[bestclimb]

Your requirements for a truck are not my requirements for a truck. My truck mostly sits, but I have plenty of room for it it is paid for, so it's care and feeding are pretty minimal. You are correct that in the US most trucks are wasteful, unnecessary and are not being used to their capacity 90% of the time.

I carry a pocket knife every day, from the time I put my pants on to the time I take them off. I don't use it all the time, nor even every day, but it's nice to know it's capability is there. When I do need to use it I could as a friend but that does not always work. When I do need to use it, having one close is extremely handy.

This line of logic works for me keeping a truck around, it works for some people driving one every day. It may very well be silly to pay the insurance, and fuel costs for carrying around a bunch of unused utility, but it is their money to use as they see fit.