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by prmoustache 10 days ago
As a european I would have thought having scratches in the bed and dirt on the bodywork would be a mark of pride.
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Nope, sign of (relative) poverty. Big trucks are expensive, and having one that has obviously never seen so much as a 2x4 is very effective class signaling. The people who actually need trucks to work with buy the cheapest option that gets the job done and wring every last dollar back out of it.