You read like a beaureubrat making policy as to what people should own or drive. Are you a government plant?
Why Do Pickups Cost Less To Produce?
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Rarely see those on the road here. It's all Outbacks, Foresters, and now Ascents. It's like a cult following here, I have little personal experience with them, although my wife drives an Ascent and swears by it. She selected her own mommy-mobile and I'd much rather roll with it than lose a ball or two. It certainly is better than my old dumpy ass Jetta that's for sure, hahaha.
Subarus seems to have a cult following in North Carolina also. I have never even seen a dealership here, but in NC, I am pretty sure it's required to own one to buy land.
I’ll drink my 32 ounce drink, put a big salt shaker on the table and drive my truck. 
That's another couple of reasons I switched to a van. I camp (tent) and I slept in my van once during a storm with high winds. I also like to take my bike to different trails and got tired of having to worry about someone stealing my bike if I stopped somewhere on my way home.
Here in Illinois too along with those three wheel motorcycles that have two wheels in the front and one in the rear. I think they're called Spyders...I see a lot of them.
I lock my bikes to the rack.
But, we rented a large cargo van one time to drive to NC to pick up some antiques from my wife's mother's estate. We camped out in the van, and it was rather nice. We talked about outfitting a van for camping, which led to talking about a camper, which led us back to why we like tents... so we just keep on tenting. We've only had the weather get bad enough to check into a hotel once... so far our luck has held.
resale would have zero impact in any production cost.
they probably cost less because the whole ass end is just box metal.
an interior is the most expensive part of a car.
and I am not singling you out at all .. sorry to pick at a dead carcass. I just get fed up with people driving huge vehicles they don't need.. if anything they should have to pay more tax on the vehicle. Same with homes.. I don't feel anyone regardless of how rich they are needs a home the size of an apartment building. These types of purchases are often caused by underlying psychological issues.
Next you'll be telling people they shouldn't smoke simply because they desire to. Shouldn't people be allowed to spend their moneys as they wish without someone playing social arbiter?
When my daughter's VW got hit, they told us that the doors on a vehicle were the most expensive and heaviest parts, outside of the drive-train. So, a dent in her door totaled the thing, ha ha. It made us a nervous mess, because she had just paid it off.
So, maybe the lack of doors makes a truck cheaper to produce. I know that it makes my truck lighter than my wife's Ford Ecosport.
So, maybe the lack of doors makes a truck cheaper to produce. I know that it makes my truck lighter than my wife's Ford Ecosport.
For many years, I started out with American brand dealerships every time. Sometimes, the vehicles didn't grab me, but several times the sales people just wouldn't deal. After my first car, a VW bug, I tried to look at a compact Buick, and I swear the guy wouldn't even let me test drive. He didn't say why; didn't like my looks, I guess. Another time, I tried to buy a special edition Oldsmobile, and the guys in the used car area said they wouldn't buy an American car without extra warranty coverage. When I tried to look at a Mercury Sable, the two salesmen, all duked up in fedoras and expensive overcoats, were so enthralled in conversation, they didn't want to stop to talk to a customer. Then I went up the street to showrooms for Japanese brands, and they treated me like Mr. VIP, and in one case, at closing time, the salesman came out with brochures and spent time with me. Something wrong with the sales force at American dealerships over many years, or so it seems to me. I was ready, willing, and could afford the product, but they either wouldn't talk to me or warned me against it. If I wanted an American car today, I might look at Jeep, but I presume they'd ask me to leave the dealership.
I spent a significant part of my career involved with the automotive industry. It has very little if nothing to do with lower costs to produce trucks. There's simply less competition so they can sell them for more. The Korean's and Japanese dominate the small and medium size sedan market. The margins suck.
nope but some people on here (not naming names) are obviously on nicotine withdrawal symptoms 24/7!You read like a beaureubrat making policy as to what people should own or drive. Are you a government plant?
Damn! You're absolutely ... wrong. Again! I do not begrudge anyone spending their hard earned moneys however they see fit. And, I'm always suspect of people who want to tell others how best to live their lives and spend their money, But, I suppose you know what's best for others what with your degree in psychology.
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Yep. That's all Psychologists do. Just tell other people what is best for them
Gosh, my time in the field would have been so much more interesting (and short lived!) if I had just taken that approach.
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I didn’t realize that because of my postings I had caused people to lose their trucks and also render them unavailable for purchase.
you don’t like my opinion? You know what to do with it.
I'm 6'4" and a solid 200.
I like trucks for a lotta reasons but, the singlemost is that I can get my big arse in and out of 'em a lot easier than any car I've ever demo'd. That and the fact that, to me, they are a helluva lot more funner to drive.
And, yea, me and the neighbors tote stuff in that ass end quite often. So, there is that.
I like trucks for a lotta reasons but, the singlemost is that I can get my big arse in and out of 'em a lot easier than any car I've ever demo'd. That and the fact that, to me, they are a helluva lot more funner to drive.
And, yea, me and the neighbors tote stuff in that ass end quite often. So, there is that.
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