>>19517860There's a reason we call them pavement princesses. 90% of these trucks never leave pavement. I'd say not even 75% of them have ever towed a heavy load. Many fatfucks lift their trucks as well to drive around their suburb thinking people are impressed by it.
There is a place for these light duty trucks, actual contractors that need to tow heavy loads, or carry a lot of equipment to a jobsite, but that is rare for the type of person that drives these things. Most live in a suburb on a driveway and go to and from a grocery store or best buy or whatever and the heaviest thing they have hauled is a 75" flat screen. Trucks used to be actually utilitarian in America, they had low tailgates that facilitated easy loading and unloading. They had just a single cabin because they weren't meant for transporting a ton of people to a movie theater, and those old trucks had a similar tow capacity to modern trucks too. They also had a much better field of view as the front ends were sloped and low to the ground so you could actually see what's in front of you. It's hilarious how in this country they always advertise these trucks towing massive loads that the brands absolutely know hardly any of their customer base will ever use them for.
There's also the boomer logic that the bigger car you're in the better protected you are when speeding at 90mph on a highway in case you get in a wreck, they don't want to drive a small car because they unironically fear being rear ended by some tard in a lifted truck that can't see 30 feet in front of him because the frontal visibility is such dogshit on these trucks.
My parents own a Ford F-150. It sits in their driveway and is only used when someone else is driving their CRV which they use for everyday tasks lol. The only time it's ever used is the few times a year they might need to go pick up some lumber or something else heavy from lowes. It's never towed a damn thing in almost a decade of ownership.
