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Originally Posted by MolsonExport
every second driveway in London has one or two pickup trucks. bugs the fuck out of me. it doesn't seem like most people even use the truck as a truck (that is, for hauling), but just as a means to express their manliness, or whatnot.
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Can't disagree with this observation. Yes, there are some folks who own a pickup and use it as such - but there is a huge segment who (knowingly or not) use their vehicle's
enormous size and power as a metaphor for that other thing....
The truth is that very very few people require a duelie truck with a 5.7 L Hemi making 400 HP and providing a 5000lb hauling capacity. I still see a lot of them on the road though - without a scratch on them and hauling nothing. What I do see a lot of those pristine vehicles doing though is being driven at 130 kph. Yes, a lot of guys are out there driving a 7000lb brick as if it were a Ferrari. That defies understanding for me: it's about as graceful as trying to put a container ship into orbit.
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