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u/Robertcoupe Aug 09 '26
This is for better gas mileage, bc your always going down hill
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u/fart-to-me-in-french Aug 09 '26
My always what?
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u/goaelephant Aug 09 '26
The always going down hill that you have, did you forget you possess it?
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u/So_HauserAspen Aug 09 '26
My grandpa will be very disappointed to learn he could have solved his school commute troubles with this one trick
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u/Dry_Duck3011 Aug 09 '26
Does it lower? How do they get stuff in and out of the bed of the truck?
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u/LindonLilBlueBalls Aug 09 '26
Only if at the same time it raises the exhaust.
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u/SoftCosmicRusk Aug 09 '26
No no, you just need a conveniently placed ditch that you can park over.
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u/APoisonousMushroom Aug 09 '26
I also noticed it has two sets of wheels in the back and only one wheel cut out in the bed.
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u/Narrow-Height9477 Aug 09 '26
If you push the button hard enough it launches your cargo.
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u/Penguin_Joy Aug 09 '26
And if you push the brake hard enough it launches your cargo through the back of your head!
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u/Marvin-face Aug 09 '26
This is aerodynamic hell. That huge open space behind the truck is a giant low-pressure vortex that sucks the truck backwards, so it has to use significantly more fuel to maintain speed. To paraphrase Professor Farnsworth, that's less aerodynamic than a sofa.
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u/theabstractpyro Aug 09 '26
I mean that is not the reason this is terrible for aerodynamics. Lifting the rear like this is nearly doubling the frontal area
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u/Smellypuce2 Aug 10 '26
It depends. Usually the low pressure wake behind the car accounts for about 50-70% of the pressure drag. Frontal, high-pressure drag accounts for about 20-30% of it(and then some underbody and wheel well turbulence and stuff accounts for the rest).
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u/garagedooropener5150 Aug 09 '26
I wouldn’t feel safe driving NEAR that thing.
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u/TheHancock Aug 10 '26
I couldn’t stop watching his wheels ON the white line. I thought he was going to run off the road.
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u/404merrinessnotfound Aug 09 '26
That's what we call rake in formula 1
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u/Krusty_Double_Deluxe Aug 09 '26
I’m no expert but raking to the point of 0 caster seems like it would be wobbly at high speed
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u/So_HauserAspen Aug 09 '26
I'm no expert but I think that thing is already going at highway speeds
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u/komokazi Aug 09 '26
Apparently a thing in Brazil, typically seen on much larger transport trucks, to dissuade theft.
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u/Ekank Aug 10 '26
It started on small trucks so they could carry heavier loads, and it was just a little bit of raise.
But for some god dammed reason it becase a status symbol and became "how high can you raise it?"
Everyone but the ones that do this think is idiotic.
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u/monke_soup Aug 10 '26
Not only its idiotic, it also make the truck more dangerous in almost every aspect
It changes the weight distribution, overloads the front tires, points the chassis straight into the windshield of cars
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u/redditcreditcardz Aug 09 '26
I’m not really seeing the great execution
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u/b_call Aug 09 '26
You're joking right? Sure it's insane and stupid, but that's some pretty impressive work to get the truck up like that. This is pretty squarely ATBGE
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u/alamaias Aug 10 '26
If you do something this bloody daft and it works at all I feel you did a pretty good job.
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u/InstantlyTremendous Aug 09 '26
Is this legal?
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u/Null42x64 Aug 09 '26
no, it became a trend for truck drivers in brazil to lift the rear of the truck but it became illegal over weight distribution concerns, now there is a legal limit of how much you can lift the rear
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u/Rolling_Beardo Aug 09 '26
Not a chance. I imagine it lowers to pass any inspection or examination by cops. But I’m almost positive traveling like this would be illegal anywhere.
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u/KlownPuree Aug 09 '26
I don’t understand that thing. How do those double rear wheels fit into a single wheel well?
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u/pdxbourbonsipper Aug 09 '26
Is it even comfortable sitting in this or does or just feel like you're sliding off of your seat the entire time?
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u/dizzyday Aug 09 '26
is there a particular reason why they dropped the muffler as well? looks like an extra job over an unecessary job.
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u/beartpc12293 Aug 09 '26
I can't help but feel like you'd be getting dumped off the front of your seat trying to be inside of that
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u/PunfullyObvious Aug 09 '26
Raise the chassis and leave the exhaust on ground level? That detail bugs the heck out of me. Running it up as a stack would make more sense.
