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You forgot cost of fuel(this alone likely offsets your imaginary rental cost), higher insurance rates for trucks(they kill people in routine accidents), cost of
by chneu 1y ago
You forgot cost of fuel(this alone likely offsets your imaginary rental cost), higher insurance rates for trucks(they kill people in routine accidents), cost of extra tires(trucks eat through tires), and higher cost of ownership in general. If you're using a truck as a work truck it'll also need to be replaced much quicker, adding to the overall cost.
Trucks are expensive for the owner and society.
Also, the majority of trucks in the US never do truck things. Like 75% are urban grocery getters. Americans have a serious consumption/ego/entitlement problem. Trucks are a great example of that problem. Instead of just saying, "I like truck. I want truck. I don't care it bad", people make up imaginary math that doesn't make sense instead of just admitting it's an ego thing.
The sad part of all this is the world laughs at the US over this stuff. We're a laughing stock and the people embarrassing us are proud of it. It's so shameful.
"I'm not that kind of American" has become a routine thing to say while traveling abroad.
- natmaka 1y agoTall grille, heavy... they are more and more dangerous. "only a quarter of truck owners use their trucks’ towing capacity more than once a year. Only about 30 percent of truck owners go off-road more than once a year. And 35 percent of truck owners basically never even put anything in their truck beds" https://slate.com/business/2022/02/suvs-pickups-heavy-huge-deadly-dont-buy-em.html https://slate.com/business/2022/02/suvs-pickups-heavy-huge-d...
- chneu 1y agoAmericans love to cosplay rural life.
- AnthonyMouse 1y ago> You forgot cost of fuel(this alone likely offsets your imaginary rental cost) Does it? Toyota Highlander Hybrid gets 35 MPG. Ford Mavrick Hybrid, 38 MPG. > higher insurance rates for trucks This is a <$100/year difference for minimum coverage, much less $400/month, and for full coverage the car is actually more expensive: https://www.bankrate.com/insurance/car/truck-vs-car-insurance/#average-car-insurance-rates-for-cars-vs-trucks https://www.bankrate.com/insurance/car/truck-vs-car-insuranc... > cost of extra tires(trucks eat through tires) Truck tires and car tires last around the same amount of time. > If you're using a truck as a work truck it'll also need to be replaced much quicker, adding to the overall cost. In that case the car isn't even on the table.