I’m an immigrant. My brother saved his money and instead of buying sensibly he got a fricken Dodge Ram. I asked him why and he said “Because he’s American now”
@@davidperry4013 while not a truck owner myself, the new trucks out there are quite luxurious on the interior and if I'm honest with myself, they rival a sedan any day because they are not only comfy but spacious
Yeah I’m sorry about that. It’s an unfortunate cultural thing in America to buy things like trucks to pump up their ego and feel big when it’s just a point A to B vehicle that a car would actually do better than a truck in their situation.
Exactly! When I was a kid, often trucks were the less expensive option. Manual crank windows, rubber floors, and painted sheet metal interior. Simple and dang near indestructible. If you wanted to splurge you could get air conditioning. Now, depending on where you live, a truck can cost more than your house.
@@OrionTails Unfortunately their effects on the market aren't easy to ignore. Why should a work truck cost $60k base? Oh, right, because they're all designed for suburbanites who want a plush ride but fear the emasculation of driving a regular car.
Yes! It’s truly annoying to watch the subcompact car market edge toward extinction. I’m a single adult with no kids. I can count the number of times I’ve had a passenger in my back seat on one hand during the 8 years I’ve owned my current car and I never haul anything bigger than groceries or a suitcase. So even most sedans are more car than I actually need for my lifestyle. I’m dreading the day I have to replace my little Nissan as I’m afraid I won’t be able to something comparable in size.
One of the memorable lines that I found while reading a car review article was from the Ford maverick review which said “it hauls air as well as the f-150” and deep down, I couldn’t agree more.
@@jacob5014 I think that’s the point that line is trying to convey. The maverick isn’t a truck but in the same time, people buy the f-150 to mostly do just things a normal car can do so why not buy a maverick which is a car which can do a just little bit of truck things when you need it.
Another big change is that trucks have gotten way more comfortable. Most older trucks had really firm suspension that was meant to carry heavy loads and take a beating. As a result, the ride quality of older trucks was terrible. Nobody really wanted to drive trucks as commuter vehicles because they just kind of sucked to drive. Nowadays, trucks, particularly in the half-ton segment, have ridiculously plush suspension and ride just as well as any other vehicle on the road. As a consequence, they're really not well suited for carrying heavy loads or towing big trailers. The introduction of double cab trucks also made a huge difference. Prior to that you either had no back seat or a back seat that was so tiny only children could actually fit in it. Now you can pretty much have mini-van level spaciousness in a truck. I think the combination of these things made them really popular with the suburban upper-middle class demographic because you could basically have a comfortable vehicle to haul your kids around in while looking like a rugged blue-collar person
They are still terrible. Unless you get a high trim luxury 1500. The 2500s still suck, my dad had a loaded chevy 2500, I had to borrow a dodge 2500 yesterday. They both rode like shit.
I work as a valet at a major airport in Texas and the amount of trucks we get pisses me off, the amount of f250’s and massive Rams we get and you can tell the owners use the beds once a year, basically just a pavement princess. And having to fit a f250 in a small parking garage into normal parking spots takes a lot of doing.
I like to take pictures of all the stuff truck owners like to carry in the back of their trucks. Most of them where I live never get uncovered, but it’s usually just some trash like a boba straw or something.
My old 2500 with a 8 foot bed takes up less parking space than my brother's newer one witha 6 foot. We both need heavy trucks for what we do for a living farming and construction and parking is usually a pain especially in the city.
I live in Canada where vehicule culture is quite similar to the USA and here are few things that surprises me: -A pickup towing something else than a boat or a camper. -More than 2 people getting out of a car that aren't in the same family. -People actually using motorcycles as an everyday vehicle outside of winter. -A group of friends on bicycles not in polyester/spandex clothing but only going somewhere to do stuff. -A 2 seater pickup truck. -A scratched, bumped, worn pickup. All normal things when you think about it but that are unusual for North America.
I ride my motorcycle as my main means of transport even in winter (granted im not as far north as canada so usually lowest temps are in the mid teens °f but still) and people.always look at me like im crazy but its just so much cheaper than even driving a sedan so meh.
@TheDennys21 I own a car but its a gas hog I've been in college the last two years and couldnt work enough to save up the money to get somthing smaller to replace it, bike gets 50mpg car I currently have gets 10-12 besides usually th3 coldest I'll ride in is like 15°f which just wearing a winter coat under my riding jacket jeans and a good pair of gloves and I'm not even cold
@@skubaRu7 Not really if its rear wheel drive and everyone droves on summer tyres or crappy all seasons. People in europe just put snow tyres and normal fwd wagons, hatchbacks and vans do really well on the snow.
as an American pickup owner, it's just simply marketing. imagine if we saw as many ads for the Chevy Bolt as we do the Silverado and the Bolt was the best selling non-tesla EV even when it was largely word-of-mouth!
@@skubaRu7 Or maybe you're just fooled by their marketing. They're rollover risks, block view especially of the kids right in front of them and are useless for fuel/space economy.
I've gotten a lot of push back from family and friends when I talk about having the vehicle that works for 90% of my needs and then renting when I need to haul something or if I need the space for people. It seems like a natural thing to do, but so many of us have the vehicle that represents who we want to be or what we need for our one vacation a year. I don't get it, it's way too expensive to get fuel and get the truck/large SUV to drive around your empty truck bed or single passenger.
can i ask if there's any car rental option in your country? my initial thoughts are that if ppl want a particular vehicle for a rare occasion (eg., vacation once a year) they can opt for rental, as i had same sentiment as you. cant fathom owning a big vehicle if they are rarely used
@@amandabangan5721 Yes, you can rent everything from a normal car or truckup through a truck you can move house with. I don't really get it either, they say 'it will be expensive to rent' but when you spend double to fill a tank of gas and do it more often because of MPG, plus extra insurance, and upfront cost. I can't see how it would be more expensive per year even if you spent $2,000 renting a vehicle each year. I know for some people I have spoken to in particular they have weird attitudes about renting in general and find it more reasonable to buy something like a pressure washer or wood chipper than to rent because they'll use it more than once. Even though it's only once a year that that will happen.
My daily drivers between my wife and I are a Ford Edge and a Ford Focus, great mileage, but if I ever need to help a friend move or I need to move something that's too heavy for my typical home improvements I use my work van, a GMC Savanna. Plenty of space on the inside but can also pull a trailer. I work construction so buying a GMC Savanna 2500 makes sense for work, but owning a big truck as a daily makes no sense to me.
@@amandabangan5721 not to mention that you can rent trucks by the hour at big box hardware stores like Lowe's and Home Depot. There really is no reason to buy a truck if you're not a construction worker or the like.
This helps explain why my wife's 2006 Tacoma sold for freaking $7K last year. I know that the shortage of used vehicles raised that price, but still, absolutely wild for a 15 year old vehicle. That truck covered the closing costs on our house.
Tbf it’s also a Tacoma. Not only is it a light truck that sips the fuel, but it’ll run to 300k or 400k miles before a major component fails. A 2006 Ranger is lucky to fetch half that value despite being a small fuel siping truck.
As a Korean, I can say this situation is going the same direction in my home country. I lived most my life in Korea, and when I was a kid, basically everyone drove sedans and minivans, and the only pickups we had were very similar to Japanese Kei trucks. I spent many years outside of Korea for school, and when I came back to visit, I was surprised to see how many large vehicles there were that I thought I was walking along an American street. When I came back, they just started selling large American trucks and SUVs, and I could see Tahoes and F-150s all over the place. The thing is, it's very unnecessary because South Korea is a small country, and even more so because everyone who is buying these trucks live in Seoul, the largest and most populated city in Korea. I don't understand why people feel the need to buy these huge vehicles when they are gonna eat more fuel and be way harder to maneuver there.
F-150s and Dodge Rams in Korea, that sounds absolutely nuts. Back in 2019 I actually test drove a Toyota Tacoma and rejected it because it felt to clumsy to drive in a mid sized American City. Instead I bought a Kia Soul. I guess I just don't get pickups.
I was in Korea the last two weeks and was really surprised how many “Khan” pickups I saw there. I lived in Korea from 2011-18 and can probably count on one hand how many trucks I noticed during that time, but it does seem to be changing. Definitely a lot more SUVs than before, too. Can’t imagine trying to park a truck in the tight spaces at my in-law’s Oksu-dong apartment ㅋㅋㅋ
It's surreal looking around a parking lot and seeing how enormous new vehicles are compared to everything from the 90s-early 2000s. A lot of them don't even readily fit inside regular parking spaces.
At your average parking lot there used to be one or two construction guys in their little ford ranger doing business in town, now there's 4 V8 f-150s and its just suzie and her girlfriends meeting for coffee
I have a mid size truck with overhead camera and can park pretty damn centered in my parking space. I still have to squeeze my ass in and out the door because people's massive F150s and Tahoes and Escapades that they can't park...
To make matters worse, these morons are some of the worst at parking and they park backwards. Like, dumbass, take your big ass truck on the other side of the lot so is intelligent people can get in an out as we need. The fact we have to suffer because some douche is wasteful with his money just floors me.
Older trucks used to last for a while. My cousin had an old ford truck (made from steel) that got to over 500k miles before the engine basically fell apart. Before that he never really took care of it. We use trucks because we do minor home remodels/upgrades/refurnishing fairly often so hauling a few thousand pounds of rocks, fertilizer, flooring, tiles etc. aren’t too uncommon. This and camping are the main reasons we have a truck.
Fr. If you actually have a use for a pickup go ahead and drive a pickup. But other wise, either buy something practical(like an in-line 4 sedan), or buy something with style.
I live in Alabama. Even in rural areas, most large pickup trucks on the road have nothing in their bed that couldn't fit in a sedan, if anything at all. Not just a city thing. Everyone buying a large, full-cab luxury truck is doing so for an emotional reason.
I can definitely see it as a North American thing. When I traveled over seas to several European and South East Asian countries, I don't see as many big trucks; And when there were trucks, most of the time they tend to be smaller than what North Americans are used to. One of my guesses is because of population density. Which makes me believe in the future we will probably want smaller cars/trucks.
Totally! There's also less of a patriotic culture thing surrounding trucks going on in other countries, so they're very often purchased for utility rather than aesthetics 🤷♂️ Thanks for sharing!
the Europe at least, vans such as the Ford Transit and Peugeot partner are much more common than pickups since, in all honesty, its a better design. More space is allocated for cargo, said cargo is locked and out of sight, and the body is more aerodynamic, thus, more fuel efficient.
@@MrGvella And hella lot harder to work on. Europeans are also more accustomed to odd proportions such as big boxes mounted on a go-cart chassis. To be fair it is kind of a necessity given that many of the streets are basically paved over ox cart trails for historical reasons. Even in the most crowded of US cities there was historically much more room.
Not the case in my country, people here love SUVs and Pickup trucks as it is seen as a status symbol here, despite our roads being small and most of the population here don't have their own garages so they park in the streets
Some people need a pickup truck for a practical reason. However, I’ve observed that most people with pickup trucks must have them only for the “rugged” or “cool” image they think it will project for them, perhaps to compensate for personal insecurity. I like to recall the day I arrived at work and exclaimed that, on my way to work, I was amazed to see a pickup truck that was actually hauling something.
I grew up in farmland where everyone had a truck for working on the farm and hunting. Those things were beat to hell and back but kept on ticking. I had friends who were driving around trucks older than they were. Now I live in the city and all I see are these massive beasts that look like they were bought just that day. They clearly aren't actually used as trucks and the people driving them act like they are these fragile things that must be babied. You constantly see them parked across four spaces in parking lots because they don't want a single bit of paint transfer. And those same people are often buying a new model every couple years. It's wild to see the difference in truck culture, that for some it's a tool and for others a status symbol.
When you buy something that expensive, it's understandable that you don't want it damaged. My trucks are workhorses and already beat up, so to me it's not an issue.
Not just a city thing. I live in Alabama and in rural areas, the large full-cab luxury trucks are popular here too. Rarely do they hold something that couldn't fit in a sedan, if they're holding anything.
