Posted on 05/31/2024 6:31:49 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Yes, we mean something other than the Tesla Cybertruck.
You can’t really go wrong with a pickup truck. They’re like the Swiss Army Knives of the automotive world. Wanna haul or pull some crap? There’s a bed and you can tow. Wanna carry people? There’s a number of cab configurations to suit your needs. Want one with luxury features that rival a BMW 7 Series or Genesis G90? You can drop six figures for a truck that’ll coddle you.
This isn’t to say that they’re all good. Take the Hyundai Santa Cruz, for example. It was first shown as a concept at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show, and it took nearly a decade before the Santa Cruz went into production. The original concept was a cool-looking, Millennial-targeted extended cab crossover truck with a 190-horsepower turbodiesel engine that could get 30 mpg. What we got was a Tucson with a bed.
Don’t get me wrong, the Santa Cruz is a great looking little pickup, it’s just that the execution isn’t good. The bed has less usable space than the aforementioned Tucson does with its rear seats up, and carrying a bike means either removing one of the tires of the bike or having it hang over the tailgate. Its fuel economy isn’t as great as it could be, either. With the base engine the Santa Cruz gets 21 mpg city, 27 mpg highway and 23 mpg combined; you lose one mpg in the city and combined when you spring for the 281-hp turbocharged engine and all-wheel drive.
The Santa Cruz is less a pickup and more of a lifestyle vehicle masquerading as a pickup. In my opinion, that sadly might make it the worst pickup truck on the market right now and possible one of the worst ever made.
Now we ask you, Jalopnik reader. Aside from the obvious choice of the Tesla Cybertruck, what do you think is the worst pickup ever made? If there’s slim pickings out of the current offerings, you can go for something that’s not on sale anymore. Whatever it is, let us know in the comments.
There’s a guy on YouBoob who says the Cybertruck looks like a stainless steel urinal trough, he calls it the Cyberurinal.
You can still find regular cab Ram 1500 classics. Regular cab, 8 foot bed.
That first generation Honda Ridgeline is a cool vehicle. So is the Pilot SUV that it’s based on. But then around 2016 they restyled it (and the Pilot) to be less butch and it lost its mojo IMO.
I have a 2010 F150 FX4 and a 2009 Honda Ridgeline.
Both are decent, and I use them differently.
1974 Doge 4-wheel drive PU.
They were made during a union strike and came equipped with aligned rings and pre-warped rotors, misaligned drive shaft, and junk alternator. So the brakes would always pull to one side, the drive shaft would break at the joint, the alternator fail at random times, and go through oil like no tomorrow while getting 10mpg.
That is a long post that gives kots of information, but which doesn’t actually answer my question. You answered “what are the different types of stainless steel”, but my question, slightly elaborated, was actually along the lines of “in normal English usage, the suffix “-less” means “free from” or “without”, as in “sugarless gum” or “cordless screwdriver”. In light of this, shouldn’t we expect that an alloy that is called “stainless steel” would not rust, and that a different alloy, having the same ingredients but in a different proportion, that however did rust, wouldn’t or shouldn’t be called “stainless”?
I am aware of the ambiguity that “stainless” could also mean “having a lesser but nonzero susceptibility to rust”, as in “less stain”, but I think most people would think of fraud or of a practical joke if a so-called sugarless gum had half the sugar of normal gum, i.e. and still contributed to tooth decay, or if an advertised cordless screwdriver needed to plugged in by its cord to operate, but the cord was only 3” long, i.e. having “practically no cord at all!” on the product information sheet, “which makes it cord-less!”.
and they look good with rod holders when trolling the alleys of Baltimore for rats.
https://youtu.be/3Yv9I33uob0?si=-SD2JmNAse4fyz2W
I have one and really like it but it does have some faults just like every other brand. The 2008-2015 is the sweet spot for the Titan.
I had a 79 El Camino and liked everything about it other than the mpg. Factory air shocks in the back allowed it to carry much more than one might think it could or should.
OK, you are correct that they are all lying to us.
Even in materials science.
History of ‘Stainless Steel’
The name “stainless steel” originated from the inventor Harry Brearley, who discovered the corrosion-resistant alloy in 1913 while working at a research laboratory in Sheffield, England.
Brearley was initially searching for a material that could resist erosion in gun barrels. During his experiments with adding chromium to steel, he discovered an alloy that did not stain or rust like regular steel. He initially called it “rustless steel” and it was marketed under various brand names like Staybrite and Allegheny metal.
The term “stainless steel” became more widely adopted over time to describe this new corrosion-resistant alloy containing chromium. The name highlights its key property of being “stainless” or resistant to staining and corrosion, in contrast to regular carbon steel which readily rusts when exposed to moisture and air.
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So, in steps his friend Ernest Stuart, who found that hardening the knife blades improved their rust and stain resistance. Brearly wanted to call the material “Rustless Steel,” but Stuart named it “Stainless Steel” because of its ability to resist staining after being exposed to a vinegar solution.
And personally having a Black Powder revolver of Stainless Steel, I know it will ‘rust’ (or corrode) if not cleaned after firing. But not like carbon steel.
Remember this when Trump is a Convicted Felon, and Joe is “Stainless”
Hahaha!
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