What’s with millenials and pick up trucks?

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Anonymous wrote:It makes them feel like a Big Boy

This. Couple of my neighbors have big trucks. They don’t haul squat, don’t work in construction, don’t off-road- in fact their trucks are waxed, clean and in spotless showroom condition. Weird.

[Anonymous]

My husband wanted one and was like no way, until we went car shopping. I was surprised at how relatively affordable they were. Maybe that has something to do with it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband wanted one and was like no way, until we went car shopping. I was surprised at how relatively affordable they were. Maybe that has something to do with it?

You tell your husband what he can buy?

[Anonymous]

There are some miserable people commenting here. Not everyone wants to drive some small car. Let the truck drivers be happy.

[Anonymous]

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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.

So angry. What happened to you?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It makes them feel like a Big Boy

This. Couple of my neighbors have big trucks. They don’t haul squat, don’t work in construction, don’t off-road- in fact their trucks are waxed, clean and in spotless showroom condition. Weird.

People like the way they look and drive. I don’t get the confusion.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Also stupid not to realize that people don’t like the same things. My height is not an excuse, it is my personal preference to have a taller vehicle instead of a low sedan. I don’t live in the Netherlands and don’t care what they drive. But I do care that when I drive here, I don’t like sitting low in a sedan and much prefer the visibility and functionality of an SUV. You do you. That’s why they make all kinds of vehicles. People like different things.

[Anonymous]

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

How often are people hauling boats and campers? Maybe in the rural south, and even then 4Runner can tow 5000 lbs which should fit most 20 ft motorboats and trailer. But people want huge F250 or whatnot.

[Anonymous]

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

How often are people hauling boats and campers? Maybe in the rural south, and even then 4Runner can tow 5000 lbs which should fit most 20 ft motorboats and trailer. But people want huge F250 or whatnot.

We are in the DC burbs and haul our boat and camper all the time!

It's so funny how some people can't see outside of their bubble or grasp that others live a different lifestyle.

[Anonymous]

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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.

So angry. What happened to you?

Can you show me on the doll where the F150 touched you?

[Anonymous]

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

How often are people hauling boats and campers? Maybe in the rural south, and even then 4Runner can tow 5000 lbs which should fit most 20 ft motorboats and trailer. But people want huge F250 or whatnot.

Their maximum tow rating is 5000, but you’d be crazy to max out any tow vehicle. They’re much safer and easier to tow with when you’re well within your capabilities. I tow a 4000 trailer and happily use an F150 for that.