Far too many people drive 200% of a truck when they really only need 10% of a truck.
Not talking work trucks or weekend warrior trucks, but specifically trucks that have never seen more off road than the lawn, never hauled a load that took up the whole bed, never towed anything near their rating.
Far far too often, it’s about keeping up with the neighbors truck.
I have no idea why this is fun for people. I have one of those giant trucks for pulling my horse trailer. The truck is so fucking hard drive around in traffic. I hate having to commute in it. It is impossible to park at the store. I would never own it if I didn’t have to.
I’ve started seeing US pick up trucks here in the UK in a city and they really are rediculous. Really large (comically so) and the truck bit is open to the elements although I have never ever seen anyone using the truck bit for anything whatsoever. Rediculous waste of space and I’m surprised they’re ever legal here.
Middle-class suburban streets, miles away from farm or forest, full of sparkly clean gargantuan pickup trucks
And they only put groceries in the back seat because the truck bed is “too dirty”
If you never put stuff in the back of your truck because it’s “too dirty”, you absolutely do not need a truck.
Far too many people drive 200% of a truck when they really only need 10% of a truck.
Not talking work trucks or weekend warrior trucks, but specifically trucks that have never seen more off road than the lawn, never hauled a load that took up the whole bed, never towed anything near their rating.
Far far too often, it’s about keeping up with the neighbors truck.
Don’t forget that these owners will be first in line to complain about high gas prices.
I have no idea why this is fun for people. I have one of those giant trucks for pulling my horse trailer. The truck is so fucking hard drive around in traffic. I hate having to commute in it. It is impossible to park at the store. I would never own it if I didn’t have to.
I’ve started seeing US pick up trucks here in the UK in a city and they really are rediculous. Really large (comically so) and the truck bit is open to the elements although I have never ever seen anyone using the truck bit for anything whatsoever. Rediculous waste of space and I’m surprised they’re ever legal here.
Hey, maybe they need to be ready to haul full sheets of plywood at any moment
That reads like a Joni Mitchell lyric.
I mean that in a good way.
An even better example: the suburbs in general. Every aspect of them.
And they run on Diesel!