Thank you soooo much for addressing this topic - over the last couple of years, I've wondered what's with the explosion of trucks on the road? Is it just status? Is there a tax incentive I don't know about? How are all these people affording gas right now?!
i think it’s also the fact that trucks have gotten wayyyyy more fuel efficient. in the 2000s it was difficult finding a truck that got more than 10mpg.. nowadays, my sierra 1500 with a v8 gets 20mpg, which i think is pretty respectable
@Lawren Rich i personally need a truck because I often need to haul lumber or supplies to jobsites.. it’s still my personal vehicle, but a sedan can’t do that.. top that some sedans are so low to the ground you can’t even go up too big of a hill without hitting your bumper 😂
I'm a truck owner, here are my reason I bought a new one in 2022. The main reason is 4 wheel drive. It snows over half the year where I live , while I can manage in an awd just fine, 4wd gives me more sense of safety. The second reason is I only drive around 6,000 miles a year, so yes I spend more for gas, but it really only adds up to about $100/month so it fits in my budget. There are plenty of smaller reasons like yard work/camping/towing that all added up to make sense to get one. Also I have a Tacoma which has some of the best resale value and known to be very reliable.
Gas is killing my cousin, but even if he wasn't too stubborn to have a commuter, it is unfeasible for him since his cheapskate boss doesn't want to buy another service truck so my cousin ends up using his own truck for work.
It's worth noting that, although certain MODELS of pickup trucks top the charts, this is largely due to having a significantly lower variety of choices to dilute the market share. There's around 3x as many crossover style SUVs sold in the US compared to pickup trucks, so they're not even close to being the plurality. They're absolutely an important segment to the market as a distant #2, but they're nowhere close to dominating the automotive market like certain phrasing of statistics might imply.
@@kermudgeoun3707A cross-over shares more in common with a Sedan than a pickup. A cross-over is literally just a hatchback raised by a few inches. The engines are commonly shared with the sedans offered. The drive trains are typically shared. Even the interiors. Trucks are typically body on frame with aleast a solid rear axle. All crossovers are all independent suspension, 2wd or awd with a unibody design like a car would be. Larger SUVs are similar to trucks like the 4runner, Tahoe, Explorer, but the cross-over is the number 1 selling vehicle. Not Full sized Suvs.
I own two vehicles. A newer compact sedan and a mid-90s pickup truck. A large majority of the time, the trucks sits my back yard and I only use it when I need it, such as hauling my tools around for a job or picking up large things from the hardware store, or whenever I need to haul something that won't fit in my car. Otherwise, my compact sedan is the car is use pretty much all the time. There was a time when a pickup truck was my only vehicle and I regret it and all the waste associated with that, but namely my income at the time. But, having driven both newer trucks and older trucks, I much prefer older trucks because they feel solid and feel like they were built for work. Newer trucks feel like they're going to fall apart if you take them off the highway. In my rural area, all the shade-tree mechanics use their old 1980s pickup trucks to tow newer 2010s+ trucks because for whatever reason, the new trucks just break. Whenever my dad sees an old 70's or 80's truck towing a brand new truck, his remark is always, "They just don't build them like they used to."
Not to be that guy, but it requires a ton of energy and resources to build a car in the first place. Buying a sedan in order to use less gas on some trips might even be counterproductive depending on how long you own it.
@@notstarboard Re-read my comment, nowhere did I mention energy efficiency (not something I care about). I bought a small car because it’s small and costs me less $$$ to own/operate.
Another thing you forgot was trucks aren't classed as a luxury vehicle as their "work vehicles" so they are taxed less...a big fancy f150 costing a fraction of a similar bmw
Part of the problem is that the manufacturers have turned trucks into luxury vehicles ( with prices to match), instead of keeping them as work vehicles. They keep putting in more cameras, sensors, automatic systems, infotainment systems, etc…and try to sell them to suburban people as “ refined” vehicles. I hate most of the “ techie” stuff, and won’t buy a new vehicle because of it. The Ford Maverick came out as a small, affordable, urban style pickup truck….but they have made it bigger, more expensive, and added more tech….and now it’s just another small overpriced, over rated vehicle.
I can understand some people really need a truck like that but if you don’t need to haul stuff they are incredibly expensive and poor energy efficiency.
I can't stand the newest lego trucks or any 21st century fly by wire vehicle but up until recently real trucks (not the fake trucks with unibodys and sidewinder engines) had a huge advantage in maintainability. Now with everything including diesels being controlled by a government mainframe somewhere there is not so much advantage. I suspect that 20th century used vehicles will continue to really soar in price.
Not just in America! These things has made landfall across the Pacific in Asia. "Massive" is an understatement compared to Japanese cars, or even motorcycles around here. There aren't that many but their big size surely influence local manufacturers to also build bigger, bulkier version of usual vehicles every year (i call them SUV-zation)
Haha I'm sorry, but the idea of a big ram 3500 dually pulling up to a bunch of small cars is hilarious to me. (I think small cars/motorcycles is the best way for humans to drive, unfortunately Americans love showing off unnecessarily)
Neighbor from South Korea here. They just started selling large American SUVs and there are suddenly lots of pickups and SUVs. Ironically, the people who buy these don't even need them because the farmers and logistics workers all use either the Kei trucks or European/Korean manufactured compact trucks; it's the people in cities that are buying these stuff. Why would you buy massive vehicles when it's going to be a burden to drive them around cities and cost more to fuel it up?
My truck is my day-to-day drive, back and forth from work, but it's been indenspensible in hauling an outhouse, concrete blocks, shed, and cabin up to my camp a little at a time. It's also great for hauling our kayaks and tools. I take it offroad probably a dozen times a year, and absolutely love it.
Also for the 1994 Ram, there's another reason the ram that was drilled into the minds of people everywhere that summer, courtesy of the movie Twister, the hero car was said truck. I recall visiting family in Mexico in a city where an assembly plant for Chrysler that specifically built the truck was located at. Company paid movie nights going out to see the red truck do it's thing where a thing during the summer, IIRC they even paid a specific movie theatre to project the movie a bit after it had finished it's run, just to keep that perk up.
Meanwhile, I have a smaller truck... It's an old Tacoma. I haul stuff with it; the bed is roughed up from that... when I see your basic southern white boy in an oversized, but pristine (as in he wasn't hauling anything but his fatass and his briefcase) struggle to park, I laugh, while I park perfectly fine... Because my truck is more REASONABLY SIZED! Also, is it just me, or has the bed gotten smaller? Not only is mine more reasonably sized, better on gas, and reliable (as Toyota is as a brand) but nine can haul more stuff!
In the last years huge American trucks started appearing in France even though they're not adapted for our streets, they're a status thing like the G-wagon but more exotic.
The marketing is doing it's work. When I was growing up they were nothing more than work vehicles. It'd be like turning those Amazon delivery trucks (Sprinters) into status symbols.
Its also worth noting that light trucks like suvs and f150s face much more lax emission standards than other vehicles. Car companies save loads of money by only making light trucks and making you think massive, inefficient, and extremely unsafe vehicles are desirable. And my favorite part, you can't even transport a sheet of drywall in an f150c without it cracking on the wheel well.
Here in Kuwait, American full-sized trucks are mostly favored by teens and young adults who like to terrorize drivers and bystanders on the road. Their reputation is so bad that coppers always keep an eye on their drivers. Adult men favor Toyota or Lexus SUV's, and these are extremely popular nationwide.
It's pretty much the same here in the US, thought the teen and young adult behavior extends into middle age. Huge, obese men driving these trucks like idiots.
I live in the mountains and they're quite practical here. About half the vehicles here are either Subarus or pickups for their obvious AWD/4WD capabilities. These new high level trim trucks are pretty ridiculous in price and features and do make up a portion of the pavement princesses, but a lot of people still use their trucks to tow and haul. The working man hasn't disappeared yet.
@@jacob5014 you had an '02 7.3L? I don't care how underpowered they are by today's standards, I'd love to get an OBS as a long term project one day. Simpler times in the auto world.
@@Diesel_Mountain Yes sir! Not that underpower tho. She was pushin 450hp. And somewhat reliable beside the damn trans. Sold her in 2017 with 400K miles.
Here in the Philippines, I've noticed that smaller (or Asian) pick-ups trucks like Ford Ranger, Toyota Hilux, etc. are getting bigger and they are increasing, to the point that there is now a culture or group of pick-up owners especially the modified ones.
When I was living in Korea occasionally spotting a full-size pickup truck like an F-150 was like seeing a unicorn, even as an American who has seen millions of them throughout my life. It's jarring because you just forget how big they actually are as you become acclimated to your new environment. My mind was blown the one time I saw a Silverado 2500 dually.
@@dylantech There’s a TH-cam channel in Korea called Mr B that brought a Chevy M1008 from military surplus and it looks huge compared to other vehicles
if I remember correctly when I looked into it, except for width, a modern Hilux is about the same size as 1980's American fullsize pickups (depending on configuration ofc)
Theres a lot more that can be said about the effects of the popularity of trucks not just in terms of climate change but also just urbanism, lethality of car crashes and car culture, as massive trucks could only become this popular in a country so built around cars, and in turn they force parking spaces and the like to be able to accommodate these needlessly huge vehicles
I use my truck all the time. I’m always hauling a trailer with it. I don’t have it as a status symbol and us “work truck” owners don’t have them as a just to have them. It’s really really funny seeing those guys who deck out their little f-150s with lift kits and big tires. Can’t haul better with those! lol
It's funny that lots of people don't understand how functional pick up truck is. If someone own a house and have hobbies, owning a pick up is no brainier. They haul building material, yard waste, skis, bikes，and tow boats and trailers.
@@lisayist Give me a break. My dad built the whole basement in his house and landscaped his entire front and backyard using a small Honda Civic hatchback. They're completely overrated for 'function'. And multiple studies have shown only 15% of truck owners actually tow. In nearly every instance you mention, a van or wagon is better suited. And "no brainier"? That's tells us everything about the intelligence of the average truck owner.
Canadians are obsessed with trucks too. I live in northern BC and how are you going to haul your toys like a quad, side-by-side, sled, boat, 5th wheel, horse trailer, moose, etc unless you have a truck?? 😆 Full disclosure: I drive a Subaru. Husband has a 2009 2WD Tacoma because (I quote): "why spend money on a 4x4 for winter when you can use the money you saved to buy top-rated snow tires?" Well, he's proven that his strategy works so far! And it provides everything we need for our little rural property. No toys required (except for a John Deere ride-on for lawn mowing and snow plowing). I would love for a video on the evolution of quads/4-wheelers and side-by-sides. Heck, we had a 'trike" for bush work when I first graduated from UBC and worked for a forestry consultant - That could be a fun episode. Thanks for the great content and videos! I usually learn something new from every episode. 😊
@@KapitanPisoar1 more like $5,000 in 2009 when he priced them out. Oh yeah, and over 310,000 km's and the 2WD Tacoma is still going strong with just basic maintenance, no major repairs. Seems like a pretty sharp investment to me. How is your big ol' 'Murican 4x4 lasting, huh?
Living in Alaska, that seems like hard mode to me. I will never own a vehicle that isn’t AWD or 4WD. It’s just not worth the extra headaches. Especially after the historical winter we just had. That said, good tires are an absolute necessity.
I had a truck for over a year (Funnily enough, a Ford F-150) I just traded it in for a Subaru Crosstrek because of the rising gas prices. It was almost $200 to fill the tank from empty to full.
Well, for one thing, they stopped making full-sized RWD sedans so people like me got pushed into buying trucks. I don't mind because I like the Ford F-Series.
Damn i just got a truck ad when I opened this. Anyways, I just wanted to add that the popularity of American trucks probably was helped with the import limitations placed on foreign automakers, since the domestic market was losing a ton of buyers to Toyota, Datsun/Nissan, Volkswagen, and the others.
I don´t even understand trucks as work vehicles. At a jobsite your professional tools might be worth more than your car, so just leaving them in a truckbed for anyone to see and steal seems unreasonable. And if you get a bed cover you´ve basically halved your cargo volume.
Love my 4runner truck. Broke my old CRV axle because potholes that never get fixed just continue to get bigger and bigger. 90k miles later on my runner it is a beast to drive. 😎
I was 1 of the 15% of people who didn't buy a truck, I bought a small eco hatchback. Sure, it's 78 HP engine makes it the slowest new car you can get, but I drive on the freeway mostly, or sometimes do a bit of mountain driving, it still has plenty of power. And it being a hatchback, it has a ton of room for cargo if you fold the seats down. It's like a mini cargo van.
