I have no problem with the looks of the new trucks except for two things, both of which are a matter of taste, maybe to some degree a matter of my own needs in a truck.

To begin with, the black wheel fad is something I am unable to wrap my mind around. I realize this is not limited to trucks, but I will be pleased when this fad disappears. I see people put ridiculously expensive wheels on that are painted black. If they want black wheels they might as well have plain steel wheels. It's their money and they can spend it however they please, but for my taste they make a vehicle look like a pile of dog do-doo. I wonder how many folks really think this looks good and how many just do it because it is the fad.

The next truck fad that I don't personally care for is four door pickups. The roads of NorthEast Texas are covered with them like locusts. Again, it is their money and they can spend it on whatever they want. It works good for me because since I only want a regular cab truck, they can be had cheap? I know someone who readily admitted that he bought a one ton four door truck because it is the in thing to drive. The bed in his truck doesn't have a single scratch and I am pretty sure that NOTHING has ever been set in it. It is his money, he is free to spend it as he chooses, but it just makes no sense.

In aviation you must have special training and sign off to be legal to fly certain types of aircraft. I believe this would be a good thing to do for large four door trucks. They are so popular here and so many are driven by people who can't handle them well and are completely incapable of parking them in one parking space, even oversize parking spaces that are plenty big enough to contain the truck even if sloppily parked.

I wonder how popular these big trucks will be after gas prices go back to $4?

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