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Old August 31st, 2008, 11:23 PM   #41
 
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The only ones I've seen here were in light industrial applications; generators, forklifts, etc. They make for a fantastically reliable and utterly unkillable power supply when good fuel consumption and longevity is needed and power isn't.

I wouldn't mind a little 1/4 ton pickup with a 4 cylinder NA diesel.
I doubt even the door of a pickup would weigh a quarter tonne...
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Old August 31st, 2008, 11:32 PM   #42
 
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I doubt even the door of a pickup would weigh a quarter tonne...
It's a load capacity descriptor, not a total vehicle weight term. More at http://trucks.about.com/cs/usedadvic...d_capacity.htm . Oh, and we're talking short tons here, none of your metric crap .

EDIT: It's a bit like saying you have a twelve-second car. It means it does a twelve-second run down the quarter mile, not that it has a lifespan of twelve seconds. Unless it's a twelve-second Alfa, in which case it probably does.

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I doubt even the door of a pickup would weigh a quarter tonne...
Labcoatguy's got it.

In good old 'mericuh the smallest fullsize truck you can get is normally designated, at least in slang, a "half-ton"; roughly what they can carry in the bed. A quarter ton is something like a Ford Ranger, Chevrolet S10, Toyota Truck/Tacoma/Hilux.
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oh all right... well, tonnes and tons are pretty similar, but a quarter tonne isn't that much... do you really need a truck for that?

@Labcoatguy: yeah, I know what a 12 second car is, I've seen the Fast and the Furious. Too bad there's no the Practical and the Gas Guzzlers.
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3/4 of the BMW 1-series looks great. It's the last quarter of its length that I don't agree with.
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That wiring harness smoke looks great, I should order some.
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I concur. It's because of the stubby boot, which I guess they couldn't help trying to shrink a 3er.

Dumb car I think anyway. The guys I've seen driving their brand new 135i coupes this summer with the top down have looked like such wankers. I hate to say it, but you just look extra douchey in a shrunken Bimmer like that.
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Anyone else find humor in a company named after a large cat making a car that resembles a catfish?
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I just read this whole thread and I went LOLWUT at the diesel truck beating the Corvette

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I just got insurance for my Land Rover (so I can pick it up). Only cost me £758 for a year and that's with both of my parents on the policy.

2 days ago a different company quoted me £1700, so I'm slightly chuffed.
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oh all right... well, tonnes and tons are pretty similar, but a quarter tonne isn't that much... do you really need a truck for that?
Sure. There's plenty of stuff you can stick in there that you wouldn't want/can't fit in a car. Good for people who want better gas mileage than a fullsize truck but carry stuff they wouldn't want in a car.
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I guess you can carry around some real dirty shiznit if you're too lazy to lay out a blanket in the car... or even more dirty shiznit: ie a pile of manure. I wouldn't want that in the back of my car.... but as for size-wise? I can't think of much up to 250kg that wouldn't fit in the back of my dad's volvo....
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