72 years ago

      I drive 3/4 or one ton trucks for work. They suck to drive. You feel every bump, they sway on corners or with wind, and parking is a nightmare. I have no idea why somebody would drive them around for vanity.

      I piss off my teenage son all the time using the outlander sport I bought for him. For driving around town it’s awesome.

    • @Screwthehole
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      42 years ago

      Yeah that sounds about right. My liner is already marked up and I’ve had it since March lol. I haul large items almost daily for work.

      • @Eheran
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        12 years ago

        So you have it from work and also use it privately?

    • Buelldozer
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      2 years ago

      My DMax is a pretty truck but the beat to crap box, without bedliner, is under a tonneau cover so you can’t see it. Another thing you can do is check the receiver hitch, if it’s scratched / rusty inside then you know its being used to tow something. 🙂