“Unless you’re a cowboy or a fisherman I fail to see any valid purpose for a pickup (which is what we’re talking about) other than hauling trash. Businesses and tradesmen use vans or real trucks. “
It hasn’t got anything to do with need. Its supposed to be a free country. Thats the whole point of a free country, you can do what you want. Trying to rationalize a mandate to own or not own a certain type of vehicle is Socialism. Thats trying to take your opinion and force it on the rest of us. In a free country you don’t need a valid reason to buy anything. You can do it just because you freaking well want to. I urge you to free yourself and join the rest of us freedom loving Americans.
First of all, I responded to a specific comment about what businesses need...and it ain't pickups. What are you, an auto manufacturer?
If not, you can have someone build the monster-truck behemoth of your dreams, have it get 1 MPG, hold 100 gallons of premium and drive it 75 MPH on the interstate.
You have the freedom to "BUY" all of that, but no manufacturer needs to make it.
On the other hand, something else less radical could also be custom built. I mean, wouldn't you really like to have a nice "overhauled" 55 Chevy pickup with modern brakes and GM drivetrain?
(I still think pickups are pretty useless except for plowing snow.)