I'm Italian and I'm not going to be brutal on this issue. I might be on others, not this one. Here in Italy we have a problem with SUVs. Especially those driven by well-off ladies (remember that a SUV in Italy costs much more and is really fuel-inefficient, compared to one of those micro cars) in large cities, especially Milan. They are perfectly useless status symbols and very much hated also because those higher-middle-class women usually don't know how to drive/park them or don't care, they drop them on the pavement for everybody else to walk around. That said, if I lived in the countryside, I would probably own a pick-up or a jeep. I'm a big, big guy and those cars are definitely more comfortable than those very sleek but also very compact coupés. They would also give me that rugged-cowboy-vibe that I don't mind. But I would buy a normal one, not a bombastic, petrol-guzzling monster.
Perhaps it would help if you guys made better vehicles? Then perhaps they’d stop importing foreign SUV’s. Your tiny fiats are the worse piece of junk on wheels made. People have been calling them fix it again tony since my boomer father started turning a wrench as a teenager nearly 50 years ago.
As someone living in northern Mexico, our streets are quite akin to US layout, so lots of space and a truck here (esp considering a lot of agriculture/ranching happens and sometimes substandard roads ocurr) makes sense, up to a point, my dad has a truck for those reasons, but it's +20 years old, interior is falling apart and is half painted, but it runs and can haul stuff, that's what it's there for. Having only driven outside of Mexico and US in Italy (Roma-Napoli + Almafi) my idea of hell would be to navigate a full size American pick up through Napoli in rush hour. A Fiat felt tight, something like that would spend half the time dangling off the mountain road, or just scraping against buildings with a few people thrown in there. It makes no sense!
I used to own a 2003 ford ranger. About 5m long, so not too big for a truck. Was great in the snow and helped me through several moves. I regret selling it.
I didn't get them at first either as an immigrant, but boy do they grow on you. Especially if you work in the trades and only have one vehicle that does everything. I used mine 2019 Silverado for work, camping, offroading, hunting, and casual driving. And 4x4 and high ground clearance is so nice to have when roads are covered in 6in of snow
I successfully drove my 1990 Honda Civic through foot deep snow on unplowed roads. It plowed through drifts higher than the hood more than once. You really don't need a giant 4x4 to handle a 6 inch snowfall.
I’m seeing a lot of comments from people who live where it snows and the roads get icy and I think that’s a perfectly valid reason to have a truck. Unfortunately here in Texas it almost never snows but people still buy these in the city
I would love to hear future proofs take on EVs! From my research and understanding. They really don't make sense. We do not have enough resources, mainly nickel and lithium to make enough of the current standard for batteries. And even if we did most of the energy to charge your EVs comes from a non renewable sources. Kinda sad when you really look into it.
And charging losses, and battery issues, and the lack of any physical control over the vehicle, and the ability to scale the energy grid sustainably, and making electric companies energy monopolies, and that current regulations are forcing this on everyone to make a few people rich....
I think you have to look at several things. 1) EVs aren't the answer. The best solution is to not make the same mistake as we did with automobiles and diversify our modes of transportation and fuel. More public transportation, bikes, ebikes, cars with smaller batteries that can go 70 to 100 miles (not everyone needs an EV with a battery big enough to power it for 300+ miles), more walkable cities/neighborhoods. 2) I'm not sure about nickel, but we're nowhere near a shortage of unmined lithium. The only reason that we've seen shortages is due to significantly increased demand and a lithium mining industry that has struggled to keep up with it. Several years ago there wasn't nearly as much demand, so it's going to take a while for new mining operations to get approved, new companies to form, existing companies to expand operations, and supply chains to form. 3) There are tons of people constantly working on diversifying and improving battery technology. In 20 years, battery technology, composition, and recycling is going to look vastly different. They're several years away from introducing dry battery technology and working on making batteries that capture thermal energy from the sun to store energy during the night. 4) Renewable sourced energy is improving day by day. It's going to take time to build up the infrastructure to support the energy needs of humanity. But even using fossil fuels to power an electric vehicle is still more fuel efficient than actual ICE vehicles.
@@Scotter4536 there's a lot of hand waving about how in the future EVs won't be awful. Maybe then i won't be as strongly opposed. In the meantime they are the wrong solution to a nonexistent problem and a way to avoid the bigger environmental issues.
EV:s are usually heavier which means they release more pollution from the tires. We really need to massively reduce the number of cars, worldwide. No matter which fuel they use.
The video is pretty good, but definitely has some room for improvement. First, grouping cross-overs into the truck segment is bad. A toyota Rav4 shares more parts with a camry, and then it does a tacoma or tunda. Trucks actually aren't even the most popular body style sold. The cross-over is the most common vehicle style sold. Though trucks and SUVs are second. Gotta remember fewer car manufacturers make trucks so the people that buy them which is still a lot are limited to a few brand. BMW,KIA,Subaru,Mitsubishi, Audi, Honda, hyundai, Mazda, dont even sell trucks. This also doesn't include the luxury versions of companies of companies that do sell trucks, dont sell trucks. But they all sell cross-overs, Suvs, and sedans, resulting in more competition. Another thing is what has changed a lot in how people view vehicles is versatility. Vehicles have gotten really expensive. People simply need their vehicles to do more, and thats why Cross-Overs are the best-selling body style sold today. They have the space of a small SUV, the AWD, to offer some off-road capabilities and yet still manage to get similar fuel economy of a sedan. I dont think it has anywhere near as much to do with status as it does versatility.
Pickup trucks are the most versatile vehicle ever. I own a RAM that I bought years ago because work needs, nowadays I work in a computer but I kept the truck, is a 3rd Gen RAM with close to 250K miles on the odometer, that looks and drive like new, we have other newer vehicles but my favorite is the truck, we use it for a variety of things that could not be possible with other kind of vehicle.
It's a status symbol thing for sure. People don't want to drive something practical or safe for everyone, they want to drive something that keeps them slightly more safe on collision, but maims anyone else they hit, but also increases their own chances of dying in a rollover. Americanism at it's finest
Any chance you can do a video on Subaru? They’ve claimed they’ve donated to land conservation, helped communities, give to hospitals, etc And I wonder how much of it is true. a huge fan of them and was just curious
I don't care what anyone says, I always loved pickup trucks before people got obsessed with them. I'm still gonna get one since I'm gonna be pulling boats in my future.
Being a big truck owner myself, I did probably go overkill with the size of my pickup truck, getting a 5.7 hemi engine. I haven’t driven it much tho, only using it when I have to haul a lot of plywood, dirt, bricks etc for home projects. Hauling a bed full of dirt tanks my fuel economy to about 6mpg which is horrible. I don’t feel too bad about it though, my dad bought it to haul our old pontoon boat so the purchase seemed certainly reasonable
I went from driving a 2006 silverado 1500 to my 03 civic si and ive never been happier. Same reliability, but better mpg, way more fun, easier to navigate and park
This is an interesting though, I purchased a 12 year old dodge ram with 210k miles on it a few years ago because its mad easy to repair. And its nice to be able to haul stuff to my house like a load of mulch or some wood to repair my deck. I didn't go for a 4wd because they are much harder to repair. The other day my starter went out. Took me 15 minutes to replace in a parking lot. My previous Honda Accord would have taken me at least twice as long or more to replace. Plus I don't feel like a soccer mom in a suburban is going to plow me over because someone on twitter said something nasty about her dumb as rock kids...(minivans are big when you drive a roller skate). All round it is not bad, its not fancy and I live close to work so I am not paying much in gas. I'll bet I'll drive this thing to 500K+ miles and do most of the car work myself. I have already replaced starters, compressors, alternators, and more... I am not into big exhaust or lift kits or anything of that sort. I just want a car I can repair myself, and gets me from point A to point B, not something you can say about most modern cars of the Era! Find me a Toyota hybrid or Tesla or even a modern Ram, still running strong after 500K+ miles! Maybe its because I'm an engineer and can fix pretty much god damn anything! I am not sure. I agree though I see way more cunts(both men and women) driving around big ass cars these days, just because its a status symbol. But modern trucks are mostly shit now so their owners can't even change their own ball joints if they wanted without paying thousands of dollars! So I do sort of agree and sort of disagree. We live in crazy times. Thanks for the video!
6:19- yup, that. I HATE how disposable everything is these days. Glad you mentioned this part, as I saw the title coming from a channel called 'Future Proof' and was curious to hear what was said on that bit. Bought mine for weekend camping and exploring trips, actually use the 4x4 and all terrain tires. Then it goes away for most of the week because I either work remote or walk to work. Lovely. Also nice and simple, easy for me to wrench on :)
I live in Europe and have been across the world including the USA. And apart from the United States, every single other nation the only people with pick ups are some farmers and like tree surgeons, something specifically where a pick up makes sense and they are normally hilux's.
If us americans/canadians actually wanted trucks for carrying stuff (even if we never ended up using it for that), we'd get those dorky european pickups with the boxy cab and maximized cargo space. But what we actually want is "big".
I would really love to be able to get a true mini pickup like the old Datsun 620 but you have to keep in mind that may Americans use their trucks as two vehicles where such minis really wouldn't cut the mustard. For many having a separate vehicle for each use is impractical so they go with a vehicle that can handle the most difficult tasks they can foresee.
@@GamesFromSpace Pickups with work cabs exist, where it's just the front 2 seats like in a coupe with a full size bed. But yeah I agree, it's mostly about wanting to look tough, manly, feel like you're king of the road, etc.
Going through the honeymoon phase with this channel. Just discovered it and watching so many videos. I don’t agree/align my thinking with a majority of the ideas presented, but it’s still interesting!
I saw an article that most Americans don’t use their truck to pull a trailer more than once a year and honestly from what I see that’s true. We have two trucks (3500 dually, and an old dodge ramcharger) and the latter of the two despite being an 80s SUV truck with a non removable top still is put to work pulling trailers(smaller ones, like the wood chipper and camper, no gooseneck) more than alot of people who own modern 2500s. Modern 1500s are more like the land yachts from the 60s and 70s before the oil crisis than light to medium duty work vehicles. Most modern trucks have more cab than bed and honestly 5 foot beds were a mistake. People give me shit for thinking these luxury pickups like mega cabs and stuff are stupid because “You never owned one” or “You don’t have a large family”. We had a mega cab 06 and it was stupid impractical so we got another dakota (5th one) and it was way better, family of 7 and the minivan is fine. If you have a larger travel trailer and a large family you should get a suburban or a Yukon but don’t get a 1500 because they just don’t makes sense.
Great video! Would love to see you and the team tackle Ziploc's recently released 'Compostable bags' and the potential implications/truths about truly biodegradable food storage containers/bags.
I wish you had talked more about the negative exterbalities of trucks such as the fact that they are both several times more likely to hit pedestrians and several times more likely to kill pedestrians when they inevitably are hit.
@@ramboturkey1926 pickup trucks and full sized SUVs are both more likely to hit cyclists and to kill cyclists that are hit. Another point: at least in North America women are more likely to die in auto crashes in part because crash tests are designed by and for men, but also because they are less likely to drive large passenger vehicles.
Where I live we look completely differently at people who drive a pickup truck. They're probably the drivers people look down on the most. They take up too much space on the road and they require more space to park. So it takes away the space of other people. So pickups are very rarely seen here
Oh where to begin. Hunting, camping, home maintenance pickups are very handy. I also commuted for a couple years in a ford focus while keeping miles off an f150. I currently have a '20 ranger and feel it's a good platform without being too large.
Thank you for making this content btw. I’ve really enjoyed your content and have changed my habits with some of the items you’ve brought to attention. Thank you!
Yeah as a Navy guy, trucks are super obnoxious. Every Navy base has extremely limited parking, and every other sailor thinks they need the biggest truck available. Then they lift it, put huge tires, a massive bumper, and a 4 foot tow hitch on it. They become so wide that they take 1.5 parking spots and so long that they cut several feet off the spot behind them. I also guaranteed 90% of these people have never needed to do anything a smaller truck couldn't do...
In Australia we have a similar but slightly different culture on Pick-up trucks, (we call them Utes, short for Utility). Large F150+ size vehicles are rarer here but definitely around. Most of our main utility vehicles are in the 1-tonner range, though almost always 4wd unless used commercially. Over the last 10 years though, utes have gotten way larger, getting closer to the F150 size. Things like the Ford Ranger, Nissan Patrol and Navara, Toyota LandCruiser and Hilux, and Mitsubishi Triton are what you'll find around.
Dodge RAMs seem to be becoming big sellers here in SE Queensland. On a morning 30 minute commute I'll see at least 2 RAMs and a Chevrolet amongst the traffic.
