I like to sit up high, and there is enough room to carry MY stuff. I'm not moving anytime soon, and if I do, I'll pay movers.
My dad has an 08 Tundra, that thing is tall. Top Gear did a show where they trashed up a Tacoma (Hilux to them) like in all those commercials and it survived a lot of real world crap. Enough to convince me to get one if I ever decide to get a truck.
That girl's father needs to meet my neighbor who - Vietnam veteran/Clint Eastwood type - owns this car below (in addition to a Camry) and is . Definitely nothing feminine about him. [from Google Images - '69 Ford Boss Mustang] Granted this gas-guzzler isn't the ideal example for the pro-Prius/Passat sedan crowd, it goes to show the strange psychology of many Southern men associating chassis design to masculinity, or even the body size*. This thinking has spread to most of the US regardless of level of education as the article below shows, as well as my own friends on both coasts who share similar views. Judith Halberstam, a lesbian who is a professor of gender studies at the University of Southern California, drives a black Mazda 3 hatchback that she considers “butch.” But, she said, “If you are a masculine woman, you might become excited about knowing how to fix your pickup, or driving a ’68 Mustang.” - NY Times Separate polls in South Africa, Japan, Germany, and Russia revealed geography influences definition of manly cars; cars like the Audi RS4, Lexus IS 350, BMW M3, and Maybach were considered the most manly, respectively. Having been raised abroad, my choice in cars reflects the foreign poll more than domestic preferences. My car receives respect/masculinty marks in Europe yet driving through College Station gets me deprecating looks despite it having more power than most pickup trucks. "Dr. Charles Kenny, a psychologist and president of the consumer psychology firm Kenny & Associates who interprets consumer buying behavior for GM, Toyota and Nissan, theorizes that the truck enhances feelings of masculinity. “It's about gender identity, what it means to be a man. A man's truck helps him feel more masculine. I worked with contractors during the summer, and they used to argue about who had a better truck. But they weren't just talking about the truck. That was about who they are, and it came to symbolize their masculinity,” says Kenny. *- "Dr. Charles Kenny, a psychologist and president of the consumer psychology firm Kenny & Associates who interprets consumer buying behavior for GM, Toyota and Nissan, theorizes that the truck enhances feelings of masculinity. “It's about gender identity, what it means to be a man. A man's truck helps him feel more masculine. I worked with contractors during the summer, and they used to argue about who had a better truck. But they weren't just talking about the truck. That was about who they are, and it came to symbolize their masculinity,” says Kenny.
