What is the worst case of keeping up with the Joneses that you have seen?

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Far too many people drive 200% of a truck when they really only need 10% of a truck.

Not talking work trucks or weekend warrior trucks, but specifically trucks that have never seen more off road than the lawn, never hauled a load that took up the whole bed, never towed anything near their rating.

Far far too often, it's about keeping up with the neighbors truck.

Don't forget that these owners will be first in line to complain about high gas prices.

Mine's a 2004 F150 and looks like trash. :) I like it that way.

Does it do truck stuff?

It's gotta be paid off at that age, so maybe it's a cheaper thing to have that also does what you need out of a vehicle.

Bought it cash a couple of years back. Hurricane beat it up, guy didn't want to continue working on it.

I beat hell out of that thing. Because it's a truck, not a status symbol.

It's not a status symbol of wealth or fake toughness. It is a status symbol of things getting done for cheap, places travelled without so much care, and possibly hard driving.

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