The reason is personal preference. Same reason people buy sports cars. I also wish their preferences were different

switchbak 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Reply to the sibling comment about little to no negative externalities:

Sports cars sure do have negative externalities. I live next to a custom car mod shop in the boonies. People hoon around here like there's no one else alive. They put my life and the lives of my family at risk on the regular. That is most definitely a negative externality.

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alistairSH 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Sports cars largely don't have any of the negative externalities of trucks.

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scottyah 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Their fuel consumption is about the same, what externalities are you referring to?

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alistairSH 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Sure, if you're talking about high-power cars (M2, Corvette, etc). A Miata or Civic Type R will get far better fuel consumption.

And there's also wear on the road, noise, and damage to property and people when accidents happen (physics is a bitch).

	▲	scottyah an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Sure, if you’re talking about high-power trucks (F350, Ram 3500). A Ford Maverick hybrid will get far better fuel consumption. I think more sports cars are burning out, revving loudly (or getting modified to take out their mufflers), and the damage from going a lot faster creates more damage.

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groundzeros2015 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

No, you just don’t dislike them enough to find them.

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wil421 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

HN has hated Trucks and American cars, except when Tesla came out, for as long as I’ve been here. Same with Reddit.

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sroerick 2 hours ago | parent [-]

It's pretty funny how much truck rage there is here.

	▲	scottyah an hour ago \| parent [-]
		It’s crazy to me. If you hate automobiles, trucks still make the most sense- if you’re just carrying people and a grocery or two you should probably be on a bike or ebike.