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You don't understand the appeal of trucks or you don't understand the appeal of Ford branded trucks? I got tired of renting a uhaul and 'trip vans' to haul hom

You don't understand the appeal of trucks or you don't understand the appeal of Ford branded trucks? I got tired of renting a uhaul and 'trip vans' to haul home wood and simple project stuff.

ryanwaggoner 8y ago
Most people don't buy trucks because they "need" them or because of all the home projects they're doing with supplies too large to fit in their car or SUV. Unlike what the TV commercials for trucks would have you believe (which are seriously a parody of themselves at this point), that's not really the appeal of trucks for the vast majority of their owners. Just like most SUV owners aren't tearing it up in the mountain high country like the commercials show, most trucks aren't actually used to haul things very often that couldn't be handled with another vehicle. The F150 has been the best selling vehicle in America for 40 years. Yes, a lot of people use them for work. But most people use them quite sporadically for actually hauling things, and much more as a lifestyle signaling device. Nothing wrong with that, we all do it. EDIT: example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fURcgb1BGmA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fURcgb1BGmA
- dsfyu404ed 8y ago
  How hard you work your vehicles is inversely correlated with income (generally speaking, exceptions are in abundance when you speak in generalizations like this). If you hang out with the HN type crowd then you'll rarely if ever see someone fill every seat in a car or use a pickup to its full capacity. We're generally rich enough to afford more vehicle than we "need" in every regard (pickup trucks to haul light loads, three rows of seating for families with <4 kids, high performance German driving machines for a commute that's mostly sitting in traffic, etc, etc). At the other end of the economic spectrum people shoehorn whatever vehicle is available to them into every role it needs to fill. Every time I'm strapping material to the roof of one of my beater cars at home depot I'm immediately self aware that I am not acting the way people of my income level are expected to by other people of the same income level. Depending your income level pressing a less than ideal vehicle into service to fit all your needs is just not an option you let yourself seriously consider. So yeah, the people buying new trucks are mostly rich enough to not need to use them hard very much. Owners 3-N will use the crap out of them though.
asdff 8y ago
You use your truck for utility, many people use them for vanity.

You don't understand the appeal of trucks or you don't understand the appeal of Ford branded trucks? I got tired of renting a uhaul and 'trip vans' to haul home wood and simple project stuff.

ryanwaggoner 8y ago

Most people don't buy trucks because they "need" them or because of all the home projects they're doing with supplies too large to fit in their car or SUV. Unlike what the TV commercials for trucks would have you believe (which are seriously a parody of themselves at this point), that's not really the appeal of trucks for the vast majority of their owners. Just like most SUV owners aren't tearing it up in the mountain high country like the commercials show, most trucks aren't actually used to haul things very often that couldn't be handled with another vehicle. The F150 has been the best selling vehicle in America for 40 years. Yes, a lot of people use them for work. But most people use them quite sporadically for actually hauling things, and much more as a lifestyle signaling device. Nothing wrong with that, we all do it. EDIT: example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fURcgb1BGmA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fURcgb1BGmA

dsfyu404ed 8y ago
How hard you work your vehicles is inversely correlated with income (generally speaking, exceptions are in abundance when you speak in generalizations like this). If you hang out with the HN type crowd then you'll rarely if ever see someone fill every seat in a car or use a pickup to its full capacity. We're generally rich enough to afford more vehicle than we "need" in every regard (pickup trucks to haul light loads, three rows of seating for families with <4 kids, high performance German driving machines for a commute that's mostly sitting in traffic, etc, etc). At the other end of the economic spectrum people shoehorn whatever vehicle is available to them into every role it needs to fill. Every time I'm strapping material to the roof of one of my beater cars at home depot I'm immediately self aware that I am not acting the way people of my income level are expected to by other people of the same income level. Depending your income level pressing a less than ideal vehicle into service to fit all your needs is just not an option you let yourself seriously consider. So yeah, the people buying new trucks are mostly rich enough to not need to use them hard very much. Owners 3-N will use the crap out of them though.

asdff 8y ago

You use your truck for utility, many people use them for vanity.