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Is it because they are expensive? So this is the same psychology as rich college kids buying race cars in congested cities?
Yes. Tons of people buy giant obnoxious overpriced pickup trucks as status symbols.
But it looks like shit! A minivan with a welded on trailer deck out the back would be more sexy!
They're not buying it for the looks... The more useless it looks the more it becomes a fancy way to announce that you're rich.
Some people actually think anyone else cares about this dumb shit.
I am not just bitching about the looks (they are silly but that is subjective). My issue is that this is what now passes for a "reasonable" small truck.