nasty_brutish_longer t1_j8bb61a wrote on February 13, 2023 at 1:19 AM

Reply to comment by xTheShrike in Something to consider: California could start charging drivers more for owning heavy trucks and SUVs by SyndicalistCPA

I did 15 years in commercial renovation. You didn't need a pickup truck. I know this because I never had a pickup truck.

There are a lot of people out there who like to feel that they need a truck, and buying one is incredibly easy. I can't know if that applies to you, or if you honestly thought it would make your life easier. But with truck sales being almost entirely feelings based these days, it's hard to give anyone the benefit of the doubt anymore.

xTheShrike t1_j8bc6tb wrote on February 13, 2023 at 1:26 AM

I don't understand, if you did commercial renovations you probably used your companies equipment? I didn't have that luxury. How are you coming to the conclusion that truck sales are "feelings based"? Your own feelings?

nasty_brutish_longer t1_j8bmqhz wrote on February 13, 2023 at 2:42 AM

I got supplies delivered. I hired out carting. My equipment fit in a hatchback. It's not hard. Plenty of trades do need a truck--though usually a van--but that tends to be for a mobile toolbox, not hauling.

I can't, of course, know what motivates everyone's vehicle purchases. But with truck sales up, new home builds flat or declining and recent spikes in disposable income, it's hard not to see vanity when highways become seas of clean pickup beds and king cabs.