Here I was thinking trucks were for towing and doing work. . . . . .
I literally would not pay one cent for any of those options. However, I do hope they drop the power and make the truck shift decent and it can figure out what the heck to do when I hit the throttle as I try to pull away from a stop with a trailer behind me. Or maybe they could refine the motor and make it smoother and quieter so it doesn’t sound like a freakin crow trying to break out of a chalk board lined box. Or maybe they could stiffen up the tailgate so when you walk on it while carrying tools it doesn’t feel like you are going to bend the thing in half. Or maybe they could do away with the “look how awesome I am because my truck is so stupidly tall” looks and the huge cavern that is created literally just so the hood is taller then the cowl that fills with slush and water and freezes solid so I can’t use my wipers. Or maybe they could remove the 2” thick bow tie from the front wall of the bad so I can stack lumber and sheet material to the top and still close my tailgate. How about they incorporate a separate breakaway hook at the hitch that I can hook my breakaway to that is required in every state instead of the chain hook hole where it gets beat up. It would even be nice if I could hook up a trailer to my one to Truck and not have it pointing at the sky and dragging its butt on the ground like a dog with hemorrhoids. Or it would be nice if they made turn signals in the mirror standard so when I’m towing a 30’ trailer and some yahoo is pacing me on the freeway when I need to get over they can actually see my blinker and let me over. A way to turn the truck to auxiliary so I can listen to the radio while working or splitting wood or loading a trailer without having to walk over to the truck and hit the stupid start button every 10 minutes would be great. A way to keep the truck running when it’s below zero and I have to run in to get groceries and a family member wants to stay in the truck but then it shuts off and they freeze their nuts off would be pretty nice. Should I continue?
who am I kidding, why fix any of that stuff, just add more power and giant screens everywhere so we can all brag about how cool we are because we have more power and the biggest screen!!! Who cares if it works, as long as it has it and we can brag about it thats all that matters!! Lift that truck to the sky so we can’t work out of it or use a gooseneck or reach into the engine bay to fill the washer fluid.
It’s amazing to me how society has taken a vehicle that is made to do work and tow, and then demanded that it be turned into a luxury vehicle and drive the price so sky high that the people that need the truck, the very people the truck was made for, can’t even afford the thing. 8 out of 10 vehicles on the road are trucks, and 90% of those trucks are Platinums, Denalis, or high country trims with a soccer mom, dude with a suit on, or the classic dude clad from head to toe with under armor and crocs, none of which use the truck as a truck, but all of them make sure to tell everyone how awesome their big diesel truck is with all its options that they have no idea how to use or that they even have them.
it’s just sad that people think that big, dumb, slow, poor handling, fuel sucking, heavy trucks are cool. What’s next? Optioned out skid steers? Luxury bulldozers? Wireless CarPlay hammers? what else is there that the masses can ruin for the people that actually use the tools to get work done?
sorry, I digress. Rant over for now. . . . .
