Wait until you find out how many gas and diesel powered trucks are RWD!

At least in the U.S. below a certain ~longitude~ latitude it's quite common.

▲ wil421 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Autotrader says there are 246,000 used trucks for sale nationwide with AWD/4WD and 38,000 with rear wheel drive. For new it’s 429,000 AWD/4WD vs 51,000 for rear wheel.

Volume wise it’s of course Texas with Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota having the largest ownership share.

	▲	Tanoc an hour ago \| parent [-]
		The majority in that statistic are selectable 4WD, which isn't the same as AWD. Pushing the two groups together skews the numbers a bit. Most trucks since the 1970s have been 4WD, ever since companies like Muncie and Borg-Warner started selling axles to Ford and their cohorts. AWD trucks are a relatively new phenomenon, with the first one I can think of being the limited production GMC Syclone in 1989, and it being a truck was an emissions loophole. I think the 2005 Honda Ridgeline was the first real mass produced AWD truck, or perhaps the Subaru Baja from 2003 if you consider that a truck rather than an open deck car. Right now I think only the Ridgeline, Hyundai Santa Cruz, and Ford Maverick are sold as AWD, whereas every other truck is selectable 4WD.

▲ discors 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

    > neogodless: <snip> At least in the U.S. below a certain longitude is quite common.

Latitude.

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neogodless 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I KNEW I was going to get that wrong.

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bobthepanda 2 hours ago | parent [-]

The mnemonic i use is latitude is flat.

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neogodless 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I usually say to myself "ladder" and that helps. But this time I slipped. Rough morning. Wheels fell off on the way to work.

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dec0dedab0de 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I say longitude goes longways, which I know isn't accurate except fairly close to the poles, but I remembered it like that when I was a kid and it stuck.

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yread an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Longitude is also twice as long - 360 vs 180 degrees

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triceratops an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Latitude is the only one that matters between the two.

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rkomorn 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I was going to ask if you were making a joke or just too tired to spell mnemonic correctly, but they would've been pneumatic, not pneumonic.

Edit: oh, boo, you fixed it.

	▲	bobthepanda an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Hadn’t had the morning coffee yet.

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DangitBobby 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

latitude -> flatitude

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mtklein 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I hate to admit it, but the Corona "Change your Latitude" ads are what locked it in for me.

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		Ha! Mine is the Jimmy Buffett song.
	▲	bobthepanda an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		As they say, if it works it’s not stupid.

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raverbashing 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Easier mnemonic:

Lots of wines advertise their latitude of origin

Longitudes are meaningless for wines

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