Originally Posted by Shining Arcanine

On slashdot.org, someone was griping about how he used to own a truck because it made him feel "big." When you see people driving SUVs and pick-up trucks, many of them are short in stature. It has long been said that the majority of people driving these vehicles do not need them. If they did need them, there would be no demand for luxury features that would only get ruined by work that needed these vehicles (e.g. farming), yet there is a huge demand for them. It seems to follow that the majority of the people who are driving these vehicles have self esteem issues.