@@rogersmith7396 Cashed up bogans at that. Although in all fairness, some I see are towing trailers with digging equipment and the like. Remember too that we sold the F-series here years ago, and they were popular. We had hundreds of them in our fleet at work.
@@coover65 I live in boganville USA. All trucks all the time. from 16 to 95 both sexes. Little old ladies in 7000 pound trucks with high lifts. Burger flipping teenagers in $85,000 trucks with insurance payments more than the car payment. Repos in training. They can't keep them on the road in corners and can't control them in parking lots. Lincolns and Cadillacs. Bigger is better. The last gasp of the boomers before hitting the nursing home. Hard core poverty spec in rusty beaters. When they hit something they bail and run. The police bring out the dogs to find them. Its wonderful here.
@@rogersmith7396 And I thought "Bogan" was just an Australian term! For us it's slightly different. Cashed up young guys who work in the mines in what we call 'FIFO"-Fly in, fly out. They fly to some mine out in the middle of nowhere and earn their $150k a year on an 8 on, 6 off type of roster. Then they come back to suburbia all cashed up and buy a RAM with a massive bull bar, lifters, etc. and cruise around town. Most of our car thieves are 14-year-olds too short to reach the door handle of a RAM or Silverado to pinch it.
It is just dumb. A 5500 lb vehicle to carry a 180 lb person to work, and then sits in traffic for an hour each way. 99% of these trucks never see any off-roading or loads anywhere near what they are capable of. A good AWD car or CUV is much better in snow and ice than any truck.
The first time I saw an american-sized truck here in Europe I remember shouting "what's that MONSTER?!?" out of surprise Boy I never saw something so pointlessly big and shiny and I haven't since then
I’m from the states and around half of the cars in my tiny suburban neighborhood are F150’s or Silverados that literally have to be street-parked because they can’t back into a small driveway. I feel like shouting that every time I go outside XD
"The first ever car" 4:06 The very first car was made in 1886 by Karl Benz, Henry Ford's first car came in 1896. The Ford company that is still around today was Henry Ford's third attempt at a car company.
Even fords first car, the first generation model a, was also made before the turn of the century. (Even earlier if you count the quadricycle, but that looks more like a 4 wheels motorized bicycle)
We all know people buying $100K trucks and almost never use the bed, almost never take off road… and spend more than half of their income to drive it 1,5hrs a day 😂 very bright
Ive always was obssesed with 2 door coupe cars. My 1st car I bought in high school was a 97' Prelude (Bought in 2013). Then while in the military I bought a Hyundai Genesis. After leaving the military a Scion FRS in 2019. This year I bought a 4 door Tacoma. I absolutely LOVE having a truck. I still have my FRS that I daily though.
I drive a full size Dodge Ram 1500 quad cab 4x4 at my job. The last thing I want to drive after a shift is another lumbering pickup truck! I love my little subcompact!
They just keep getting bigger and more expensive while loans get longer. If it is about freedom and liberty then why is it ok for a loan on something that can get totaled in a crash at anytime take up to 10 years to pay off?!
I would love to see a video on the EV industry. I had a friend who recently bought a car and originally was wanting to get an EV or Hybrid but didn't because she said the current ones are crazy expensive to fix and in my state we don't have the charging infrastructure to make them reasonable if you can't charge it at your house (or solar pannels I guess)
Oh boy i love how EV cars are the same mistake as the gasoline cars, hybrid cars are the answer a hybrid toyota that can run on ethanol, gasoline some gas like propane you have lots of choices.
When my 2000 Tacoma got rear-ended and had to go in for a lengthy repairs, the rental I was given was a brand new F-150. That thing was so impractically high off the ground I didn't see how anybody could load the bed in any kind of efficient manner, you needed a step stool just to get up into it. I guess manufacturers have come to learn that people just simply want something big to drive, not necessarily something that is really even utilitarian. Heck, you hardly ever even see anything hauled in the back of modern trucks anymore.
It’s high up because it needs that high ground clearance for going off the beaten path. Also, that high suspension helps with towing and loading heavy stuff on the back, and the stuff suspension stops it from sagging
Why does everyone hate on trucks, while giving overpowered and recklessly driven 'sporty' cars a pass? No Camero or Mustang is driven at less than the posted speed limit plus 20. Neither do they follow more than 2 car length from the car in front of them.
Because: 1: not everyone drives a Mustang 2: the recklessness of the drivers isn't baked into American society and culture through the lobbying of the auto industry
I was just thinking of this. I was anti truck for most of my life but this past year I became a homeowner and now I visit home Depot 2-3x a week with nonstop fix er up house projects. And my 04 Chevy 1500 has gotten a ton of use moving drywall wood water heaters u name it
I’m still trying to figure out why domestic car makers have stopped making cars altogether. In Canada anyway, the only ford car you can buy is a mustang, the only dodge car, a challenger. If you wanna live life “a quarter mile at a time” then muscle cars is the way to go but it’s upsetting to me that if you don’t want “American muscle”, you need yo buy a big ass truck. Despite all I said, I still love trucks but I don’t love this truck only trend by car manufacturers.
Ford and what ever Dodge is calling themselves these days, are focused on non-cars for the North American market because the car market shrunk so much.
@@charleswidmore5458 Pretty much. The American car died with the Panther platform. Body on frame, rear wheel drive, with a big V8 in the front is what makes an American sedan.
I heard that car companies are pushing the sales of trucks and SUVs more than sedans nowadays because the parts are so expensive now (ie. chips) that they would rather make more of the bigger vehicles to make more money rather than the small ones
An example of truck bloat is visible at my brother’s auto service station. He’s been in business for 25 years and his garage was built 60+ years ago. He can’t lift new pickup trucks up fully on the lift because they hit the ceiling. Older model trucks were fine like early/mid 2000’s models
Great video. When we owned a business, we drove a truck. But it was a bare minimum with a V6 and automatic. That was in 1998. Fast forward and we started driving another truck 2018 Sierra with heated and cooled seats, a moon roof, and even a tilt/telescoping wheel. I told my wife it's stupid to own this for the maybe 2 snowfalls we get or the three times per year to pick up something bulky. So we stepped all the way down to a Nissan Rogue. We went from 18mpg to a terrific 30.9, the payment and maintenance are less, and it's easier to drive. If others judge me by what I drive, then they'll be disappointed!!!
For me , unless your on the land in some way {farmer etc} then these are simply vanity, status symbols, here in Australia they are looked upon with scorn in the cities, metro areas. SUV's, Crossovers etc rule here.
I’m an immigrant. My brother saved his money and instead of buying sensibly he got a fricken Dodge Ram. I asked him why and he said “Because he’s American now”
🦅😎🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I much rather have a sedan with a comfortable interior
@@davidperry4013 while not a truck owner myself, the new trucks out there are quite luxurious on the interior and if I'm honest with myself, they rival a sedan any day because they are not only comfy but spacious
understandable
Yeah I’m sorry about that. It’s an unfortunate cultural thing in America to buy things like trucks to pump up their ego and feel big when it’s just a point A to B vehicle that a car would actually do better than a truck in their situation.
Coming from a person who raises cattle, thank you to the office people for making trucks way more expensive than reasonable.
Exactly! When I was a kid, often trucks were the less expensive option. Manual crank windows, rubber floors, and painted sheet metal interior. Simple and dang near indestructible. If you wanted to splurge you could get air conditioning. Now, depending on where you live, a truck can cost more than your house.
I can’t stand the candy@$$$ men we we have raised in this country. I posted a similar comment.
@@For891 then ignore them. Pretend they don't exist. It's such an easy thing to do!
@@OrionTails Unfortunately their effects on the market aren't easy to ignore. Why should a work truck cost $60k base? Oh, right, because they're all designed for suburbanites who want a plush ride but fear the emasculation of driving a regular car.
To be fair you can still get base model trucks cheap, i dont see why anyone would spend over 40k for a truck
I feel like trucks are kind of like gore-tex: in certain situations they are necessary, but overkill for most people.
So. True. 😅
I don't bout that. Its easy to own other jackets, vehicles... not so much.
I’d much rather have a fun compact car with a 2 liter turbo and a manual transmission than a pickup truck
Using that logic the same can be said for sports cars and SUVs.
agreed
I hate that sedans are being cut or ignored by MOST major vehicle brands.
Yes! It’s truly annoying to watch the subcompact car market edge toward extinction. I’m a single adult with no kids. I can count the number of times I’ve had a passenger in my back seat on one hand during the 8 years I’ve owned my current car and I never haul anything bigger than groceries or a suitcase. So even most sedans are more car than I actually need for my lifestyle. I’m dreading the day I have to replace my little Nissan as I’m afraid I won’t be able to something comparable in size.
And the manual transmission.
Except for ford, who decided to decimate the Mustangs legacy with the ugliest electric sedan with mustang symbols all over it.
@@anthonygillette If you're talking about the Mach-E, that's not a sedan, that's an SUV (and a very ugly one)
EXACTLY, better than "crossovers"
One of the memorable lines that I found while reading a car review article was from the Ford maverick review which said “it hauls air as well as the f-150” and deep down, I couldn’t agree more.
Ford maverick ain't a truck bud
@@jacob5014 I think that’s the point that line is trying to convey. The maverick isn’t a truck but in the same time, people buy the f-150 to mostly do just things a normal car can do so why not buy a maverick which is a car which can do a just little bit of truck things when you need it.
@@sp1tf1r33 I do agree with the fact that every F150 owner drive them to the store and back. But there ego is to big to drive a small car/truck
Hilarious
@@jacob5014 Agreed. Neither is this new Bronco! Cheers from Toronto.
Another big change is that trucks have gotten way more comfortable. Most older trucks had really firm suspension that was meant to carry heavy loads and take a beating. As a result, the ride quality of older trucks was terrible. Nobody really wanted to drive trucks as commuter vehicles because they just kind of sucked to drive. Nowadays, trucks, particularly in the half-ton segment, have ridiculously plush suspension and ride just as well as any other vehicle on the road. As a consequence, they're really not well suited for carrying heavy loads or towing big trailers. The introduction of double cab trucks also made a huge difference. Prior to that you either had no back seat or a back seat that was so tiny only children could actually fit in it. Now you can pretty much have mini-van level spaciousness in a truck. I think the combination of these things made them really popular with the suburban upper-middle class demographic because you could basically have a comfortable vehicle to haul your kids around in while looking like a rugged blue-collar person
They are still terrible. Unless you get a high trim luxury 1500.
The 2500s still suck, my dad had a loaded chevy 2500, I had to borrow a dodge 2500 yesterday. They both rode like shit.
Hit the nail on the head my friend. Perfect comment!
They definitely don't ride as well as any other vehicle on the road, but they are certainly better than they used to be.
@@baddriversofcolga old worn out soft suspension 2500s are far smoother than current ones.
Though handling on new trucks is 3000 times better.
"blue-collar" while being sold at "white-collar" prices...
True freedom and individualism is everyone buying the same unnecessary thing.
Big difference between freedom and stupidity
@@David-cj8wv According to Legal Eagle, the most fundamental American right is the Right to Look Like an Idiot.
Unique like everyone else
yes
@@David-cj8wv well you have the freedom to make that stupid comment. I can’t be mad
I work as a valet at a major airport in Texas and the amount of trucks we get pisses me off, the amount of f250’s and massive Rams we get and you can tell the owners use the beds once a year, basically just a pavement princess. And having to fit a f250 in a small parking garage into normal parking spots takes a lot of doing.
Yes, they've gotten so huge it actually seems way less convenient to drive but to each their own I guess 😅
I always thought airports would force those to be in large parking lot, and only allow small trucks like Tacoma prerunners in the small parking.
I like to take pictures of all the stuff truck owners like to carry in the back of their trucks. Most of them where I live never get uncovered, but it’s usually just some trash like a boba straw or something.
My old 2500 with a 8 foot bed takes up less parking space than my brother's newer one witha 6 foot. We both need heavy trucks for what we do for a living farming and construction and parking is usually a pain especially in the city.
You’re in Texas getting mad that people like to own and drive trucks. People can buy and use whatever they want. It’s their money, their life.
I live in Canada where vehicule culture is quite similar to the USA and here are few things that surprises me:
-A pickup towing something else than a boat or a camper.
-More than 2 people getting out of a car that aren't in the same family.
-People actually using motorcycles as an everyday vehicle outside of winter.
