Pickup trucks and are great and all, but it is inconceivable to me that so many people in the US buy them who have no use for them, when for the same money, they could have a sweet car. I mean, some of those big trucks are BMW money. Why would someone purposely choose a vehicle with less handling abilities, less acceleration, less gas mileage, and less feedback for absolutely no reason?

I'm a free market guy and I support people's right to drive whatever cars they like, but it does make me chuckle to see these guys trying to navigate their chromed out, lifted barges through parking lots, slowing to 15MPH around corners for fear of rolling over, and laboring to make it up to speed merging onto the interstate. The funniest thing of all is watching their wives try and climb up into them in skirts. I wonder if the image is worth it...

Of course I feel the same way about the legions of CamCord buyers who spend their money on boring appliances that don't even offer a pretense of style, performance, or interest.