Again, to be clear, I'm not an advocate of huge trucks. I'm just more understanding of why people get them. > What about garages in homes? In the suburbs in t

Again, to be clear, I'm not an advocate of huge trucks. I'm just more understanding of why people get them. > What about garages in homes? In the suburbs in the US, it's common to have a large two-car driveway and deliberately not park in the garage so that the garage can be used for workshop space. (Personally, I would kill to have a garage big enough to have real woodworking gear and room for my kayaks.) > And a Ford Focus does 30-40 mpg depending on travel type. A Renault Clio does 47 mpg. Sure, and a moped has even better mileage. But the comment was about giant trucks in comparison to smaller ones. No one's going to take a family of five camping in the woods for a week in a Renault Clio. There is a fair argument that truck owners rarely use the truck to its full capabilities. But I think that understates the psychological value of owning a vehicle that can do those things and that sometimes does. We all know that it can be hard to find the activation energy to drive up in the mountains to hike, or go camping, or buy some lumber to start that DIY project. If doing any of those also means having to rent a vehicle, some of those experiences simply won't happen. A vehicle that can do those things is a constant reminder to their owners to maybe live a little more. > You're also forgetting the outsized impact on roads that everyone else pays for and the extra pollution everyone else is breathing. I'm not forgetting it. I just think it's silly that people against huge trucks seem to completely overlook all of the real reasons why people like them.