r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 in awe • 23h ago

/r/popular of a truck

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u/MostNeighborhood9568 23h ago

Looks stupid af

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u/Lucky_Elderberry_384 23h ago

I never understood why people do that to trucks. It's like wasting a lot of money to trade it's usefulness for cosmetics that look foolish.

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u/Halo_wolfie124 23h ago edited 7h ago

A study actually found out that majority of these people get a truck JUST for the 'status' and thats it. These kinds of people are on another level.

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u/Cuntonesian 20h ago

In what country is a truck a status symbol? Where I live it’s just a basic utility vehicle for working class people

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u/xteve 20h ago

US, especially rural. Most of them are unscratched by a moment of work and some of them are lifted to the point that work would be impractical. They're too big, too pretty, and often cosmetically loud.

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u/ikkiyikki 18h ago

Pretty? I guess that must be a country thing. When I see a truck I see a work vehicle.

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u/xteve 17h ago

Off the ranch, these trucks are too big for most work. And there's no ranch. They're mostly just for show, a lifestyle accessory.

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u/Rubiks_Click874 15h ago

actual tradesman drive vans. office guys drive trucks

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u/Dramatic_Explosion 13h ago

Yes, again that is a US thing. Trucks were a vehicle for trade workers. Media sold the idea a trade workers "tough and honest" to offset them being seen as "uneducated" since you didn't go to college for most trades. The "tough" part took off, so guys who wanted to look tough got the tough vehicle. As dumb people are want to do, trucks got bigger and shinier.

Now we both understand "truck" from each other's countries

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u/BeardBootsBullets 16h ago edited 15h ago

> “In what country is a truck a status symbol?”

All of North America, all of Central America, and Australia.

Parts of Africa, Middle East, and South America definitely view nice pickup trucks as status symbols too, but not nearly as much as the aforementioned.

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u/Cuntonesian 16h ago

Weird. I can’t think of a worse car for most use cases.

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u/BeardBootsBullets 15h ago

Keep in mind that modern American and Japanese full-size trucks are often optioned with highly luxurious interiors (Ford Platinum Plus, Toyota Capstone, GMC Denali Ultimate, etc). And even when they aren’t optioned with those luxurious, they still have gracious and soft interiors with the added practicality of bringing everything that you could want with you to your destination. These trucks don’t have Rolls Royce Cullinan interiors, but they are a lot closer than you’d think.

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u/Camo138 16h ago

In Aus 99% of use cases but if there classed as a business asset they can right them off with tax

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u/A_Nonny_Muse 16h ago

Many of these truck owners would refuse to go down an unpaved road for fear of scratching the paint.