-A group of friends on bicycles not in polyester/spandex clothing but only going somewhere to do stuff.
-A 2 seater pickup truck.
-A scratched, bumped, worn pickup.
All normal things when you think about it but that are unusual for North America.
I ride my motorcycle as my main means of transport even in winter (granted im not as far north as canada so usually lowest temps are in the mid teens °f but still) and people.always look at me like im crazy but its just so much cheaper than even driving a sedan so meh.
@@KiRiTO72987 how do you not freeze your ass off in the winter on a bike?
@@TheDennys21 layers and going the speed limit though heated gear/grips also helps but I don't use them
@@KiRiTO72987 why don't you get a cheap car for winter?
@TheDennys21 I own a car but its a gas hog I've been in college the last two years and couldnt work enough to save up the money to get somthing smaller to replace it, bike gets 50mpg car I currently have gets 10-12 besides usually th3 coldest I'll ride in is like 15°f which just wearing a winter coat under my riding jacket jeans and a good pair of gloves and I'm not even cold
As a non American this is a culture shock to me. Even after watching this video I'm still scratching my head at this truck obsession.
@@skubaRu7 Not really if its rear wheel drive and everyone droves on summer tyres or crappy all seasons. People in europe just put snow tyres and normal fwd wagons, hatchbacks and vans do really well on the snow.
as an American pickup owner, it's just simply marketing. imagine if we saw as many ads for the Chevy Bolt as we do the Silverado and the Bolt was the best selling non-tesla EV even when it was largely word-of-mouth!
@@skubaRu7 Or maybe you're just fooled by their marketing. They're rollover risks, block view especially of the kids right in front of them and are useless for fuel/space economy.
@@skubaRu7how do you put groceries in the back without them getting destroyed?
Little peepee Americans
"Some trucks just fall apart."
Dodge ram second gen: *nervous sweating*
Hahaha oops 😅
I see rusty Rams that look pretty new.
All modern trucks from the big 3 american corporations basically
Lies again? Big Ass Truck USD SGD
5th gen ram and so on str8 garbage honorable mention 3rd gen ram was somewhat reliable but not like past years
I've gotten a lot of push back from family and friends when I talk about having the vehicle that works for 90% of my needs and then renting when I need to haul something or if I need the space for people. It seems like a natural thing to do, but so many of us have the vehicle that represents who we want to be or what we need for our one vacation a year. I don't get it, it's way too expensive to get fuel and get the truck/large SUV to drive around your empty truck bed or single passenger.
can i ask if there's any car rental option in your country? my initial thoughts are that if ppl want a particular vehicle for a rare occasion (eg., vacation once a year) they can opt for rental, as i had same sentiment as you. cant fathom owning a big vehicle if they are rarely used
@@amandabangan5721 Yes, you can rent everything from a normal car or truckup through a truck you can move house with. I don't really get it either, they say 'it will be expensive to rent' but when you spend double to fill a tank of gas and do it more often because of MPG, plus extra insurance, and upfront cost. I can't see how it would be more expensive per year even if you spent $2,000 renting a vehicle each year.
I know for some people I have spoken to in particular they have weird attitudes about renting in general and find it more reasonable to buy something like a pressure washer or wood chipper than to rent because they'll use it more than once. Even though it's only once a year that that will happen.
My daily drivers between my wife and I are a Ford Edge and a Ford Focus, great mileage, but if I ever need to help a friend move or I need to move something that's too heavy for my typical home improvements I use my work van, a GMC Savanna. Plenty of space on the inside but can also pull a trailer. I work construction so buying a GMC Savanna 2500 makes sense for work, but owning a big truck as a daily makes no sense to me.
YES THIS. I don't AWAYS need a huge moving truck, so why would I want to drive one around every single day???
@@amandabangan5721 not to mention that you can rent trucks by the hour at big box hardware stores like Lowe's and Home Depot. There really is no reason to buy a truck if you're not a construction worker or the like.
This helps explain why my wife's 2006 Tacoma sold for freaking $7K last year. I know that the shortage of used vehicles raised that price, but still, absolutely wild for a 15 year old vehicle. That truck covered the closing costs on our house.
Tbf it’s also a Tacoma. Not only is it a light truck that sips the fuel, but it’ll run to 300k or 400k miles before a major component fails. A 2006 Ranger is lucky to fetch half that value despite being a small fuel siping truck.
I have an old 1999 Tacoma... I'd rather keep my old one than get a new one tbf
In Hawaii she would’ve got like 14k for that same truck if it’s in good condition. 7k buys a Camry here.
Imagine over 30 years old
@@RaveN_EDMOne small problem, burned out trucks don't go for as much😂
As a Korean, I can say this situation is going the same direction in my home country. I lived most my life in Korea, and when I was a kid, basically everyone drove sedans and minivans, and the only pickups we had were very similar to Japanese Kei trucks. I spent many years outside of Korea for school, and when I came back to visit, I was surprised to see how many large vehicles there were that I thought I was walking along an American street. When I came back, they just started selling large American trucks and SUVs, and I could see Tahoes and F-150s all over the place. The thing is, it's very unnecessary because South Korea is a small country, and even more so because everyone who is buying these trucks live in Seoul, the largest and most populated city in Korea. I don't understand why people feel the need to buy these huge vehicles when they are gonna eat more fuel and be way harder to maneuver there.
F-150s and Dodge Rams in Korea, that sounds absolutely nuts. Back in 2019 I actually test drove a Toyota Tacoma and rejected it because it felt to clumsy to drive in a mid sized American City. Instead I bought a Kia Soul. I guess I just don't get pickups.
@@darwinskeeper421people will Fr buy kia souls no matter how ugly them mfs are could’ve gotten the optima tbh hamster car just looks goofy I’m sorry
You can't drive them in Emgland. The roads are simply too narrow. They are narrow for a VW Polo.
I was in Korea the last two weeks and was really surprised how many “Khan” pickups I saw there. I lived in Korea from 2011-18 and can probably count on one hand how many trucks I noticed during that time, but it does seem to be changing. Definitely a lot more SUVs than before, too. Can’t imagine trying to park a truck in the tight spaces at my in-law’s Oksu-dong apartment ㅋㅋㅋ
It's a status symbol
It's surreal looking around a parking lot and seeing how enormous new vehicles are compared to everything from the 90s-early 2000s. A lot of them don't even readily fit inside regular parking spaces.
At your average parking lot there used to be one or two construction guys in their little ford ranger doing business in town, now there's 4 V8 f-150s and its just suzie and her girlfriends meeting for coffee
right. He should do a video on truck/ car sizes in general
I have a mid size truck with overhead camera and can park pretty damn centered in my parking space. I still have to squeeze my ass in and out the door because people's massive F150s and Tahoes and Escapades that they can't park...
It's time for Amerika to redesign their parking lots😂. The people and trucks are bigger now!
To make matters worse, these morons are some of the worst at parking and they park backwards. Like, dumbass, take your big ass truck on the other side of the lot so is intelligent people can get in an out as we need. The fact we have to suffer because some douche is wasteful with his money just floors me.
Older trucks used to last for a while. My cousin had an old ford truck (made from steel) that got to over 500k miles before the engine basically fell apart. Before that he never really took care of it. We use trucks because we do minor home remodels/upgrades/refurnishing fairly often so hauling a few thousand pounds of rocks, fertilizer, flooring, tiles etc. aren’t too uncommon. This and camping are the main reasons we have a truck.
supposedly the current Ford 150 V8s are pretty good
The 3.5 Ecoboost F150s are pretty reliable just be careful with the early EcoBoost engines due to oversized intercoolers that causes condensation.
@@davidperry4013 a Toyota Hybrid Break will consumed 0.4x that.
@@davidperry4013 an oversized intercooler, eh?
That's begging for more boost
Those are very good reasons to own a track
Most of pickup truck in USA are city dweller and "Pathway Queen" the owners rarely do towing and off-roading stuff
I prefer the term "Pavement Princess"
Fr.
If you actually have a use for a pickup go ahead and drive a pickup.
But other wise, either buy something practical(like an in-line 4 sedan), or buy something with style.
I live in Alabama. Even in rural areas, most large pickup trucks on the road have nothing in their bed that couldn't fit in a sedan, if anything at all. Not just a city thing. Everyone buying a large, full-cab luxury truck is doing so for an emotional reason.
I can definitely see it as a North American thing. When I traveled over seas to several European and South East Asian countries, I don't see as many big trucks; And when there were trucks, most of the time they tend to be smaller than what North Americans are used to. One of my guesses is because of population density. Which makes me believe in the future we will probably want smaller cars/trucks.
Totally! There's also less of a patriotic culture thing surrounding trucks going on in other countries, so they're very often purchased for utility rather than aesthetics 🤷♂️ Thanks for sharing!
the Europe at least, vans such as the Ford Transit and Peugeot partner are much more common than pickups since, in all honesty, its a better design. More space is allocated for cargo, said cargo is locked and out of sight, and the body is more aerodynamic, thus, more fuel efficient.
Crossovers, hatchbacks, sedans, and station wagons are the best sellers in Europe
@@MrGvella And hella lot harder to work on. Europeans are also more accustomed to odd proportions such as big boxes mounted on a go-cart chassis. To be fair it is kind of a necessity given that many of the streets are basically paved over ox cart trails for historical reasons.
Even in the most crowded of US cities there was historically much more room.
Not the case in my country, people here love SUVs and Pickup trucks as it is seen as a status symbol here, despite our roads being small and most of the population here don't have their own garages so they park in the streets
Some people need a pickup truck for a practical reason. However, I’ve observed that most people with pickup trucks must have them only for the “rugged” or “cool” image they think it will project for them, perhaps to compensate for personal insecurity. I like to recall the day I arrived at work and exclaimed that, on my way to work, I was amazed to see a pickup truck that was actually hauling something.
Even more baffling, is how anyone could think it makes them look 'cool', it doesn't. It makes them look like utter creeps.
I grew up in farmland where everyone had a truck for working on the farm and hunting. Those things were beat to hell and back but kept on ticking. I had friends who were driving around trucks older than they were. Now I live in the city and all I see are these massive beasts that look like they were bought just that day. They clearly aren't actually used as trucks and the people driving them act like they are these fragile things that must be babied. You constantly see them parked across four spaces in parking lots because they don't want a single bit of paint transfer. And those same people are often buying a new model every couple years. It's wild to see the difference in truck culture, that for some it's a tool and for others a status symbol.
When you buy something that expensive, it's understandable that you don't want it damaged. My trucks are workhorses and already beat up, so to me it's not an issue.
@@S0REN_good on you for actually using your trucks properly unlike the other "americants" in these comments
Who tf wants to scratch their new f350?
@@ihumbleyou Then maybe don't drive something massive in a city?
Not just a city thing. I live in Alabama and in rural areas, the large full-cab luxury trucks are popular here too. Rarely do they hold something that couldn't fit in a sedan, if they're holding anything.
Thank you soooo much for addressing this topic - over the last couple of years, I've wondered what's with the explosion of trucks on the road? Is it just status? Is there a tax incentive I don't know about? How are all these people affording gas right now?!
Hahahah we've had all the same questions over here - glad you're lovin' this one!!
i think it’s also the fact that trucks have gotten wayyyyy more fuel efficient. in the 2000s it was difficult finding a truck that got more than 10mpg.. nowadays, my sierra 1500 with a v8 gets 20mpg, which i think is pretty respectable
@Lawren Rich i personally need a truck because I often need to haul lumber or supplies to jobsites.. it’s still my personal vehicle, but a sedan can’t do that.. top that some sedans are so low to the ground you can’t even go up too big of a hill without hitting your bumper 😂
I'm a truck owner, here are my reason I bought a new one in 2022. The main reason is 4 wheel drive. It snows over half the year where I live , while I can manage in an awd just fine, 4wd gives me more sense of safety. The second reason is I only drive around 6,000 miles a year, so yes I spend more for gas, but it really only adds up to about $100/month so it fits in my budget. There are plenty of smaller reasons like yard work/camping/towing that all added up to make sense to get one. Also I have a Tacoma which has some of the best resale value and known to be very reliable.
Gas is killing my cousin, but even if he wasn't too stubborn to have a commuter, it is unfeasible for him since his cheapskate boss doesn't want to buy another service truck so my cousin ends up using his own truck for work.
