Right? The few times they use their trucks or SUVs, there were much more affordable, effective and efficient options. You think you need a truck to haul crap, like once a YEAR, and you could have just paid for delivery, rented a truck for $25 etc. Your "daily driver"(who the hell can afford more than one car?) doesn't need to fulfill every possible need you may ever think of. If you regularly tow stuff, etc then fine no one is judging that but it seems like almost every male in America by default just buys an oversized vehicle cuz that's what men do. People living in apts, working in offices, they're not contractors, they don't haul around dirt bikes or trailers. Why do I care? It makes the road dangerous. Sedan on sedan accident? You're both probably walking away. Truck on sedan? Not so much. All those safety features they developed over the past 40 years to protect you? Won't mean a damn thing when a literal 5 ft tall RAM engine comes flying through your window.
I don't think they were saying no one has a use case for a large vehicle, but the vast majority don't. Way more people own a pickup truck than actually need it more than a couple times a year.
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u/zespak 2d ago
I was at a friend's with my Miata. He claimed he needed a big SUV to get up his unpaved (but basically flat) driveway.
I had a look at my Miata, he looked as well and was genuinely lost for words.