Emotional Support Vehicles
Emotional Support Vehicles
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A picture of a hand holding remote car keys pointed at a white pickup truck. Below that is the text:
In the US, 75% of truck owners tow only once a year or less. Nearly 70% of them go off-road once a year or less. Additionally, 35% of truck owners haul something in their truck beds once a year or less
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I haul, tow, go off road more frequently in my Yaris.
Yeah, but that's a quality car, that doesn't count.
Just an example of when folks think they need a truck, most often what they really need/want is a fucking trailer hitch.
Excluding childish hotwheel fantasies, of course.
Or a station wagon
Or if they're a tradesman of some kind, a van
Would have loved one of those sprinter vans when I did field work, used our utility trailer a lot, but something with a small workbench, lighting and conveniently located inverters would have been amazing.
That does sound like an incredible alternative to drying herbarium vouchers in a hotel with a hair drier (my field work)
I own a station wagon, a suburban, and previously a truck. When I owned the truck it was full of shit or hauling stuff constantly. I sold it the moment I didn't need it. The suburban replaced it because I refuse to put my dogs in the bed while towing the boat to go camping. The wagon is a people hauler because it's payload is too low most of the time.
There are quite a few people in this world who actually use their trucks. I also completely hate seeing people who own trucks but don't use them.
OK well we're talking in generalities here. Most people who have a Truck (myself included) don't need one. And I'd bet that a lot of those who do would be better served by a utility van or something similar.
Trucks aren't even the only vehicle capable of hauling large loads (giggity).
Sure, some people legitimately need a truck. We're not talking about them.
Absolutely zero people need the pedestrian slaughterer 2000, but these kinds of
truckskilling machines are more and more common on the road today.
I have a work truck that I beat the hell out of. Go off road and hit 4 wheel drive 3-4 times per week. I haul 1000-1,500 lbs of gear everywhere for around 4 months of the year. I tow daily for 2-3 months of the year and up 1-2 times per month the rest of the time. My cab is full of gear (it's basically my mobile office).
Guess what I hop into and drive every chance I get? The small SUV I own. It is much easier to drive, park, go shopping in etc. It takes a lot more more effort to drive the larger vehicles.
If I could swing it I would turn my 1/2 ton work truck in for one of those new small trucks. Unfortunately the weight that I am moving is too much for them. So I am stuck with the large truck.