It's worth noting that, although certain MODELS of pickup trucks top the charts, this is largely due to having a significantly lower variety of choices to dilute the market share. There's around 3x as many crossover style SUVs sold in the US compared to pickup trucks, so they're not even close to being the plurality. They're absolutely an important segment to the market as a distant #2, but they're nowhere close to dominating the automotive market like certain phrasing of statistics might imply.
For real, single cab pickups with long beds have gone the way of the unicorn
Absolutely. I rarely see large trucks on the roads anymore. It's all crossovers now...
But SUVs do count as light trucks
This is a great clarification. Thanks!
@@kermudgeoun3707A cross-over shares more in common with a Sedan than a pickup. A cross-over is literally just a hatchback raised by a few inches. The engines are commonly shared with the sedans offered. The drive trains are typically shared. Even the interiors. Trucks are typically body on frame with aleast a solid rear axle. All crossovers are all independent suspension, 2wd or awd with a unibody design like a car would be. Larger SUVs are similar to trucks like the 4runner, Tahoe, Explorer, but the cross-over is the number 1 selling vehicle. Not Full sized Suvs.
I own two vehicles. A newer compact sedan and a mid-90s pickup truck. A large majority of the time, the trucks sits my back yard and I only use it when I need it, such as hauling my tools around for a job or picking up large things from the hardware store, or whenever I need to haul something that won't fit in my car. Otherwise, my compact sedan is the car is use pretty much all the time. There was a time when a pickup truck was my only vehicle and I regret it and all the waste associated with that, but namely my income at the time.
But, having driven both newer trucks and older trucks, I much prefer older trucks because they feel solid and feel like they were built for work. Newer trucks feel like they're going to fall apart if you take them off the highway. In my rural area, all the shade-tree mechanics use their old 1980s pickup trucks to tow newer 2010s+ trucks because for whatever reason, the new trucks just break. Whenever my dad sees an old 70's or 80's truck towing a brand new truck, his remark is always, "They just don't build them like they used to."
Not to be that guy, but it requires a ton of energy and resources to build a car in the first place. Buying a sedan in order to use less gas on some trips might even be counterproductive depending on how long you own it.
@@notstarboard Re-read my comment, nowhere did I mention energy efficiency (not something I care about). I bought a small car because it’s small and costs me less $$$ to own/operate.
Another thing you forgot was trucks aren't classed as a luxury vehicle as their "work vehicles" so they are taxed less...a big fancy f150 costing a fraction of a similar bmw
Have you priced trucks lately? A ford f150 equipped like a bmw goes for close to a 100k. A bmw is like 50k
ironically, I remember at one point the Ram Limited won an award for it's luxury... lol
Part of the problem is that the manufacturers have turned trucks into luxury vehicles ( with prices to match), instead of keeping them as work vehicles. They keep putting in more cameras, sensors, automatic systems, infotainment systems, etc…and try to sell them to suburban people as “ refined” vehicles. I hate most of the “ techie” stuff, and won’t buy a new vehicle because of it. The Ford Maverick came out as a small, affordable, urban style pickup truck….but they have made it bigger, more expensive, and added more tech….and now it’s just another small overpriced, over rated vehicle.
Nothing quite like getting a Chevy Silverado ad in the middle of this. 😮💨👌
Niiiiice 😂
I got a Ford 150 ad 💀
Got a Chevy Silverado ad too.👍
Guess I'm not the only one
RAM 1500 LIMITED ELITE 2023 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎
I can understand some people really need a truck like that but if you don’t need to haul stuff they are incredibly expensive and poor energy efficiency.
Some people need a tractor too, we don't generally use them to pick up groceries.
And and if you need like a Truck once a year or even less. Renting one makes more sense for that 1 trip to a hardwarestore or IKEA.
I can't stand the newest lego trucks or any 21st century fly by wire vehicle but up until recently real trucks (not the fake trucks with unibodys and sidewinder engines) had a huge advantage in maintainability. Now with everything including diesels being controlled by a government mainframe somewhere there is not so much advantage. I suspect that 20th century used vehicles will continue to really soar in price.
Using that logic the same can be said for sports cars and SUVs.
@@MikeKilo1969 Exactly. there is no need for any of these terribly inefficient giant vehicles
Not just in America! These things has made landfall across the Pacific in Asia. "Massive" is an understatement compared to Japanese cars, or even motorcycles around here. There aren't that many but their big size surely influence local manufacturers to also build bigger, bulkier version of usual vehicles every year (i call them SUV-zation)
Haha I'm sorry, but the idea of a big ram 3500 dually pulling up to a bunch of small cars is hilarious to me.
(I think small cars/motorcycles is the best way for humans to drive, unfortunately Americans love showing off unnecessarily)
Neighbor from South Korea here. They just started selling large American SUVs and there are suddenly lots of pickups and SUVs. Ironically, the people who buy these don't even need them because the farmers and logistics workers all use either the Kei trucks or European/Korean manufactured compact trucks; it's the people in cities that are buying these stuff. Why would you buy massive vehicles when it's going to be a burden to drive them around cities and cost more to fuel it up?
My truck is my day-to-day drive, back and forth from work, but it's been indenspensible in hauling an outhouse, concrete blocks, shed, and cabin up to my camp a little at a time. It's also great for hauling our kayaks and tools. I take it offroad probably a dozen times a year, and absolutely love it.
Dodge really pulled the wool over consumers eyes. Sell a product that looks tough but is made with the quality control of a $5 Chinese toaster.
Also for the 1994 Ram, there's another reason the ram that was drilled into the minds of people everywhere that summer, courtesy of the movie Twister, the hero car was said truck.
I recall visiting family in Mexico in a city where an assembly plant for Chrysler that specifically built the truck was located at. Company paid movie nights going out to see the red truck do it's thing where a thing during the summer, IIRC they even paid a specific movie theatre to project the movie a bit after it had finished it's run, just to keep that perk up.
Not just Twister, but Walker Texas Ranger too in that time frame
In parking it's always a joy to watch a truck struggle to park.
Hahahah it is isn't it? 😂
Yes. until they end up parking on the sidewalk and you have to walk on the street :/
My mid-size pickup is easy to park. Electric power steering.
Nah they just take up 2 parking spots
Meanwhile, I have a smaller truck... It's an old Tacoma. I haul stuff with it; the bed is roughed up from that... when I see your basic southern white boy in an oversized, but pristine (as in he wasn't hauling anything but his fatass and his briefcase) struggle to park, I laugh, while I park perfectly fine... Because my truck is more REASONABLY SIZED!
Also, is it just me, or has the bed gotten smaller? Not only is mine more reasonably sized, better on gas, and reliable (as Toyota is as a brand) but nine can haul more stuff!
In the last years huge American trucks started appearing in France even though they're not adapted for our streets, they're a status thing like the G-wagon but more exotic.
and they’re faster than G wagons. Midnight performance 5.0L F150s are going 100-150 mph in just 2.34 seconds.
It’s simple, american trucks are fast.
Pickup is the size of Ford Transit, no issues there...
The marketing is doing it's work. When I was growing up they were nothing more than work vehicles. It'd be like turning those Amazon delivery trucks (Sprinters) into status symbols.
That's terrible.
Its also worth noting that light trucks like suvs and f150s face much more lax emission standards than other vehicles.
Car companies save loads of money by only making light trucks and making you think massive, inefficient, and extremely unsafe vehicles are desirable.
And my favorite part, you can't even transport a sheet of drywall in an f150c without it cracking on the wheel well.
This should not be legal.
Please do elaborate on the EV problem in one of the next video's! Like you did with the electrical bickes.
We'll definitely look into it and add that to our list for upcoming videos! Thanks, Simon
... videos* (plural, no apostrophe)
Here in Kuwait, American full-sized trucks are mostly favored by teens and young adults who like to terrorize drivers and bystanders on the road. Their reputation is so bad that coppers always keep an eye on their drivers.
Adult men favor Toyota or Lexus SUV's, and these are extremely popular nationwide.
It's pretty much the same here in the US, thought the teen and young adult behavior extends into middle age.
Huge, obese men driving these trucks like idiots.
Toyota and lexus aren't American their Japanese
@@evermartinez6265You clearly didn't read what he wrote properly
I live in the mountains and they're quite practical here. About half the vehicles here are either Subarus or pickups for their obvious AWD/4WD capabilities. These new high level trim trucks are pretty ridiculous in price and features and do make up a portion of the pavement princesses, but a lot of people still use their trucks to tow and haul. The working man hasn't disappeared yet.
I drive a Denali everyday to haul shit around the ranch. I used to drive an 02. Just a little gift for me and my wife
@@jacob5014 you had an '02 7.3L? I don't care how underpowered they are by today's standards, I'd love to get an OBS as a long term project one day. Simpler times in the auto world.
@@Diesel_Mountain Yes sir! Not that underpower tho. She was pushin 450hp. And somewhat reliable beside the damn trans. Sold her in 2017 with 400K miles.
I got a minivan with a hitch and a used $200 5x7 utility trailer. Hauls everything I need.
You just confirmed what I always thought was the reason for trucks being so popular. They make the owner look like a tough guy
Here in the Philippines, I've noticed that smaller (or Asian) pick-ups trucks like Ford Ranger, Toyota Hilux, etc. are getting bigger and they are increasing, to the point that there is now a culture or group of pick-up owners especially the modified ones.
When I was living in Korea occasionally spotting a full-size pickup truck like an F-150 was like seeing a unicorn, even as an American who has seen millions of them throughout my life. It's jarring because you just forget how big they actually are as you become acclimated to your new environment. My mind was blown the one time I saw a Silverado 2500 dually.
@@dylantech There’s a TH-cam channel in Korea called Mr B that brought a Chevy M1008 from military surplus and it looks huge compared to other vehicles
if I remember correctly when I looked into it, except for width, a modern Hilux is about the same size as 1980's American fullsize pickups (depending on configuration ofc)
I’m American and I still love Sedans. I don’t need to haul anything and I work a desk job.
Theres a lot more that can be said about the effects of the popularity of trucks not just in terms of climate change but also just urbanism, lethality of car crashes and car culture, as massive trucks could only become this popular in a country so built around cars, and in turn they force parking spaces and the like to be able to accommodate these needlessly huge vehicles
Leftism never works lol
I use my truck all the time.
I’m always hauling a trailer with it.
I don’t have it as a status symbol and us “work truck” owners don’t have them as a just to have them.
It’s really really funny seeing those guys who deck out their little f-150s with lift kits and big tires.
Can’t haul better with those! lol
It's funny that lots of people don't understand how functional pick up truck is. If someone own a house and have hobbies, owning a pick up is no brainier. They haul building material, yard waste, skis, bikes，and tow boats and trailers.
@@lisayist Give me a break. My dad built the whole basement in his house and landscaped his entire front and backyard using a small Honda Civic hatchback. They're completely overrated for 'function'. And multiple studies have shown only 15% of truck owners actually tow. In nearly every instance you mention, a van or wagon is better suited. And "no brainier"? That's tells us everything about the intelligence of the average truck owner.
I switched from a mid size pick up truck to a hybrid SUV earlier this year and tbh I couldn’t be happier lol
That's awesome! 💪
How do transport smelly and dirty stuff?
Please stop with driving SUV
Canadians are obsessed with trucks too. I live in northern BC and how are you going to haul your toys like a quad, side-by-side, sled, boat, 5th wheel, horse trailer, moose, etc unless you have a truck?? 😆
Full disclosure: I drive a Subaru. Husband has a 2009 2WD Tacoma because (I quote): "why spend money on a 4x4 for winter when you can use the money you saved to buy top-rated snow tires?" Well, he's proven that his strategy works so far! And it provides everything we need for our little rural property. No toys required (except for a John Deere ride-on for lawn mowing and snow plowing).
I would love for a video on the evolution of quads/4-wheelers and side-by-sides. Heck, we had a 'trike" for bush work when I first graduated from UBC and worked for a forestry consultant - That could be a fun episode. Thanks for the great content and videos! I usually learn something new from every episode. 😊
How much extra is it to get 4x4 truck $1000? Your husband isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer...
@@KapitanPisoar1 more like $5,000 in 2009 when he priced them out. Oh yeah, and over 310,000 km's and the 2WD Tacoma is still going strong with just basic maintenance, no major repairs. Seems like a pretty sharp investment to me.
How is your big ol' 'Murican 4x4 lasting, huh?
