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Very anecdotal but most F-150 owners where I’m in in the Midwest use them for groceries and school drop offs. To me it seems like buying a $2000 drill to punch

Very anecdotal but most F-150 owners where I’m in in the Midwest use them for groceries and school drop offs. To me it seems like buying a $2000 drill to punch one hole in drywall but who am I to judge what people choose to signal with. People in trades generally seem to use beat up vans or beat up whatever truck is cheap and runs and you don’t mind it getting dinged

bdcravens 3y ago
I liken it to people with $3000 Macbook Pros to surf the web. That said, I live in Houston where pickups reign, and the F-150 is probably the most common. When you have a truck at your disposal all the time, you make different choices about what you buy, when you buy it, etc. Traffic jam on the freeway? You regularly see trucks cross the curb, into the grass, and onto the feeder road. Also it influences your lifestyle. Impromptu camping etc is not a concern. Our company is a software company in the shipping space, but my boss drives a 4x4 because he owns land that he goes to every weekend.
- piva00 3y ago
  > Also it influences your lifestyle. Impromptu camping etc is not a concern. My friends and I go improptu camping on a Volvo V60 in Sweden all the time. You don't need a truck to go camping.
  - bdcravens 3y ago
    Sure, and in many ways EVs are great camping cars. I was thinking more in terms of terrain.
    - rimunroe 3y ago
      How rough is the terrain you're going over? I've taken a Honda Fit on some pretty terrible dirt roads out in the countryside. Clearance has occasionally been a bit tight, but the Fit is a pretty low to the ground car already and it's made out just fine anyway. I recently bought a Hyundai Ioniq 5, but I would kill for a 1:1 replica of the Honda Fit but electric. I'm pretty sure it's the ideal car.
    - piva00 3y ago
      The V60 we use is the Cross Country version, been to many dirt roads in the north of Sweden and Norway with it without a hitch. I don't think I'd trust a F-150 to go places where the V60 XC 4x4 can't access. A G-class yes.
  - rimunroe 3y ago
    People go camping carrying stuff on their backs after all, or by strapping stuff to bicycles. I'm assuming that because "impromptu camping" is an option we're not talking about someone who has kids in the first place, but even if they did I can't imagine needing a whole truck for that, especially when smaller-but-still-giant vehicles like SUVs exist.
ChainOfFools 3y ago
> who am I to judge what people choose to signal with. If they are signaling, they are literally asking to be judged. I see absolutely nothing wrong with giving them what they wish for

bdcravens 3y ago

I liken it to people with $3000 Macbook Pros to surf the web. That said, I live in Houston where pickups reign, and the F-150 is probably the most common. When you have a truck at your disposal all the time, you make different choices about what you buy, when you buy it, etc. Traffic jam on the freeway? You regularly see trucks cross the curb, into the grass, and onto the feeder road. Also it influences your lifestyle. Impromptu camping etc is not a concern. Our company is a software company in the shipping space, but my boss drives a 4x4 because he owns land that he goes to every weekend.

piva00 3y ago
> Also it influences your lifestyle. Impromptu camping etc is not a concern. My friends and I go improptu camping on a Volvo V60 in Sweden all the time. You don't need a truck to go camping.
- bdcravens 3y ago
  Sure, and in many ways EVs are great camping cars. I was thinking more in terms of terrain.
  - rimunroe 3y ago
    How rough is the terrain you're going over? I've taken a Honda Fit on some pretty terrible dirt roads out in the countryside. Clearance has occasionally been a bit tight, but the Fit is a pretty low to the ground car already and it's made out just fine anyway. I recently bought a Hyundai Ioniq 5, but I would kill for a 1:1 replica of the Honda Fit but electric. I'm pretty sure it's the ideal car.
  - piva00 3y ago
    The V60 we use is the Cross Country version, been to many dirt roads in the north of Sweden and Norway with it without a hitch. I don't think I'd trust a F-150 to go places where the V60 XC 4x4 can't access. A G-class yes.
- rimunroe 3y ago
  People go camping carrying stuff on their backs after all, or by strapping stuff to bicycles. I'm assuming that because "impromptu camping" is an option we're not talking about someone who has kids in the first place, but even if they did I can't imagine needing a whole truck for that, especially when smaller-but-still-giant vehicles like SUVs exist.

ChainOfFools 3y ago

> who am I to judge what people choose to signal with. If they are signaling, they are literally asking to be judged. I see absolutely nothing wrong with giving them what they wish for