I’ve had that experience in the past when my Wife had a much smaller car than I did. When driving the Cinquecento, I’d get so little respect on the road it wasn’t funny.
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I hope that thing is safer than it looks!
It didn’t feel the most crash resistant, my wife had it when we first started seeing each other and loved it. When we had kids, I treated her to a slightly larger and safer car.
I started laughing when the odd thought crossed my mind, “I wonder which one of these is more likely to get one a date?”
Clean, minimalist, deloreanesque yet futuristic. Really like the look. Every other pickup truck on the market looks hideous compared to it (in my eyes). That said, I’m not American, don’t live in America and don’t own a car.
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I test drove the DeLorean. I was single at the time and would have bought it, but it lacked a Flux Capacitor. 
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You’re a good man, I don’t care what your wife says. 
Oh, you probably have been talking to my wife then
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Some years ago I purchased a small used pickup. It was in great mechanical shape, but the exterior wasn’t much to look at. Everyone gave it a wide berth. I think they were afraid I didn’t have insurance.
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When we were living in Idaho (my dad was stationed at Mountain Home Air Force Base), he bought an old Chevy pickup to fix that looked almost exactly like the one below. We used it when we went deer, elk, and bear hunting.
We didn’t bother to “park away from other cars.” 
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“Beauty” must be in the eye of the beholder!
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@OogieM see I don’t think we’re actually in disagreement as much as you might think. I wouldn’t class yourself as “regular people”. In my mind owning livestock puts you in a class of people that isn’t regular. It’s not super uncommon, but it’s definitely the minority.
Hummer H1s are absolutely the best for ensuring you won’t get cut in front of, and even if they did, I know in an emergency I’m likely to be fine. Plus I can and have headed for the barrow ditch at full speed to get out of the way of an emergency vehicle with lights flashing and sirens when there was no shoulder. I could just go into the ditch no problem and climb back out. They honked and waved as they went by and had a hand out with a thumbs up. They needed to get to wherever they were going a lot faster than I needed to get anywhere.
We have a Subaru Outback and use it whenever we can as it is more economical. They are really good vehicles.
Here it’s the majority.
Oh, it definitely is.
I would be curious what you think of Apple’s (hardware) product designs though?
Not saying that the Cybertruck could double as an Apple design and product, but its design philosophy (“clean” lines, simplicity in form, raw-looking metal material and colours) arguably are more “Apple-like” than this. Then again, you may not be an Apple user for their hardware designs?
Twenty years ago, you might have been right about GM. Today, however, JD Power says that 2 GM trucks are more reliable than the Toyota.
https://www.jdpower.com/cars/rankings/trucks/full-size-trucks/2023
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Thanks for the information. I reviewed the article. If I’m reading the article correctly, it is summarizing consumer general satisfaction, not reliability per se. My comment was referring specifically to reliability. I tend to rely on Consumer Reports for reliability ratings as I believe they are more thorough and objective. According to Consumer Reports, here is the top listed trucks based on reliability (I took a screenshot. If you subscribe to CR you can read the in-depth assessments).
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I choose to use Apple products for their reliability, OS, security, privacy, online and in-store support, and integrated ecosystem. While I appreciate good design, that is not the basis for my buying Apple products. And, one really should not make fun of my truck’s design. Like my wife says, “I didn’t buy it for looks.”
I agree 100%!
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Yup to all of this. I switched over to a truck a couple years ago and love that my answer to the “Can you do X?” is almost always “yes”. Home supplies, yard supplies, trips to the dumb, appliance pickup, skiing, etc. Love it.
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Same. I bought mine to haul a travel trailer (and nearly 50% of the miles I’ve put on it have been with the trailer attached) and if I have to go “into town” with it, I always make sure to have good walking shoes on because the only place to park is the far end of the parking lot. Parallel parking? I managed to find a spot where I just barely fit once.