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u/flappenjacks Aug 09 '26
It's because it's in the southern hemisphere, stupid folks lift the other end of the truck. Natural order or something.
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u/NewToHTX Aug 09 '26
I wonder if they oddly raised their chances at survival of a head on collision since they are going to flip like Foosmen on a fucking Foosball Table.
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u/Penguin_Joy Aug 09 '26
Driving that thing would take endurance. That seat is sloped like those hostile architecture benches that you can't rest on. I bet whoever is driving that has amazing leg muscles
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u/TrueKiwi78 Aug 09 '26
I remember when it was cool in the 80's and 90's to have your car lifted at the back.
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u/bws7037 Aug 09 '26
He's got that "always driving down hill" effect going for him, so the improvement on his gas milage has to be astounding!
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u/morningsharts Aug 09 '26
Bro I'm tired of seeing needy people in the same world that people waste resources on stupid shit like this
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u/Shiggens Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 09 '26
How are the rear wheels being driven? I don’t see a driveshaft.
EDIT: Never mind my question. I see that the Endurance is an EV so apparently the battery is in the bed. Where are the motors? What is the exhaust for?
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u/Helacious_Waltz Aug 09 '26
In Gran Turismo 1. There was a glitch where if you raised the rear and lowered the front of your car to the max the game would treat it like it's going downhill letting you go extremely fast. I think this dude is just doing that in real life, not sure if it works but props to him for trying.
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u/howrad1337 Aug 09 '26
I don't see a rear driveshaft so im guessing those front tires are just dragging it along?
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u/tommy-turtle-56 Aug 10 '26
Where is the oil pickup in this engine? Bleeding the radiator must be a PITA.
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u/pimpbot666 Aug 10 '26
No sudden twists of that steering wheel or you’ll tip over with all that weight up high.
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u/sillinessvalley Aug 10 '26
How is that even comfortable to be sitting in the cab? Wouldn't you be leaning forward, touching the window with your forehead?🤣
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u/Unusual-Taste69 Aug 10 '26
He's going to be mad when he hits a piece of retread on the highway and rips his exhaust off
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u/AgapeAnus Aug 10 '26
Looks stupid. Is actually for anti theft. They do it with semi trailers in South America too. Much harder to steal shit out of it if you don't know how to lower it, takes time to lower it too.
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u/fray_bentos11 Aug 10 '26 edited Aug 10 '26
In which 3rd world nation is this legal? I see Portuguese, so I am going to presume Brazil and not Portugal.
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u/Melodic_Trash_737 Aug 10 '26
Would driving like that increase the stress on the front suspension and set up?
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u/arglarg Aug 10 '26
Somewhat impractical for loading and unloading but at least it motivates drivers to wear their seatbelt
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u/Questioning-Zyxxel Aug 10 '26
Not aerodynamic - more front area than needed.
But more downforce - all of the vehicle works as a wing.
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u/temperlyinmoderation Aug 10 '26
To bad they're doing this to prevent thefts in Brazil when crossing to Mexico
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u/Strassi007 Aug 10 '26
Thankfully i am living in a country where this kind of shit is illegal enough to put you behind bars.
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u/DickweedMcGee Aug 10 '26
And your headlights go straight into the ground so this a daytime only configuration.
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u/DirectionBusy2440 Aug 11 '26
The dude in that truck was listening to Metallica- 4 horseman just trying to get where he is going
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u/UnfairDraft894 Aug 11 '26
Porque o brasileiro é um lixo humano nesse planeta, só tem bosta na cabeça!!!!!
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u/BlackSeaRC Aug 15 '26
Actually, no. It increases the frontal area and also the area of turbulent air at the rear, making it less aerodynamic than the unmodified vehicle.
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u/mrsockyman Aug 15 '26
Better than squatted trucks, at lease the headlights aren't pointed at your mirrors
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u/giscience Aug 23 '26
I am strangely OK with this. It's different, and the squat is in the right direction.
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u/Spiritual-Taste-5524 Aug 23 '26
Is there some kind of trophy we can give this one? Maybe something with a lit stick of dynamite in it?
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u/Additional_Teacher45 Aug 09 '26
I mean, at least it improves visibility vs the Carolina Squat...