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Originally Posted by slowmover
Your 5T trucklet is something no one willingly drives past fifty miles at a time. Do you rack up the equivalent of 100k miles in 3,4 years? That's what some metro service personnel do. Ranchers and farmers.
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Lol, man your ignorance is showing. You realise my little 'trucklet' is sits at 1971mm high, which is right in the middle of the 1923–2052 mm wiki lists for the 3rd gen Ram? It's about 6" longer than the Shortest Ram. Still does 0-60mph in 10 seconds, my previous POS VW did it in 9 with a half ton on board (that's how VW rated them). But I get 35+mpg city, 40+ hwy.
These 'trucklets' are the backbone of Europe, and I'm pretty sure they have these things call the Alps.
I'd happily drive mine anywhere, plenty of space (probably more than the standard US pickup as a big engine up from eats into foot space), three abreast can be tight for the passengers, but there's even a fold down arm rest for the driver. Ride is as good as my Prius, so I'd rather drive the Trafic long distance than anything else I've got. Probably why you see them up and down the Autobahns at 100mph all day long. Sits on 60mph at 2000rpm with complete silence from the engine (just wind and road noise).
If I needed to tow 3.5 ton, I'd have gone up to the next size Euro, like an Iveco Daily- taller and wider than a Ram, 3+ ton towing depending on spec, and 30+mpg city.
We've got mountains and steep hills too, yours might be longer, but you run out of flat road momentum after a couple of miles, so that's a mute point. We also have on average longer trucks than the US and they slow right down to crawling speed to get up our little hills. The main road out of town semis sit in the slow lane at 30-40mph. Must be pretty steep then, right?