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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why not, OP?[/quote]

It's incredibly wasteful - wastes gas, causes extra local pollution (especially if they are diesels), causes extra wear and tear on the road, creates sightline and safety issues for other drivers etc.

One half of my family were farmers until 25 years ago and legitimately used trucks on a daily basis so I know trucks serve a purpose.

But virtually everything you need to haul with a truck you can get delivered around here, usually for free.

So for most people they are vanity cars, plain and simple.

Just look at how few of these trucks have scratches on them.  Work trucks get roughed up and vanity trucks don't.[/quote]

Several of your arguments can be made against the SUVs and minivans you claim they drove before the trucks.  So that makes no sense [/quote]

Your right they can but I didn't make that argument so your retort is a bit odd.  Almost all car trips can comfortably be done in a sedan - I read somewhere that something like 95% of the vehicle miles travelled in this country are people driving by themselves.

In any case to respond to your response to things I didn't say yes the same arguments can be made against SUV's and Minivans - both are much more car than most people need for almost all of their car trips.  Having said that pick-up trucks nonetheless are worse than SUV's and Minivans because they do in fact get much worse mileage.

FWIW I've got nothing against Mini-vans - we rent one about once a year when we do a driving trip with my in-laws.  The rest of the year we have absolutely no need for one and our family of four does just fine with our 4 door sedan.[/quote]

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