One of these pulled up at my workplace today and I can not get over how stupid they look and that got me thinking, who thought making a shittier version of an Odyssey was a good idea.

This thing can’t be useful as a truck, can’t seat as many as a van, costs $50k and burns more gas then an Odyssey (10l/100km hwy vs 8l/100km hwy). Does anyone who drives these things think they are hot shit?

    • baseless_discourse@mander.xyzdeleted by creatorEnglish
      42·
      3 years ago

      Is it because they are expensive? So this is the same psychology as rich college kids buying race cars in congested cities?

      • MrJameGumb@lemmy.worldEnglish
        53·
        3 years ago

        Yes. Tons of people buy giant obnoxious overpriced pickup trucks as status symbols.

        • M0oP0o@mander.xyzOPEnglish
          33·
          3 years ago

          But it looks like shit! A minivan with a welded on trailer deck out the back would be more sexy!

          • MrJameGumb@lemmy.worldEnglish
            21·
            3 years ago

            They’re not buying it for the looks… The more useless it looks the more it becomes a fancy way to announce that you’re rich.

            Some people actually think anyone else cares about this dumb shit.

            • M0oP0o@mander.xyzOPEnglish
              11·
              3 years ago

              I am not just bitching about the looks (they are silly but that is subjective). My issue is that this is what now passes for a “reasonable” small truck.