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If you don't know why people buy convertibles, especially those that come off the showroom floor track ready, you're probably driving a truck - or an SUV.
Convertibles are a hassle on the track. I've had a couple events I couldn't go to as I didn't have a hardtop or roll cage. That wasn't even on a track-ready car. Pretty much bone stock S2000. Perfectly fine stock for taking to the track on a weekend, but then so is your mom's Camry. If you really wanted to run hard though, it's not.
My first track day in the S2000 with it was more impromptu and done on less than 12 hours' notice, including a four hour drive. I didn't even do the basic prep, just ran it straight from the showroom so to speak. Hello brake fade. Second track day with the normal essentials (SS lines, high-temp fluids, street/track pads, OEM street tires). Cracked a rotor, they aren't made for that abuse. I never got around to dealing with the cooling, just kept an eye on the temps and run a couple easy laps when they got too hot. With a bit of prep work, it's track ready enough to go out and have fun. If you want to push things more you really need the cage, brake work, cooling work, address the oil starvation issues.
If a person doesn't need the size and utility of a truck, have the space to park a truck or the money to afford the expense of owning a truck, then wouldn't the wise decision be not to buy a truck?
I think he was just cracking wise.
In 1994 I bought a stripped F-150 because I wanted a large, simple, reliable and cheap vehicle. In 2006 I bought another stripped F-150 as a 2nd vehicle for the same reason. In 2014 I bought a crew cab F-150 XLT with the 3.5 Ecoboost to pull a travel trailer. This truck was a little fancier because my wife and I intended to spend much time traveling in it.
I own rental properties, so I’m always using my truck to haul supplies, whether it be drywall, siding, flooring, yard equipment, etc..... My bed extender sure comes in handy too.
I’m sure we’re all familiar with the comments about “empty pickups riding around wasting gas”, and yes, there are times when I drive my truck without hauling anything, because it is my primary mode of transportation.
So you can mooch off your work or your friends, or you have the disposible income to rent one.
Not everyone is so privileged or willing to be reliant on the goodwill of other people who made the wise decision to buy a truck.
And not everyone is either privileged enough, or financially stupid enough, to buy a truck at today's insanely inflated prices. Perhaps $100 to rent a truck three times a year is not in the province of those with the lavish "disposible income" to make $500/m payments for five years.
Men who own trucks are no different than men who own coupes/muscle cars
Both are considered masculine regardless if you need them for extracurricular activities. In my office doing a quick poll, a man either owns a coupe or a truck. Sedans aren’t that common like they used to be for men.
And not everyone is either privileged enough, or financially stupid enough, to buy a truck at today's insanely inflated prices. Perhaps $100 to rent a truck three times a year is not in the province of those with the lavish "disposible income" to make $500/m payments for five years.
You can buy a truck without having to go all out with leather, nav, and all of that other useless junk. No different than a car.
People own pickups to have friends they did not know they had.
Ain’t that the truth especially on weekends and their the ones who don’t have a pickup and complain about others that do but when they need something big to get home and they here how much the delivery charge is a person with a pickup is their new best friend.
I own a pick up truck so I can pick up gals and go the farm cut alfalfa and make hay...
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