Pickups are the new US family car


Light trucks are killing car sales - Autoweek
Car sales projected to hit 60 year low in U.S. while light trucks flourish

Americans bought over 17 million vehicles for the fourth year in a row in 2018, and 68 percent of them were trucks and SUVs, continuing a years-long trend away from cars that’s been driven by increasing choice and low gas prices - FoxNews

The average cost of a 2019 Ford pickup was $46,591. And, of course you have to raise them, chip them to spew smoke, put on defensive bumper equipment and get wickedly expensive 30" wheels and tires. To commute to work all alone getting like 17 MPG at best, but feeling an intense and All-American pride.

And, you're not just driving it...You're wearing it and it feels so damn good!

And why is that?

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