New Truck

DirtyJester · 23 Apr 2011 at 23:06

[TW]Fox;18972442 said:
Only in the same way that your neighbours Ford Mondeo has a trunk and a hood and you drop your kids off on the sidewalk when they walk to school. In the UK, the Navara isn't a truck. Even Nissan don't call it a truck - it's just a 4x4 pickup

..unless your American neighbour drives one

jon.bda · 23 Apr 2011 at 23:13

Phate said:
The seats in the Navara (from experience) they just have no feel to them? you sit on them, not in them, no spring to them...and these were the leather ones (assuming they do a cloth variant?)

However, in the defender, they actually had some bounce to them so you felt yourself sit in the chair, dunno, just felt more comfortable.

Shes got a Mitsubishi Warrior now which is better than both

Its all about the comfy chair...why didn't i see that...

Lopéz · 23 Apr 2011 at 23:14

I just don't "get" these things, not sure why. Probably because 90% of them round here are driven flat out everywhere by forty something blokes having a mid life crisis. The next weapon of choice from one of these is a quad bike or a big thumper trail bike.

Not my cup of tea but enjoy it. Do people try and steal your shopping or does it have a tonneau thing?

thepeteh · 23 Apr 2011 at 23:25

jon.bda said:
****** we have come into work call their Transit and Cabstar pickups 'trucks'...

They should call em' flatbeds!

Phate · 23 Apr 2011 at 23:47

jon.bda said:
Its all about the comfy chair...why didn't i see that...

If you knew anything about me you would know I don't take much in regarding interiors and only really care about seats

commited · 24 Apr 2011 at 00:14

When I had one, I just called it a "Navara"..... Pretty revolutionary stuff.

Scania · 24 Apr 2011 at 03:15

thepeteh said:
They should call em' flatbeds!

Flatbed.

andicole0 · 24 Apr 2011 at 10:55

[TW]Fox;18972442 said:
Only in the same way that your neighbours Ford Mondeo has a trunk and a hood and you drop your kids off on the sidewalk when they walk to school. In the UK, the Navara isn't a truck. Even Nissan don't call it a truck - it's just a 4x4 pickup

But I bought it from a Pickup Truck dealer http://www.pickuptrucksdirect.co.uk/

Plus my other car has a trunk and a hood and that's not in the USA either.

Andi.

andicole0 · 24 Apr 2011 at 10:59

Phate said:
The seats in the Navara (from experience) they just have no feel to them? you sit on them, not in them, no spring to them...and these were the leather ones (assuming they do a cloth variant?)

However, in the defender, they actually had some bounce to them so you felt yourself sit in the chair, dunno, just felt more comfortable.

Shes got a Mitsubishi Warrior now which is better than both

I have to disagree the Navara seats are fine, it does depend a lot on how large you are and much you weigh. From what I have seen of the whole range of pickup trucks the seats vary a lot on the level of trim, some are very flat others have some shape and the difference in thickness of foam is quite large.

Andi.

Joe T · 24 Apr 2011 at 11:13

"Pick-up" is an abbreviation or shortened version of "Pick-up truck". Not sure why Fox cant see the obvious...

atpbx · 24 Apr 2011 at 11:35

Lopéz said:
I just don't "get" these things, not sure why. Probably because 90% of them round here are driven flat out everywhere by forty something blokes having a mid life crisis. The next weapon of choice from one of these is a quad bike or a big thumper trail bike.

Other than the racket, they dont covey speed very well.

I had a D21 for a short time, and in a straight line flat out it had virtually no sensation of speed, you get no feed back, you dont feel the road through the steering and you get no buffeting at all.

andicole0 · 24 Apr 2011 at 22:16

atpbx said:
Other than the racket, they dont covey speed very well.

I had a D21 for a short time, and in a straight line flat out it had virtually no sensation of speed, you get no feed back, you dont feel the road through the steering and you get no buffeting at all.

Driving isn't always about speed as any truck driver will tell you, it's about annoying all other road users with your ability to be bigger and taller than your average car.

Andi.

[TW]Fox · 24 Apr 2011 at 22:21

People who have a Nissan 4x4 are not truck drivers!

R124 is a truck driver.

atpbx · 24 Apr 2011 at 22:47

andicole0 said:
Driving isn't always about speed as any truck driver will tell you, it's about annoying all other road users with your ability to be bigger and taller than your average car.

Andi.

I was giving an explanation as to why they are flat out everywhere, simply because you dont even think about it.

I dont think pick up trucks are particularly annoying, just pointless.

andicole0 · 25 Apr 2011 at 10:57

[TW]Fox;18978843 said:
People who have a Nissan 4x4 are not truck drivers!

R124 is a truck driver.

Well I'm certainly not a lorry driver nor a car driver at that point. An R124 is a lorry not a truck (driver).

Andi.

[TW]Fox · 25 Apr 2011 at 11:33

I guess I'm going to bow out here. I can't beleive you actually think you are a truck driver because you've got a Nissan 4x4. Thats the funniest thing I've heard all week.

Scania · 25 Apr 2011 at 13:12

andicole0 said:
Well I'm certainly not a lorry driver nor a car driver at that point. An R124 is a lorry not a truck (driver).

Andi.

And no, I'm not a Lorry driver,I'm a prostitute killer if you don't mind!

[TW]Fox;18981640 said:
I guess I'm going to bow out here. I can't beleive you actually think you are a truck driver because you've got a Nissan 4x4. Thats the funniest thing I've heard all week.

Indeed.

rypt · 25 Apr 2011 at 13:14

andicole0 said:
From what I've read all the pickups have some sort of issues

I thought the Hilux things were mostly issue free?

Batf1nk · 25 Apr 2011 at 14:08

Pickup driver?

Deffo not a trucker.

nanospider · 25 Apr 2011 at 16:53

So annoying that ocuk is paranoid about swearing, i had a good joke that would fit here