What’s with millenials and pick up trucks?

[Anonymous]

It makes them feel like a Big Boy

[Anonymous]

Men with county roots have been driving them as long as I can remember and I'm gen x. Most don't need them to haul anything, and they aren't even great for hauling groceries or kids or gear. Maybe that's the point?

I do know a hockey player who drives one. Maybe he doesn't want his gear in the actual cabin with him??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Boomers are the ones who went full stupid on pickup trucks

+1
I didn't realize it was a generational thing. Just a small dick thing.
In our very suburban neighborhood there are a few. They are always black and somehow louder and bigger than they should be. Always shiny and never hauling or towing. I feel bad for these sad owners with something to prove. And pretty hefty fill prices even with cheap gas.

I hate to burst your bubble, but women drive trucks too.

I work with 3 women that drive full size trucks. 2 of them bought their trucks brand new and drive them everyday to work. I know for sure that one of them wanted a 4x4 even though she doesn't go "off roading". She told me that she wanted her truck to have everything. It's fully loaded.

There is another woman that I work with that drives a full size SUV, it's a Cadillac Escalade.

It's not a "dick thing" to want to drive a truck, or any other type of large vehicle.

[Anonymous]

They’re great vehicles. What’s up with boomers and ugly cars

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They’re great vehicles. What’s up with boomers and ugly cars

Most modern cars are ugly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Boomers are the ones who went full stupid on pickup trucks

No, we were the ones who started with Japanese cars with fuel economy, got minivans when we had kids, then switched to SUVs. Boomers also adopted hybrid and now electric technology.

[Anonymous]

I’m GenX. I’ve never owned a truck but have had some sort of SUV since our kids were small. I hate sedans, especially in a sea of minivans. I’m tall and like a PP said I cannot stand feeling crammed into small cars. I much prefer the visibility from being higher up and I think SUVs handle much better too. We have used our SUVs for carpools, family vacations with dogs, hauling kids to practices, tournaments and moving to and from college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Boomers are the ones who went full stupid on pickup trucks

No, we were the ones who started with Japanese cars with fuel economy, got minivans when we had kids, then switched to SUVs. Boomers also adopted hybrid and now electric technology.

BS. The Ford F150 has been the most popular vehicles going back to the 2000s. No millennials were buying those stupids pickups back then. Let’s also not forget the insanely stupid SUVs like tahoes, blazers, Escalades, and hummers that were wildly popular back in the 90s and early 2000s. Arnold Schwarzenegger was famous for driving his stupidly sized hummer with a cigar in hand. All driven by dumb boomers. And that’s because it was dumb boomers who came up with the brilliant changes to the law classifying these cars separately from light trucks in order to avoid regulation at the the behest of the auto industry. Everything with respect to the stupid cars driven in the U.S. is because of boomers and the laws they made.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m GenX. I’ve never owned a truck but have had some sort of SUV since our kids were small. I hate sedans, especially in a sea of minivans. I’m tall and like a PP said I cannot stand feeling crammed into small cars. I much prefer the visibility from being higher up and I think SUVs handle much better too. We have used our SUVs for carpools, family vacations with dogs, hauling kids to practices, tournaments and moving to and from college.

Stupid logic. The Netherlands is the tallest country in the world, and almost no one there drives monstrous SUVs. The being tall excuse is lame and doesn’t hold any water whatsoever when you actually put it to the test. Somehow all those tall Dutch are perfectly capable of driving sedans and wagons.

[Anonymous]

Pickup trucks transcend generations. It's a certain type of person, not a certain generation.

[Anonymous]

They are practical. You can haul boats and campers. You can use your pickup on your side work business.
They are quintessential American.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m GenX. I’ve never owned a truck but have had some sort of SUV since our kids were small. I hate sedans, especially in a sea of minivans. I’m tall and like a PP said I cannot stand feeling crammed into small cars. I much prefer the visibility from being higher up and I think SUVs handle much better too. We have used our SUVs for carpools, family vacations with dogs, hauling kids to practices, tournaments and moving to and from college.

Stupid logic. The Netherlands is the tallest country in the world, and almost no one there drives monstrous SUVs. The being tall excuse is lame and doesn’t hold any water whatsoever when you actually put it to the test. Somehow all those tall Dutch are perfectly capable of driving sedans and wagons.

Your logic isn't perfect either. The previous poster was giving their own personal opinion. The fact that not everyone in the Netherlands drives a "monstrous SUV" means nothing. I notice that you never said that NO ONE in the Netherlands drives a monstrous SUV. So that means that some people there do drive "monstrous SUV's then right? Maybe the percentage of people that do drive large vehicles is higher here, but maybe people who want large vehicles like to enjoy their driving.

[Anonymous]

I don't know anyone that drives a pick up truck. Everybody drives an SUV, sedan, or coupe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Boomers are the ones who went full stupid on pickup trucks

No, we were the ones who started with Japanese cars with fuel economy, got minivans when we had kids, then switched to SUVs. Boomers also adopted hybrid and now electric technology.

BS. The Ford F150 has been the most popular vehicles going back to the 2000s. No millennials were buying those stupids pickups back then. Let’s also not forget the insanely stupid SUVs like tahoes, blazers, Escalades, and hummers that were wildly popular back in the 90s and early 2000s. Arnold Schwarzenegger was famous for driving his stupidly sized hummer with a cigar in hand. All driven by dumb boomers. And that’s because it was dumb boomers who came up with the brilliant changes to the law classifying these cars separately from light trucks in order to avoid regulation at the the behest of the auto industry. Everything with respect to the stupid cars driven in the U.S. is because of boomers and the laws they made.

F150 has been the best selling car for longer than that by a long shot. But that is because construction companies, businesses, agriculture and governments buy hundreds of thousands every year.

And yes, boomers started the buying of japanese econo cars back in the early 70s. A time before you to be sure. But it was in the middle of this thing called the gas crisis/oil embargo.

You are child and as such need to be seen and not heard. Shut your yap you petulant brat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Boomers are the ones who went full stupid on pickup trucks

No, we were the ones who started with Japanese cars with fuel economy, got minivans when we had kids, then switched to SUVs. Boomers also adopted hybrid and now electric technology.

BS. The Ford F150 has been the most popular vehicles going back to the 2000s. No millennials were buying those stupids pickups back then. Let’s also not forget the insanely stupid SUVs like tahoes, blazers, Escalades, and hummers that were wildly popular back in the 90s and early 2000s. Arnold Schwarzenegger was famous for driving his stupidly sized hummer with a cigar in hand. All driven by dumb boomers. And that’s because it was dumb boomers who came up with the brilliant changes to the law classifying these cars separately from light trucks in order to avoid regulation at the the behest of the auto industry. Everything with respect to the stupid cars driven in the U.S. is because of boomers and the laws they made.

F150 has been the best selling car for longer than that by a long shot. But that is because construction companies, businesses, agriculture and governments buy hundreds of thousands every year.

And yes, boomers started the buying of japanese econo cars back in the early 70s. A time before you to be sure. But it was in the middle of this thing called the gas crisis/oil embargo.

You are child and as such need to be seen and not heard. Shut your yap you petulant brat.

Go back to your grave boomer. You already got one foot in. You ruined the planet and f'd the country..now just crap in your depends diapers quietly in the nursing home where everyone has already forgotten about you.