[Big Dave]

On a related note. Cars (not necessarily pickups or SUVs) are getting smaller.

Last weekend I went on my yearly look at new cars. I have a 13 year old truck and a 17 year old car and sometimes they remind me of that age. so I looked at cars.

They have all shrunk. This is bad. Phil Knox has seen me and knows I earn my moniker. Most cars these days I cannot even get into. Unibodies and the drive for torsional stiffness has led to a massive lowering of top sills. Since people in general don't like reclining and driving peering through their moustache (like I did my old Camaro back in the day) cars have had to control frontal area (for better MPG) by getting narrower. so I have to drive leaning to the center with my head cocked over. Not acceptable. Even a Benz S-class wound up being a $113,000 midget-mobile.

I suppose if you are under 5'7" and 140 lb all is well, but I came to the conclusion my Impala might very well be the last car I ever own.