Will a Baja bed fit my 29er with the front wheel on?
Will a Baja bed fit my 29er with the front wheel on?
Turbo_Rev said:Subaru was right all along.....
Nope. Too many doors, too short a bed.
buzzboy said:Will a Baja bed fit my 29er with the front wheel on?
I could make a joke about putting a truck in a car (I didn't like 29ers back when they were called "hybrids", and this was after drinking that particular Flavr-Aid)
BUT
You know those F150s that are basically Crown Vics, topographically? Full size Explorer Sport Tracs? I see them all the time with bike racks in the hitch receiver.
Not sure if this is because the bikes don't fit or because people don't want to climb in and out of a hugely tall bed to get their bikes in and out.
I can understand the rationale, this does not preclude being amused 
In reply to buzzboy :
Just hang the front wheel over the tailgate? Isn't that the standard way to carry bikes in a pickup anyway?
In reply to ProDarwin :
Not my bikes.
Turbo_Rev said:Subaru was right all along.....
They were right years before that.
Turbo_Rev said:Subaru was right all along.....
The functionality is so low on that one that it's a pretty tiny group that it will be the "right' choice for. Even the Brat had a lot bigger box.
Cousin_Eddie (Forum Supporter) said:I really wish I could buy a small truck again. I refuse to buy something that doesn't meet my needs though.
1) It has been 5 years or more since I needed to carry another person with me in a truck. I am a solo being when it comes to driving. I won't buy a 4 door truck. It's simply the wrong tool for my uses. When my wife and I go somewhere we take her car.
2) I haul a bicycle almost every day. I want a truck with a 6 foot bed. I do not believe in, and will not, haul a bicycle on a hitch carrier behind my "pickup". like I see so many people doing. If I can't haul a damn bicycle in the bed easily, it's not something that meets my needs. That means a reasonable lift-in height to put the bike in the bed. I also haul motorcycles less frequently and the usual car guy stuff like engines, etc...
3) Small trucks fit real well in my garage. Full size trucks, not as much. In Texas where I live, the extreme sun and the hail both compel me to place a high priority on keeping my stuff under cover.
In the past I have driven a lot of miles in my 1986 Mazda B2000 and my 2007 Tacoma. Both were regular cabs with 6 foot beds. Perfect ! But I foolishly sold both of them not realizing how much harder it would be to find a truck to fit my needs later on. I sold my Tacoma to do an accelerated pay off on my house and get debt free. I figured no big deal, I'll just grab another one when the time is right. Then Toyota quit making them and now here I stand, yelling at the clouds. Buying used is pretty much hopeless too. The people who have them are not interested in selling them.
A full sized Ford F 150 XL regular cab has a 6&1/2 foot bed. Gets 23-26 mpg and easily fits in my garage about 19 ft Maybe a little less with the junk on the front wall ( I can walk behind it without having to close the garage door)
New (if you understand how to buy new cars* ) you can spend less than $30, 000 maybe as low as $27,000
* Do all negotiating over the phone. Ask what the list price is as delivered. You have 20% of the list to work with.
I think list price is $33250? You have $6650. to work with. ( all prices plus shipping license and sales tax. ) The first one to suggest a price loses. Ask him what he can get approval to sell it for.
If you go in first the price goes up by thousands. If they don't have the color/ specs you want they can get it for you. ( they pay the shipping from one dealer to another)
Buy when nobody is shopping middle of the week in the morning. On the phone. Get a Verbal commitment that you can buy it at that price. Or have him text you a confirmation before you go in.
The market is softest late January- early Feb. buy last years truck. Then it's easy for the dealer to take a $6000 haircut.
frenchyd said:Cousin_Eddie (Forum Supporter) said:I really wish I could buy a small truck again. I refuse to buy something that doesn't meet my needs though.
1) It has been 5 years or more since I needed to carry another person with me in a truck. I am a solo being when it comes to driving. I won't buy a 4 door truck. It's simply the wrong tool for my uses. When my wife and I go somewhere we take her car.
2) I haul a bicycle almost every day. I want a truck with a 6 foot bed. I do not believe in, and will not, haul a bicycle on a hitch carrier behind my "pickup". like I see so many people doing. If I can't haul a damn bicycle in the bed easily, it's not something that meets my needs. That means a reasonable lift-in height to put the bike in the bed. I also haul motorcycles less frequently and the usual car guy stuff like engines, etc...
3) Small trucks fit real well in my garage. Full size trucks, not as much. In Texas where I live, the extreme sun and the hail both compel me to place a high priority on keeping my stuff under cover.
In the past I have driven a lot of miles in my 1986 Mazda B2000 and my 2007 Tacoma. Both were regular cabs with 6 foot beds. Perfect ! But I foolishly sold both of them not realizing how much harder it would be to find a truck to fit my needs later on. I sold my Tacoma to do an accelerated pay off on my house and get debt free. I figured no big deal, I'll just grab another one when the time is right. Then Toyota quit making them and now here I stand, yelling at the clouds. Buying used is pretty much hopeless too. The people who have them are not interested in selling them.
A full sized Ford F 150 XL regular cab has a 6&1/2 foot bed. Gets 23-26 mpg and easily fits in my garage about 19 ft Maybe a little less with the junk on the front wall ( I can walk behind it without having to close the garage door)
New (if you understand how to buy new cars* ) you can spend less than $30, 000 maybe as low as $27,000
* Do all negotiating over the phone. Ask what the list price is as delivered. You have 20% of the list to work with.
I think list price is $33250? You have $6650. to work with. ( all prices plus shipping license and sales tax. ) The first one to suggest a price loses. Ask him what he can get approval to sell it for.
If you go in first the price goes up by thousands. If they don't have the color/ specs you want they can get it for you. ( they pay the shipping from one dealer to another)
Buy when nobody is shopping middle of the week in the morning. On the phone. Get a Verbal commitment that you can buy it at that price. Or have him text you a confirmation before you go in.
The market is softest late January- early Feb. buy last years truck. Then it's easy for the dealer to take a $6000 haircut.
Frenchy, I know what's on the market, and an F150 doesn't meet my requirements.
I need closer to a Kei than an F150
SV reX said:RevRico said:Why weren't there more El Caminos and Rancheros?
I'm not being inflammatory, I'm genuinely curious, and a thread about mini trucks seems a place to ask.
The one Elkie I've been in was far more comfortable than my S10, in that my stomach didn't rub on the steering wheel.
Because they were never able to find the balance in suspension stiffness/ payload on a passenger car platform.
Make ''em soft enough to be comfortable and the thing drags on the ground when loaded. Make 'em stiff enough to haul something and they drive like E36 M3 when not loaded.
On a truck platform buyers accept that the thing will drive like a truck.
My 1978 & 79 ElCamino both had air shocks with the Shrader valve by the rear license plate.
GIRTHQUAKE said:In reply to maschinenbau :
How much can an El Camino tow?
Mine I regularly towed my tandem axle enclosed trailer with the race car and about 2000+ pounds of tools and spares. Occasionally over the Rockies to San Diego.
Plus I put my 6000 pound boat( (+1000# ? Trailer) in and out of the lake every year with it.
According to reports Ford intends to bring the Ranger back as an EV
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