I agree most truck owners only own for looks. But personally I own 7 trucks in my fleet and every single one is hooked into a trailer 365 days a year. Trucks are a must in the industry I work.
my non work vehicle? A diesel Audi which gets 45 mpg. So not all truck owners are Fake men trying to buy an image of toughness….. just most.
What's the point of driving a f250 to the grocery store or to a restaurant if they aren't hauling or towing something? Isn't this just a waste of gas? I have a coworker that does this and than complains about Biden increasing the price of gas(I laugh inside with my 40 mpg vehicle). But seriously why is this so common in America?
Because apparently a very large number of idiotic amerikkkans have bought into the idea that one cannot be a real man unless one owns a truck the size of an 18-wheeler. Compensation perhaps. And to the OP's point, if you own one of these monstrosities and complain about the price of gas? You are an absolute, 100%, f***ing moron.
I always LoL when truck owners say they haul stuff like once a year. I just rent a truck from Lowe's for $20/hr the few times I've needed to move furniture.
55mph and about 1.5h from the nearest home depot, 2h to the nearest lowes. there's a lot of snow and dirt roads to travel-on to get anywhere but here. trucks are super useful. (in this context).
plus, there's a semi-humanistic ying-yang quality to a truck that feeds the spirit. (of the in and the out that it carries.)
but 1) sadly, i do not own a truck at the moment -- the station wagon is more family-appropriate at this point in time, plus it still fits 8' boards, plus -- and to the real point -- my wife wins and i lose; and 2) i've always enjoyed the light-weight and mid-weight trucks of yesteryear.
i also do not understand -- and, in fact, with prejudice and a small heart, feel a slight meanness for those who drive -- the loud, monster machines. i find slow, quiet, and small to be beautiful. and so i can't help but feel a reflexive offense i work to rein in. and so i rein it in.
the ram heavy duty diesels and their ilk make sense to me, as most folks with those are hauling granite, sheds, or boats. but the volume inflation of the -- u.s. american? -- vehicle is astonishing. the old broncos were big, granted, but even every model of subaru over the last two decades has let its belt out a few notches. and the honda civic of today is not at all the old folk singer's cross country flier.
which is a rambling way to a loose point: what option does one have, if one wants a truck at all? want an old ford ranger or pre 2001 toyota tacoma -- or even those tiny mazdas -- but built today? i'm first in line for a light-weight truck like that. just give me a few tons towing, and a 6' bed, and i can make it work.
"i met all my wives in traffic jams; there's just something women like about a pick-up man."
I was referring to the truck owners in places like southern California where the roads and weather are perfect. The parking spaces are so small, a truck can't even fit.
The family across the street from me has two drivers and three 8 passenger vehicles - 2 Chevy Suburbans and a Hyundai Palisade. One of the Suburbans they're saving for their 23 year old daughter who still lives at home but is afraid to drive and hasn't got her license yet.
The husband and wife are usually the only ones in their vehicle during their work commutes and the occassional trip to the store. None of the vehicles have hitches and never tow anything. Once a year they take a family vacation that a vehicle like that is needed for. It seems that they could rent somthing like that for the week and save a boatload of money. At the very least they could have one of those vehicles for the occassional need and some smaller vehicles. They've been holding one of the cars for 7 years hoping their daughter will drive some day but I don't think she ever will.
my non work vehicle? A diesel Audi which gets 45 mpg. So not all truck owners are Fake men trying to buy an image of toughness….. just most.
I had a Volkswagen Sportwagen TDI. It was a great car and sipped fuel but still had that low-end diesel torque. it was fun as hell to drive. I sold it back to Volkswagen when the scandal broke and was taken care of quite nicely. Between what they paid us for it and the settlement check on top of that, we actually ended up making money on it. I replaced it with a VW Alltrack which is a great car but I loved the TDI.
You’re probably just seeing people on the weekend. During the week their beds are probably full of tools, equipment, etc. Not everyone has multiple vehicles. I drive my 20 mpg truck a lot on weekends. It typically has 4 people and a dog in it. Sometimes pulling the boat. Other times full with camping gear, kayaks, paddle boards or the canoe. When I’m carrying 4 people or more (which is most of the time), the dog and gear, I’m making far better use of the worlds resources than you driving solo (which, let’s face it, is most of the time) in you 40 mpg sedan. If I’m getting groceries, picking up the kids at school, etc. I’m typically driving the sedan. But I have the luxury of multiple vehicles (mostly because I only buy used vehicles). A lot of people driving new vehicles only have one car (and often times are the same ones asking to pay for dental work at my wife’s office in installments).
It’s a cultural thing. The rural white non college educated male needs a truck or they’re not considered a man by other rural white non college educated males. There’s a few exceptions but this is 90% of it.
This is it. Most of them don't need a truck, are wasting their money, and no one besides other white under educated high anxiety rural males give a fk. Small minded clowns who can't get laid.
Those numbers don't add up. There are many many more pickups on the road than " rural white non college educated males"
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