or

The latter.

Why hello there Ms. Whaleblubber, what is it that's really bothering you?  Lack of self control?  Needing another sammich?  How bout this...go fuck yourself.

Actual rednecks are OK.  Dipshits rolling coal, not so much.

Need to stop listening to liberals and start punching them in the face.

Fuck them. Drive what you want.

Nobody likes those faggots. That said, most diesels making good power will spew a little smoke until the turbo cleans them up. Not the same as smoking out intersections though.

the liberal tree fucking hippies can fuck off



 

Fucking, free country and all that shit, mommas boy.

WHAT THE FUCK????

TL/DR

Safe to say OP is a hippie?

And don't ask me to help you move/haul shit for you.

Hippies!

The hilarity is he professes his dislike for people who drive a pickup when they "don't need them," then immediately divulges that he drives a V8-powered car, which is incredibly useless. That seems far more douche-y to me than owning something capable of duality.

Very nice! Yours?

I used to pull a trailer with my F250 often. In the past year, not so much. I really need the truck like I need another hole in my head. If I could trade it for a nice little car I would. I think I'm stuck with the thing forever.

I have had two company vehicles that are diesel.  The current one is a Jetta TDI.  The other one, well, the company was HHC 1/5 Cav, 1st Cav.  It was an M88A1 and I towed tanks and Bradleys with it.

ETA, There are times when I really miss not having a M2 mounted to my "company car".  

Sure you can.  



You can also pull an Explorer out of a snowbank, haul a face cord of firewood, pack away a surprising array of weapons, etc.



I swear my car hates me.



 

I'm wondering why you think of trucks when you think of penises?

how the fuck am i the Hippie if im the one complaining about people being anti truck?

I could say the same about people who drive sports cars... Always driving excessively fast and weaving in and out of traffic. Constant switching lanes.......

actually the worst are the ones who drive sports cars and you see them always driving under the posted speed limit...

yes, thank you
I restored it, in over 6 years (basket case) 20 years ago. I drove it to shows in CT and Mass for 10 years. 39 consecutive awards. I got older and grew tired of showing it, and it was just sitting so I sold it on Hemmings and it now rests in California.

I once hauled a few dead leaves in the bed of my pickup. True story.

Did you wear cowboy boots and cargo pants while doing it?

The pants didn't have enough pockets so I attached motorcycle carry bags all around the bed to maximize utility.

Not really. I would amend that though. I only make fun of/don't like bro dozers.

I'm currently looking at spending $800 for a new set of truck tires just a smidge larger than stock (no lift). Stock size AT tires are around $600. I'm really considering down sizing for the smaller tires which will help with fuel.

I can't imagine how much money the tires and lift kit are on some of those trucks.

Lift, tires and wheels ran me north of $3k on one of my Silverados.  Hell, tires alone were $1500.

Getting out of my Silverado with my 5.11 cargo pants and empty bed must be disturbing to some.

Move to Myakka and you will be just fine.

Fuck 'em.

I will always own a truck.

And I'm seeing more trucks on the road than ever before. IMHO they are becoming more mainstream.

I've always wanted to spend more money on my truck (brush guard, running boards ect) but ai never do. All that money seems to go to guns, ammo and optics.

With this:


Fuck yeah!

Now, you want to talk about "socially unnacceptable?"

Grand theft Auto homeless edition Achievement unlocked: Rape Van Level 10

MY favorite is a 3/4 ton 4x4 jacked up, with no ball in the bed, no drop hitch on receiver. I believe this falls into the douche you refer to. Early 90's all of the sudden it was fucking the thing to do. It raised the price of a 1/2 ton two wheel drive, vinyl floor, standard truck over 20 grand. I love reading sale adds for these bro dozers, most of the time they point out "never used 4x4" or "never been in mud".

They are just guns. I like having it and not needing it, than needing it and not having it.

Not a selling point, Bro.

in my experience 9 out of 10 times yes it would.,

Shitty old minivan = 10 under in the passing lane, around here.

 

I don't need a truck for myself 99% of the time.

But, since most of the people I know think trucks are stupid and you're stupid if you buy one, they're always having to use mine. I put less than half of the miles on my truck myself

SHUT THE FUCK UP

Fuck Everybody !!


I have a Honda Ridgeline.

SMD!

If you own a house or a piece of land you need a truck.

It's the guys who have those fancy bed rug things that you can tell never haul a damn thing in the bed.  Or the ones who bitch and moan when the truck gets a scratch.  I was out in my far field the other day fixing a fence.  Got tired of working around a big ass bush in the tree line so just drove through it.  Scratches down both sides of the truck.  My helper flipped out "you just scratched your truck!!!"  Uhhh it's a truck, who cares.

when we're all emasculated, urbanized girly-men?

Where the fuck did I say or even hint at that?




This.

I am just tired of the dumbass kids from the DC suburbs that think that dressing up in camo and chewing cope makes them billy badass.


The vast majority of people that roll coal around here are not real rednecks...they are the above.

 The F150 has been the best selling vehicle for years.  (with the GMC/Chevy 1500 right behind it.)

I haven't read the thread yet but I bet I found the derpiest post on page one.   Did I win or does it get worse?

It's funny you say that. An earlier post mentioned that there's a perceptible difference in the way the people around you drive based on what you're driving. I've driven a pretty wide range of vehicles, and I've found that to be especially true about that van, and especially on the highway.

I'm not a particularly aggressive guy, but I do tend to be an assertive driver, and I usually drive faster than most people. In rare cases, I'll tailgate a left lane lurker if I've been stuck behind them for a while, I can't pass them on the right, and they're not getting the hint. Otherwise, I'm courteous, predictable, and easy to share the road with.

But when I'm in that van, there are a lot of people who do not want me to pass them. They don't want to drive the speed I'm driving, but they don't want to get passed by a van. The way it usually plays out is that I approach them at whatever speed I'm cruising, and move into the left lane. As I start to overtake them, they match my speed thus initiating the mile long drag race. I don't want to be stuck in the left lane, and I've been in this situation enough times to know how it goes, so I slowly accelerate. The other vehicle accelerates with me. I usually have to pick up an additional 5-10 mph to pull ahead. Once I'm ahead, I'll merge back into the lane to my right. At this point, the vehicle that was once driving 15 mph faster than their original speed just to stop me from passing them drops back to their cruising speed and they quickly disappear into the rear view. It's really damn annoying, and it's easily the worst part of driving a van.

But about the pickup driver d-bag stereotpe... that stereotype comes from somewhere, and it's not just brodozers. When I'm driving a more common, boring vehicle like my '09 Civic sedan or a rental, if I'm going to have a problem with asshatery from other drivers, there's a really good chance that driver is in a pickup. That chance is disproportional to the percentage of pickups on the road, too. Not all, and probably not even half, but a very large percentage of pickup drivers are kinda like sterotypical BMW drivers, only in vehicles much bigger, clumsier, and sometimes more obnoxious vehicles than your average BMW. Turn signals are an unpopular option, parking is a mysterious secret of the ancients, and regardless of how fast they want to drive, they want to be in front. And that's where the hate comes from.

Why do you care, and how do you know they don't need them?  What does need have to do with it?

Just fucking with you. I am an asshole.