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Originally Posted by instarx
Trucks are bought by most people not because they need them, but because the car companies make the most profit on them so they market the hell out of them.
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And the same applies to big trucks vs small ones.
I have to disagree somewhat with your argument about trucks being needlessly owned. For a lot of people, a SMALL pickup does make sense as a second vehicle. Mine doesn't get driven a lot - maybe 3000 miles a year - but when it does, it's usually doing things or going places that the Insight couldn't handle. And because I have the truck available for those tasks, I can do the bulk of my driving in a smaller, much more fuel-efficient car.
It's about having the right tool for the job, rather than having one that supposedly does everything, but doesn't do anything really well.