This is the Chevy Avalanche. As you can see, it's a pickup truck whose cab is so extended that the bed is too small to be of any practical use for hauling.Why would you drive a truck whose bed is too short for hauling? The answer is familiar to those of us who have lived in Texas, and who therefore realize how few people use their pickups for hauling anything. The truck bed is a weapon - to be precise, a rear-end ram.
See, all cars have a blind spot. Traditionally, a driver checks the blind spot before making a lane change; if there's a car in the blind spot, a lane change is impossible. This upsets drivers for several reasons. First of all, turning one's head to check the blind spot can be strenuous and even painful. Second of all, being forced to check for other cars is humiliating for many drivers, because they are forced to acknowledge and take into account someone else's presence on the road. Considering the presence of others means not doing exactly what you want, when and how you want. And even more humiliating is not actually being able to make the lane change, because there's someone in your blind spot.
With a truck bed, that changes. Driving in the blind spot of a pickup truck is a dangerous game (even if you're another pickup), because any vehicle's front contains its engine; in a collision between engine and truck bed, the former will be totaled, with high risk of injury to the driver, while the latter suffers little damage. Thus, if you have a truck bed, you don't have to worry about checking your blind spot - you can just make the lane change, and people will be forced to get out of your way. The Chevy Avalanche's short truck bed is just a more blatant acknowledgment of the bed's true purpose. Which is why the Avalanche is my leas favorite vehicle on the road today.
Which is why it gives me great pleasure to report that members of the Chevy Avalanche Fan Club of North America, forced to pay over $127 for a tank of gas, are now conducting their meetings online.
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