alt Hacker NewsThe claim is not that they do, it is that they should. The high hood trend post-2009 has provides no functional utility.
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xnx • yesterday at 10:32 PM
> no functional utility
Air cooling while towing (allegedly), but it must be a tiny percentage of owners that tow at all.
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I'd go a step further and say the high hoods reduce utility by making the vehicles harder to work on. I'm 6' and needed a step-stool to change the battery on my uncle's Silverado. The truck manufacturers leave that inconvenient detail out of their macho ads on TV.