Who designs these parking lots? for what, Munchkin cars?

Pryme · May 31, 2023

3 hours ago, UWSkier said:

As I shop for my next truck, I'm finding parking to be of major concern. My truck doubles as my daily driver, which means parking at the airport about 20x/year. Sure would love if it fit in the parking garage like my half ton. The thought of buying a $75k+ vehicle and parking it in the AZ sun spikes my OCD to the moon.

I just returned from a week long camping trip near San Diego where we spent some time in the city. There were several parking spots that my half ton fit "like a glove" that a 21" longer HD would not have. Including on my cramped, beach-front camp-site (photo). Why is the standard bed 6'10" now? That's just dumb...

At least the trucks are so tall now that they won't keep making them taller. They fit under a standard 7' garage door by about 1 inch when you account for the door trim. I hope they're not stupid enough to keep lifting them higher and higher.

But all this "I'm gonna be a big rig when I grow up" nonsense has to stop. If I could get the 6.6L gasser with 10 speed and HD suspension in my 2016 Crew Cab Short Bed 1500 Denali to get me around 3000 lbs payload, I couldn't give GM my money fast enough.

Right now, RAM is the leader in my search, even though their truck is the most outdated. A RAM Crew is shorter than a GM double cab and is a somewhat more tolerable mere 10" longer than my current truck.

I was forced to take my rig into a small old parking garage in St Paul MN and it was like you said, about 7’ with tight Turns. The icing on the cake is it had one of those corkscrew downhills to get out and boy was it a pucker fest coming down from the top level! And than a very hard turn to get to the ticket taker machine which was about level…..for a Miata.
horrible experience.

with that said, no way in bleep I’m buying a made in Mexico ram

Leonardo Willi · May 31, 2023

4 hours ago, UWSkier said:

At least the trucks are so tall now that they won't keep making them taller. They fit under a standard 7' garage door by about 1 inch when you account for the door trim. I hope they're not stupid enough to keep lifting them higher and higher.

I have to agree on how tall they are making them - I wanted to go through the car wash couple days ago, stopped at the office first, went in and asked "will this thing fit through here?" the guys all said "Hell yeah, pull her in" ... I measured in the driveway, an eyeball with a tape on the gravel and figure I need 6"10" to be cool with room to spare.

Yah, I can pull it into the garage, but after wife added a second fridge and upright freezer, still a couple feet of that 8' bed hanging out

Jettech1 · May 31, 2023

28 minutes ago, Leonardo Willi said:

I have to agree on how tall they are making them - I wanted to go through the car wash couple days ago, stopped at the office first, went in and asked "will this thing fit through here?" the guys all said "Hell yeah, pull her in" ... I measured in the driveway, an eyeball with a tape on the gravel and figure I need 6"10" to be cool with room to spare.

Yah, I can pull it into the garage, but after wife added a second fridge and upright freezer, still a couple feet of that 8' bed hanging out

I barely scrape through our carwash. One time the damn spinning brushes yanked out my right mirror. I was like damn. That thing is going to get mangled but it didn't. There's a little scrape on it from where it hit one of the sprayers. No big deal. I got lucky. And no, they are not for parking at the airport. They exceed that height by like 4 inches here in Atlanta. Call an Uber...

Grumpy Bear · May 31, 2023

Down in Mendota over the weekend lot crawling what little new there was on the lot at the GM dealership. Side by side two crew cabs sat. One LT and a factory Black Widow. Standard was $76K and the lifted variant only $55K.

Now I'm 6 feet but old and looking at a door sill knee high was funny. Oh, I'm sure I can get in but would need a parachute to get out. Neither would be graceful. Really, a ladder to check the oil and no ramps required to change? :crackup:

Only a matter of time before they carry saddle tanks with steps built it.

Colorado is the new Silverado and it the new 3500. Wonder what mini-me they will introduce in the Old S10 space now that the Maverick is around?

KARNUT · May 31, 2023

12 minutes ago, Grumpy Bear said:

Down in Mendota over the weekend lot crawling what little new there was on the lot at the GM dealership. Side by side two crew cabs sat. One LT and a factory Black Widow. Standard was $76K and the lifted variant only $55K.