@@4streegrrrl601 I have nothing against Toyota, just saying that “saving” on 4x4 while living in BC is not the smartest thing…
@@KapitanPisoar1 why is it not? We're doing perfectly fine without one. I mean, do you live here?
Living in Alaska, that seems like hard mode to me. I will never own a vehicle that isn’t AWD or 4WD. It’s just not worth the extra headaches. Especially after the historical winter we just had. That said, good tires are an absolute necessity.
I had a truck for over a year (Funnily enough, a Ford F-150) I just traded it in for a Subaru Crosstrek because of the rising gas prices. It was almost $200 to fill the tank from empty to full.
2.7 Eco boost is the best of both worlds. I refused to buy a car so I went with a smaller engine truck and I love it.
You don't need a vacation. Or healthcare.
@@rogersmith7396 what do you mean?
@@cheekimfbreeki9606 Buy gas instead. You have an image to maintain.
Get a Prius
A advertisement for pickup truck says the a truck offers you the “commanding view “. Riding high puts you in the captain’s seat.
Well, for one thing, they stopped making full-sized RWD sedans so people like me got pushed into buying trucks. I don't mind because I like the Ford F-Series.
I wonder what the breakdown would be if you took SUV's out of the light truck category.
Those are the only trucks I would buy.
It wouldn't be as large. SUVs (including crossovers) are by far the most common type of vehicle sold.
Damn i just got a truck ad when I opened this.
Anyways, I just wanted to add that the popularity of American trucks probably was helped with the import limitations placed on foreign automakers, since the domestic market was losing a ton of buyers to Toyota, Datsun/Nissan, Volkswagen, and the others.
That's just the algorithm at work.
You don't use an ad blocker? I haven't seen an ad for close to 15 years on any of my devices.
@wootle nope, I was using the regular youtube app
I don´t even understand trucks as work vehicles. At a jobsite your professional tools might be worth more than your car, so just leaving them in a truckbed for anyone to see and steal seems unreasonable. And if you get a bed cover you´ve basically halved your cargo volume.
This is why I prefer vans
Here in Europe vans are the work vehicle of choice, for that reason,and that just more fits in...
Dude you can roll up that bed cover so you don’t lose that space 😂
Vans Don't come in 4x4, also that's why the nice tools get stored in the cab. The bed is for the 2x4 and shit shovels
Love my 4runner truck. Broke my old CRV axle because potholes that never get fixed just continue to get bigger and bigger. 90k miles later on my runner it is a beast to drive. 😎
I was 1 of the 15% of people who didn't buy a truck, I bought a small eco hatchback. Sure, it's 78 HP engine makes it the slowest new car you can get, but I drive on the freeway mostly, or sometimes do a bit of mountain driving, it still has plenty of power. And it being a hatchback, it has a ton of room for cargo if you fold the seats down. It's like a mini cargo van.
I'm Italian and I'm not going to be brutal on this issue. I might be on others, not this one.
Here in Italy we have a problem with SUVs. Especially those driven by well-off ladies (remember that a SUV in Italy costs much more and is really fuel-inefficient, compared to one of those micro cars) in large cities, especially Milan.
They are perfectly useless status symbols and very much hated also because those higher-middle-class women usually don't know how to drive/park them or don't care, they drop them on the pavement for everybody else to walk around.
That said, if I lived in the countryside, I would probably own a pick-up or a jeep.
I'm a big, big guy and those cars are definitely more comfortable than those very sleek but also very compact coupés. They would also give me that rugged-cowboy-vibe that I don't mind.
But I would buy a normal one, not a bombastic, petrol-guzzling monster.
Here in Brasil we have the same problem with stupid ladies in SUVs
Perhaps it would help if you guys made better vehicles? Then perhaps they’d stop importing foreign SUV’s. Your tiny fiats are the worse piece of junk on wheels made. People have been calling them fix it again tony since my boomer father started turning a wrench as a teenager nearly 50 years ago.
As someone living in northern Mexico, our streets are quite akin to US layout, so lots of space and a truck here (esp considering a lot of agriculture/ranching happens and sometimes substandard roads ocurr) makes sense, up to a point, my dad has a truck for those reasons, but it's +20 years old, interior is falling apart and is half painted, but it runs and can haul stuff, that's what it's there for. Having only driven outside of Mexico and US in Italy (Roma-Napoli + Almafi) my idea of hell would be to navigate a full size American pick up through Napoli in rush hour. A Fiat felt tight, something like that would spend half the time dangling off the mountain road, or just scraping against buildings with a few people thrown in there. It makes no sense!
I used to own a 2003 ford ranger. About 5m long, so not too big for a truck. Was great in the snow and helped me through several moves. I regret selling it.
American trucks come In all trims. Big ol engines or small 4 cylinder’s just do some research
I didn't get them at first either as an immigrant, but boy do they grow on you. Especially if you work in the trades and only have one vehicle that does everything. I used mine 2019 Silverado for work, camping, offroading, hunting, and casual driving. And 4x4 and high ground clearance is so nice to have when roads are covered in 6in of snow
If you actually need a truck, they’re great. Sally Hairdresser doesn’t need it or use it for anything though so it just looks silly in that scenario
I successfully drove my 1990 Honda Civic through foot deep snow on unplowed roads. It plowed through drifts higher than the hood more than once. You really don't need a giant 4x4 to handle a 6 inch snowfall.
@@blisterbrain God I wish we could still get a Panda 4x4 like they did in the 90's
@@blisterbrain My mom and dad said their 90s Civic handle the snow great. Don't build them like that anymore
I’m seeing a lot of comments from people who live where it snows and the roads get icy and I think that’s a perfectly valid reason to have a truck. Unfortunately here in Texas it almost never snows but people still buy these in the city
I would love to hear future proofs take on EVs! From my research and understanding. They really don't make sense. We do not have enough resources, mainly nickel and lithium to make enough of the current standard for batteries. And even if we did most of the energy to charge your EVs comes from a non renewable sources. Kinda sad when you really look into it.
And charging losses, and battery issues, and the lack of any physical control over the vehicle, and the ability to scale the energy grid sustainably, and making electric companies energy monopolies, and that current regulations are forcing this on everyone to make a few people rich....
I think you have to look at several things.
1) EVs aren't the answer. The best solution is to not make the same mistake as we did with automobiles and diversify our modes of transportation and fuel. More public transportation, bikes, ebikes, cars with smaller batteries that can go 70 to 100 miles (not everyone needs an EV with a battery big enough to power it for 300+ miles), more walkable cities/neighborhoods.
2) I'm not sure about nickel, but we're nowhere near a shortage of unmined lithium. The only reason that we've seen shortages is due to significantly increased demand and a lithium mining industry that has struggled to keep up with it. Several years ago there wasn't nearly as much demand, so it's going to take a while for new mining operations to get approved, new companies to form, existing companies to expand operations, and supply chains to form.
3) There are tons of people constantly working on diversifying and improving battery technology. In 20 years, battery technology, composition, and recycling is going to look vastly different. They're several years away from introducing dry battery technology and working on making batteries that capture thermal energy from the sun to store energy during the night.
4) Renewable sourced energy is improving day by day. It's going to take time to build up the infrastructure to support the energy needs of humanity. But even using fossil fuels to power an electric vehicle is still more fuel efficient than actual ICE vehicles.
@@Scotter4536 there's a lot of hand waving about how in the future EVs won't be awful. Maybe then i won't be as strongly opposed. In the meantime they are the wrong solution to a nonexistent problem and a way to avoid the bigger environmental issues.
@@Scotter4536 very well said! Thank for taking the time to type that out.
EV:s are usually heavier which means they release more pollution from the tires. We really need to massively reduce the number of cars, worldwide. No matter which fuel they use.
The video is pretty good, but definitely has some room for improvement. First, grouping cross-overs into the truck segment is bad. A toyota Rav4 shares more parts with a camry, and then it does a tacoma or tunda. Trucks actually aren't even the most popular body style sold. The cross-over is the most common vehicle style sold. Though trucks and SUVs are second. Gotta remember fewer car manufacturers make trucks so the people that buy them which is still a lot are limited to a few brand. BMW,KIA,Subaru,Mitsubishi, Audi, Honda, hyundai, Mazda, dont even sell trucks. This also doesn't include the luxury versions of companies of companies that do sell trucks, dont sell trucks. But they all sell cross-overs, Suvs, and sedans, resulting in more competition. Another thing is what has changed a lot in how people view vehicles is versatility. Vehicles have gotten really expensive. People simply need their vehicles to do more, and thats why Cross-Overs are the best-selling body style sold today. They have the space of a small SUV, the AWD, to offer some off-road capabilities and yet still manage to get similar fuel economy of a sedan. I dont think it has anywhere near as much to do with status as it does versatility.
Pickup trucks are the most versatile vehicle ever. I own a RAM that I bought years ago because work needs, nowadays I work in a computer but I kept the truck, is a 3rd Gen RAM with close to 250K miles on the odometer, that looks and drive like new, we have other newer vehicles but my favorite is the truck, we use it for a variety of things that could not be possible with other kind of vehicle.
It's a status symbol thing for sure. People don't want to drive something practical or safe for everyone, they want to drive something that keeps them slightly more safe on collision, but maims anyone else they hit, but also increases their own chances of dying in a rollover. Americanism at it's finest
Any chance you can do a video on Subaru? They’ve claimed they’ve donated to land conservation, helped communities, give to hospitals, etc And I wonder how much of it is true. a huge fan of them and was just curious
Bump.... This is a cool idea.
I don't care what anyone says, I always loved pickup trucks before people got obsessed with them. I'm still gonna get one since I'm gonna be pulling boats in my future.
Being a big truck owner myself, I did probably go overkill with the size of my pickup truck, getting a 5.7 hemi engine. I haven’t driven it much tho, only using it when I have to haul a lot of plywood, dirt, bricks etc for home projects. Hauling a bed full of dirt tanks my fuel economy to about 6mpg which is horrible. I don’t feel too bad about it though, my dad bought it to haul our old pontoon boat so the purchase seemed certainly reasonable
I went from driving a 2006 silverado 1500 to my 03 civic si and ive never been happier. Same reliability, but better mpg, way more fun, easier to navigate and park
I've lived in the USA all my life... HATE the huge trucks!
This is an interesting though, I purchased a 12 year old dodge ram with 210k miles on it a few years ago because its mad easy to repair. And its nice to be able to haul stuff to my house like a load of mulch or some wood to repair my deck. I didn't go for a 4wd because they are much harder to repair. The other day my starter went out. Took me 15 minutes to replace in a parking lot. My previous Honda Accord would have taken me at least twice as long or more to replace. Plus I don't feel like a soccer mom in a suburban is going to plow me over because someone on twitter said something nasty about her dumb as rock kids...(minivans are big when you drive a roller skate).
All round it is not bad, its not fancy and I live close to work so I am not paying much in gas. I'll bet I'll drive this thing to 500K+ miles and do most of the car work myself. I have already replaced starters, compressors, alternators, and more... I am not into big exhaust or lift kits or anything of that sort. I just want a car I can repair myself, and gets me from point A to point B, not something you can say about most modern cars of the Era! Find me a Toyota hybrid or Tesla or even a modern Ram, still running strong after 500K+ miles! Maybe its because I'm an engineer and can fix pretty much god damn anything! I am not sure. I agree though I see way more cunts(both men and women) driving around big ass cars these days, just because its a status symbol. But modern trucks are mostly shit now so their owners can't even change their own ball joints if they wanted without paying thousands of dollars! So I do sort of agree and sort of disagree. We live in crazy times. Thanks for the video!
6:19- yup, that. I HATE how disposable everything is these days. Glad you mentioned this part, as I saw the title coming from a channel called 'Future Proof' and was curious to hear what was said on that bit. Bought mine for weekend camping and exploring trips, actually use the 4x4 and all terrain tires. Then it goes away for most of the week because I either work remote or walk to work. Lovely. Also nice and simple, easy for me to wrench on :)
I live in Europe and have been across the world including the USA. And apart from the United States, every single other nation the only people with pick ups are some farmers and like tree surgeons, something specifically where a pick up makes sense and they are normally hilux's.
Or Toyota Tacoma here in North America.
If us americans/canadians actually wanted trucks for carrying stuff (even if we never ended up using it for that), we'd get those dorky european pickups with the boxy cab and maximized cargo space. But what we actually want is "big".
