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by johnnyanmac 238 days ago
I'll admit pickup trucks are a bit of anlow hanging fruit, but the behavior isn't unique to that kind of car. Sports car to live out childhood dreams, luxury brand to keep up with the Jones', simply seeing a new car and falling for the "0% APR" and all those other "deals".its all the same mentality being exploited.

I don't really get the Overcompensation thing. Engineers are usually conservative when giving those ratings. I wouldn't necessarily push 4k lbs on a 3k rating load, but I wouldn't be surprised if true max load was in the range of 4.5k lbs.