Now I'm 6 feet but old and looking at a door sill knee high was funny. Oh, I'm sure I can get in but would need a parachute to get out. Neither would be graceful. Really, a ladder to check the oil and no ramps required to change?

Only a matter of time before they carry saddle tanks with steps built it.

Colorado is the new Silverado and it the new 3500. Wonder what mini-me they will introduce in the Old S10 space now that the Maverick is around?

When I bought my avalanche I was going to get it lowered so the wife could get in. After talking my brother in law to pick up his camper and truck. At 17 mpg and already having the Camry as a trip vehicle I delayed the project. After brainstorming with myself and my daughter needing a vehicle I offered the Camry to her at payoff. As I was revisiting the avalanche project my mother in law decided to quit driving. Giving my wife a pristine CRV. Naturally I needed to be practical. Back burner again. Liking the CRV eventually it was a little small for my taste. Horse trading my daughter for the Odyssey. Eventually like you I can see myself having interest in a truck like the maverick. Probably a unibody lower to the ground model. I would rather GM get in the game.

Pryme · May 31, 2023

3 hours ago, Grumpy Bear said:

Down in Mendota over the weekend lot crawling what little new there was on the lot at the GM dealership. Side by side two crew cabs sat. One LT and a factory Black Widow. Standard was $76K and the lifted variant only $55K.

Now I'm 6 feet but old and looking at a door sill knee high was funny. Oh, I'm sure I can get in but would need a parachute to get out. Neither would be graceful. Really, a ladder to check the oil and no ramps required to change?

Only a matter of time before they carry saddle tanks with steps built it.

Colorado is the new Silverado and it the new 3500. Wonder what mini-me they will introduce in the Old S10 space now that the Maverick is around?

The S10 morphed into the Colorado. They would need to bring back the Luv to compete with the maverick.

I do like not needing ramps to change the oil. I can check it without a stool but barely. I need one to add oil comfortably though. And if I want to was the roof. I can barely wash mid windshield on my tippy toes haha

UWSkier · May 31, 2023

16 hours ago, Pryme said:

I was forced to take my rig into a small old parking garage in St Paul MN and it was like you said, about 7’ with tight Turns. The icing on the cake is it had one of those corkscrew downhills to get out and boy was it a pucker fest coming down from the top level! And than a very hard turn to get to the ticket taker machine which was about level…..for a Miata.
horrible experience.

with that said, no way in bleep I’m buying a made in Mexico ram

I call my truck El Denali since it's made in Mexico too, so...

Jettech1 · May 31, 2023

Here's a funny pic you all might like. This guy at work parked his 2500 on side of mine. Yes this newer generation of HD trucks have grown immensely...I'm not really good at telling the year of the older trucks but I'm guessing that's an early 2000's model??? Maybe??

Edited May 31, 2023 by Jettech1

Jettech1 · May 31, 2023

2 hours ago, Pryme said:

The S10 morphed into the Colorado. They would need to bring back the Luv to compete with the maverick.

I do like not needing ramps to change the oil. I can check it without a stool but barely. I need one to add oil comfortably though. And if I want to was the roof. I can barely wash mid windshield on my tippy toes haha

The new colorados, to me, look almost the same size as the older 1500's. Maybe a pinch smaller but damn, they are getting there in size to the 1500's.

Leonardo Willi · June 1, 2023

10 hours ago, Pryme said:

The S10 morphed into the Colorado. They would need to bring back the Luv to compete with the maverick.

Oh wow - Haven't seen that mentioned in forever. The first new truck my dad ever bought was a Luv. Never forget that thing. He called the color baby ****** yellow, want to say 1974. He bought it because he was driving 90 minutes into DC for work and gas was on the rise with the oil embargo and you could only get gas on even/odd days depending on your lic plate number. It was harder on my mom, she had a 69 Thunderbird with a 428 I remember sitting in those gas lines with my sisters - wasn't fun. You could drive a couple days on a good handful of quarters.

That little Luv was a tough little thing and never ever had problems with it.

Edited June 1, 2023 by Leonardo Willi