I would really love to be able to get a true mini pickup like the old Datsun 620 but you have to keep in mind that may Americans use their trucks as two vehicles where such minis really wouldn't cut the mustard. For many having a separate vehicle for each use is impractical so they go with a vehicle that can handle the most difficult tasks they can foresee.
@@GamesFromSpace Pickups with work cabs exist, where it's just the front 2 seats like in a coupe with a full size bed. But yeah I agree, it's mostly about wanting to look tough, manly, feel like you're king of the road, etc.
A lot of these differences found only in North America is down to those countries historically having cheap gasoline and high disposable incomes.
Going through the honeymoon phase with this channel. Just discovered it and watching so many videos. I don’t agree/align my thinking with a majority of the ideas presented, but it’s still interesting!
I saw an article that most Americans don’t use their truck to pull a trailer more than once a year and honestly from what I see that’s true. We have two trucks (3500 dually, and an old dodge ramcharger) and the latter of the two despite being an 80s SUV truck with a non removable top still is put to work pulling trailers(smaller ones, like the wood chipper and camper, no gooseneck) more than alot of people who own modern 2500s. Modern 1500s are more like the land yachts from the 60s and 70s before the oil crisis than light to medium duty work vehicles. Most modern trucks have more cab than bed and honestly 5 foot beds were a mistake. People give me shit for thinking these luxury pickups like mega cabs and stuff are stupid because “You never owned one” or “You don’t have a large family”. We had a mega cab 06 and it was stupid impractical so we got another dakota (5th one) and it was way better, family of 7 and the minivan is fine. If you have a larger travel trailer and a large family you should get a suburban or a Yukon but don’t get a 1500 because they just don’t makes sense.
Great video! Would love to see you and the team tackle Ziploc's recently released 'Compostable bags' and the potential implications/truths about truly biodegradable food storage containers/bags.
I wish you had talked more about the negative exterbalities of trucks such as the fact that they are both several times more likely to hit pedestrians and several times more likely to kill pedestrians when they inevitably are hit.
The bigger the car the less the driver cares. Since they are less likely to get a physical injury them self. On a hit..
Plus they drive recklessly around other cars as well. Total menace!
@@sarahwatts7152 sure you arnt talking about bikers
@@ramboturkey1926 pickup trucks and full sized SUVs are both more likely to hit cyclists and to kill cyclists that are hit.
Another point: at least in North America women are more likely to die in auto crashes in part because crash tests are designed by and for men, but also because they are less likely to drive large passenger vehicles.
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Where I live we look completely differently at people who drive a pickup truck. They're probably the drivers people look down on the most. They take up too much space on the road and they require more space to park. So it takes away the space of other people. So pickups are very rarely seen here
Oh where to begin. Hunting, camping, home maintenance pickups are very handy. I also commuted for a couple years in a ford focus while keeping miles off an f150. I currently have a '20 ranger and feel it's a good platform without being too large.
When the TH-cam ad is for a Silverado 🗿
Of course it is! 😂
Thank you for making this content btw. I’ve really enjoyed your content and have changed my habits with some of the items you’ve brought to attention. Thank you!
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Yeah as a Navy guy, trucks are super obnoxious. Every Navy base has extremely limited parking, and every other sailor thinks they need the biggest truck available. Then they lift it, put huge tires, a massive bumper, and a 4 foot tow hitch on it. They become so wide that they take 1.5 parking spots and so long that they cut several feet off the spot behind them. I also guaranteed 90% of these people have never needed to do anything a smaller truck couldn't do...
Exactly! How did we all manage before these huge trucks existed! We obviously don't really need them. People just like to make excuses.
In Australia we have a similar but slightly different culture on Pick-up trucks, (we call them Utes, short for Utility).
Large F150+ size vehicles are rarer here but definitely around. Most of our main utility vehicles are in the 1-tonner range, though almost always 4wd unless used commercially. Over the last 10 years though, utes have gotten way larger, getting closer to the F150 size. Things like the Ford Ranger, Nissan Patrol and Navara, Toyota LandCruiser and Hilux, and Mitsubishi Triton are what you'll find around.
Dodge RAMs seem to be becoming big sellers here in SE Queensland. On a morning 30 minute commute I'll see at least 2 RAMs and a Chevrolet amongst the traffic.
Bogans.
@@rogersmith7396 Cashed up bogans at that. Although in all fairness, some I see are towing trailers with digging equipment and the like. Remember too that we sold the F-series here years ago, and they were popular. We had hundreds of them in our fleet at work.
@@coover65 I live in boganville USA. All trucks all the time. from 16 to 95 both sexes. Little old ladies in 7000 pound trucks with high lifts. Burger flipping teenagers in $85,000 trucks with insurance payments more than the car payment. Repos in training. They can't keep them on the road in corners and can't control them in parking lots. Lincolns and Cadillacs. Bigger is better. The last gasp of the boomers before hitting the nursing home. Hard core poverty spec in rusty beaters. When they hit something they bail and run. The police bring out the dogs to find them. Its wonderful here.
@@rogersmith7396 And I thought "Bogan" was just an Australian term! For us it's slightly different. Cashed up young guys who work in the mines in what we call 'FIFO"-Fly in, fly out. They fly to some mine out in the middle of nowhere and earn their $150k a year on an 8 on, 6 off type of roster. Then they come back to suburbia all cashed up and buy a RAM with a massive bull bar, lifters, etc. and cruise around town. Most of our car thieves are 14-year-olds too short to reach the door handle of a RAM or Silverado to pinch it.
It is just dumb. A 5500 lb vehicle to carry a 180 lb person to work, and then sits in traffic for an hour each way. 99% of these trucks never see any off-roading or loads anywhere near what they are capable of. A good AWD car or CUV is much better in snow and ice than any truck.
The first time I saw an american-sized truck here in Europe I remember shouting "what's that MONSTER?!?" out of surprise
Boy I never saw something so pointlessly big and shiny and I haven't since then
I’m from the states and around half of the cars in my tiny suburban neighborhood are F150’s or Silverados that literally have to be street-parked because they can’t back into a small driveway. I feel like shouting that every time I go outside XD
"The first ever car" 4:06 The very first car was made in 1886 by Karl Benz, Henry Ford's first car came in 1896. The Ford company that is still around today was Henry Ford's third attempt at a car company.
Even fords first car, the first generation model a, was also made before the turn of the century. (Even earlier if you count the quadricycle, but that looks more like a 4 wheels motorized bicycle)
I’d put it back even further with Richard Trevithick’s Puffing Devil.
the pickup truck is just obnoxious these days. If you are using it for intended purpose good for you.
I’m from Berlin Germany and I can count on one hand how many times I've seen a truck like this in my hole life hahah😂
We all know people buying $100K trucks and almost never use the bed, almost never take off road… and spend more than half of their income to drive it 1,5hrs a day 😂 very bright
Larger vehicles can also be used as a write off as a business expense so I feel like that may be playing a role here
Only for business use. That requires daily record keeping.
Spends $100k on a big truck to save $1k in potential taxes. Yep sounds like average American thinking!
That stupid law obviously needs to be changed.
Ive always was obssesed with 2 door coupe cars. My 1st car I bought in high school was a 97' Prelude (Bought in 2013). Then while in the military I bought a Hyundai Genesis. After leaving the military a Scion FRS in 2019. This year I bought a 4 door Tacoma. I absolutely LOVE having a truck. I still have my FRS that I daily though.
I drive a full size Dodge Ram 1500 quad cab 4x4 at my job. The last thing I want to drive after a shift is another lumbering pickup truck! I love my little subcompact!
Yeah, that's totally fair! 🤘🤗
I have a 10 year old Silverado. It’s great.
Canadian guy forgot to mention the frozen chicken tax. It's the #1 reason why we have so many trucks.
They just keep getting bigger and more expensive while loans get longer. If it is about freedom and liberty then why is it ok for a loan on something that can get totaled in a crash at anytime take up to 10 years to pay off?!
I would love to see a video on the EV industry. I had a friend who recently bought a car and originally was wanting to get an EV or Hybrid but didn't because she said the current ones are crazy expensive to fix and in my state we don't have the charging infrastructure to make them reasonable if you can't charge it at your house (or solar pannels I guess)
Oh boy i love how EV cars are the same mistake as the gasoline cars, hybrid cars are the answer a hybrid toyota that can run on ethanol, gasoline some gas like propane you have lots of choices.
@@thomasb282 the ones sold in Latin america can do that, i dont know the others from other markets
When my 2000 Tacoma got rear-ended and had to go in for a lengthy repairs, the rental I was given was a brand new F-150. That thing was so impractically high off the ground I didn't see how anybody could load the bed in any kind of efficient manner, you needed a step stool just to get up into it. I guess manufacturers have come to learn that people just simply want something big to drive, not necessarily something that is really even utilitarian. Heck, you hardly ever even see anything hauled in the back of modern trucks anymore.
Nope
This is so true dude.
It’s high up because it needs that high ground clearance for going off the beaten path. Also, that high suspension helps with towing and loading heavy stuff on the back, and the stuff suspension stops it from sagging
cargo vans like the mb sprinter have replaced this market, they have the lower floor for esier access
@@JogBird not even close nice try
Why does everyone hate on trucks, while giving overpowered and recklessly driven 'sporty' cars a pass? No Camero or Mustang is driven at less than the posted speed limit plus 20. Neither do they follow more than 2 car length from the car in front of them.
Because:
1: not everyone drives a Mustang
2: the recklessness of the drivers isn't baked into American society and culture through the lobbying of the auto industry
Love the seething about trucks. Keep it up!
I was just thinking of this. I was anti truck for most of my life but this past year I became a homeowner and now I visit home Depot 2-3x a week with nonstop fix er up house projects. And my 04 Chevy 1500 has gotten a ton of use moving drywall wood water heaters u name it
I’m still trying to figure out why domestic car makers have stopped making cars altogether. In Canada anyway, the only ford car you can buy is a mustang, the only dodge car, a challenger. If you wanna live life “a quarter mile at a time” then muscle cars is the way to go but it’s upsetting to me that if you don’t want “American muscle”, you need yo buy a big ass truck. Despite all I said, I still love trucks but I don’t love this truck only trend by car manufacturers.
Ford and what ever Dodge is calling themselves these days, are focused on non-cars for the North American market because the car market shrunk so much.
Doesn’t Canada get a lot of snow in the winter? Maybe that’s why, and the muscle cars are pretty much toys to drive on the weekend
the gooberment's cafe crap has made cars so small and crappy that NOBODY wanted them. simple math, zero buyers = zero sales
@@charleswidmore5458 Pretty much. The American car died with the Panther platform. Body on frame, rear wheel drive, with a big V8 in the front is what makes an American sedan.
Levi, can you do a deep dive on diets as well? Like keto, paleo etc. That could be interesting.
We'll definitely look into it and add this to our list of future video ideas - thank you for the suggestion!!
@@FutureProofTV Always! Also I am waiting on my last suggestion of ferrari. Haha. You guys are doing a great job, keep it up.
I heard that car companies are pushing the sales of trucks and SUVs more than sedans nowadays because the parts are so expensive now (ie. chips) that they would rather make more of the bigger vehicles to make more money rather than the small ones
They have always made stupid profit on trucks because stupid people will pay anything for them.
Yes but, no one needs to buy them. Why are people dumb enough to buy them?
An example of truck bloat is visible at my brother’s auto service station. He’s been in business for 25 years and his garage was built 60+ years ago. He can’t lift new pickup trucks up fully on the lift because they hit the ceiling. Older model trucks were fine like early/mid 2000’s models
Full size trucks and SUV’s really haven’t changed in overall height since probably the 80’s. My buddies ‘89 Suburban is higher than my ‘18 Sierra.
Great video. When we owned a business, we drove a truck. But it was a bare minimum with a V6 and automatic.
That was in 1998. Fast forward and we started driving another truck 2018 Sierra with heated and cooled seats, a moon roof, and even a tilt/telescoping wheel. I told my wife it's stupid to own this for the maybe 2 snowfalls we get or the three times per year to pick up something bulky.
So we stepped all the way down to a Nissan Rogue. We went from 18mpg to a terrific 30.9, the payment and maintenance are less, and it's easier to drive.
If others judge me by what I drive, then they'll be disappointed!!!
For me , unless your on the land in some way {farmer etc} then these are simply vanity, status symbols, here in Australia they are looked upon with scorn in the cities, metro areas. SUV's, Crossovers etc rule here.
As a former valet, we hate those damn trucks.
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