My son and I have done some informal studies of trucks in our daily 1 1/2 hour commute and we’ve made some interesting observations.
First we've figured out that people who drive pickup trucks drive them more aggressively than those driving cars. Don't know what it is, but put a guy behind the wheel of a pickup and he's just a real stud. Speeding, tailgating, sudden lanes changes, abrupt stops and starts, little chirps outta the back tires every now then. What’s the point? Get a Lambo if ya want to go fast!
Next are the 4-door pickups everyone and their cousin seem to be buying these days. Some of them have a bed short enough; you couldn’t fit a rifle in it. If you want to pack around five passengers, get a car. In fact they seem to be merely sedans on which the factory neglected to install the trunk lid. Except that being less than luxurious or sporty or comfortable, these things don’t make very good sedans either. What’s the point? Get a Camry if ya want a family sedan.
Then we have the guys that spend a pile of money ruining a good truck. 24” lift kits, 19 shock absorbers, running boards, tonneau covers, aluminum diamond plate bumpers, 3” exhaust pipes and the obligatory 24” tall “Raiders” decal on the back window. All of this and we see these same guys driving the same commute every day. What’s the point? Get a life!
Then there’s the lowered, long-bed, quad-cab, dually guys… ah, hell; see previous conclusion.
Crack’s us up.
Me? Don’t hunt. But if I start, I’ll take my 2003, bone-stock, 2WD, standard-cab, long-bed Tundra.
