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Truck buyers shouldn’t feel like eco-pariahs just because they want to use huge trucks as commuter cars or SUVs as grocery-getters. An unknown writer on Commercial Auto Dealers‘ GMC Truck Dealer blog wants you to know that hybrids aren’t “really that much better for us than trucks.” He/she warns you hybrids make you drowsy because “with their quiet motors and lack of exhaust noise, you can’t hardly [sic] tell the car is on” which “could be a problem for people who want to drive at night or even during the day after a long shift at work.” And if the risk of pandemic narcolepsy isn’t enough to scare Prius owners back into a professional-grade Sierra 3500 Dually, “the electricity that the car uses to operate the vehicle isn’t good for our health either.” So while hybrid drivers are microwaving their tender parts, you can “just smile and walk away secure in the fact that you won’t be subject to the same potentially harmful electromagnetic fields that they encounter every day.” The anonymous writer concludes “if you want that large truck or SUV, don’t hesitate to visit your local GMC truck dealer.” And don’t worry about $4/gallon gasoline. After all, what’s a $136 fill-up compared to the peace of mind that hearing your engine and exhaust noise can bring? 

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39 Responses to “
Why Trucks are WAY Better Than Hybrids ”

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• N85523 :
  
  
  May 27th, 2008 at
  10:34 am

  How ’bout that.

• ash78 :
  
  
  May 27th, 2008 at
  10:37 am

  Dually noted.

• guyincognito :
  
  
  May 27th, 2008 at
  10:38 am

  He left out the part about how you’re big ass truck can turn that Prius into a lead acid fire without so much as a scratch.

• menno :
  
  
  May 27th, 2008 at
  10:38 am

  “Lucy, you got some ’splainin’ to do…!”

  How are GM going to explain this totally IDIOTIC (and false) statement about “electromagnetic radiation” from (let’s be honest) the Prius, when their own Volt is going to be a hybrid with an even bigger battery and presumably, even MORE voltage and amperage in order to make it a 40 mile electric-only (or maybe 30 miles or maybe 20)?

  These people are imbeciles who can’t think past the end of their ….. never mind, this is a family friendly website.

  How is it that my radio in my Prius works just fine, by the way, if I’m being irradiated by electromagnetic radiation?

  Not to mention my cell phone, and my son’s mp3 player.

• driving course :
  
  
  May 27th, 2008 at
  10:39 am

  A blinding bit of PR by GM… hard to imagine why they’re not selling lots of trucks when you see the genius marketing techniques they’re utilising…

• GS650G :
  
  
  May 27th, 2008 at
  10:43 am

  Try hauling a load of stone or wood in the eco friendly ride, or pulling a boat.

  I do like the noise from these behemoths, I hear them coming when I am riding my bicycle about a 1/2 mile away. The other rides sneak right up on you.

• raast :
  
  
  May 27th, 2008 at
  10:43 am

  menno,

  Exactly.
  If somebody’s going to go down that road then they should be more concerned about residual alpha waves left over from the minds of the guys in the picture here…
  http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/gm-stock-hits-26-year-low-headed-lower/

• brettc :
  
  
  May 27th, 2008 at
  10:49 am

  Wow, that post sure makes me want to run out and buy a GMC truck for my all my driving needs. But then logic kicks in and says otherwise. Maybe GM as a company needs some logic injections or something. I like my current situation. I have a small, efficient car that I fill once a month, and I either rent or borrow a truck if I really need one. I think a lot more people will be doing the same, which is probably why GM felt the need to create that post. What a pathetic excuse for a car company.

• Frank Williams :
  
  
  May 27th, 2008 at
  10:49 am

  driving course
  A blinding bit of PR by GM…

  Actually we can’t blame GM for this one (not directly, anyway). If you click the GMC link in the article, it takes you to a site for a GMC dealer in Conshohocken, PA which looks like a post-party frathouse project.

• z31 :
  
  
  May 27th, 2008 at
  10:50 am

  driving course :
  A blinding bit of PR by GM…
  

  somehow I don’t think Lankford Buick-Pontiac-GMC is an official mouthpiece for GM.

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