Ancalagon
12-05-2009, 09:45 AM
Hey folks
I discovered a new class of vehicle I didn't know existed!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kei_truck
40 miles per gallon, great for off-roading, allows you to move stuff around. It's the pickup truck for urbanites. They also have a nifty look to them. They are street legal in Canada, but it's mixed in the States.
Unfortunately, probably due to marketing (I think that Toyota et al think that selling them in North-America would damage their brand) they aren't sold new in North America. You can only by them used - they export them from japan to here (there is a law there that registering old cars is very expensive, so old cars are gotten rid off, but since they still work, they are exported).
I discovered a new class of vehicle I didn't know existed!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kei_truck
40 miles per gallon, great for off-roading, allows you to move stuff around. It's the pickup truck for urbanites. They also have a nifty look to them. They are street legal in Canada, but it's mixed in the States.
Unfortunately, probably due to marketing (I think that Toyota et al think that selling them in North-America would damage their brand) they aren't sold new in North America. You can only by them used - they export them from japan to here (there is a law there that registering old cars is very expensive, so old cars are gotten rid off, but since they still work, they are exported).