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Re:2022 Ford F-150 Lightning by ryanmarsh on Friday May 21, 2021 @01:45PM (#27237340)
Story time: Back in 2001 I lived in San Francisco and my little Mazda was going to be in the shop for a while and I needed to rent a vehicle. Long story short the only vehicle I could get my hands on was in the east bay and was a (I shit you not) Dodge Ram 2500 Diesel. Absolutely obnoxious. Being from Texas I was used to driving pickups but a this thing is just shy of a two ton payload capacity. I have no idea what this was doing on the lot at Enterprise or whoever I rented it from.

Well, the dirty looks I got every time I belched black smoke on the streets of SF were a given. What I did not expect (or notice previously) was the other truck drivers (however few) there were in San Francisco. It seems I too was inducted into a little club. Whenever I saw another truck there was always a thumbs up, or a "nice truck". Kinda funny when all I got was dirty looks from everyone else.

Re:2022 Ford F-150 Lightning by crooked-v on Friday May 21, 2021 @02:56PM (#27238347)
> every time I belched black smoke

If you've got visible smoke coming out of a diesel (in any color), something's wrong with the engine.

Re:2022 Ford F-150 Lightning by jes on Friday May 21, 2021 @04:31PM (#27239568)
"Rolling Coal" is a thing in some parts of the USA.
Re:2022 Ford F-150 Lightning by CRConrad on Sunday May 23, 2021 @09:50AM (#27254993)
But it probably wasn't "a thing" on rental vehicles in 2001.