Buying a Yaris is more economical in long run vs.Prius/Insight

[Zaphod]

Originally Posted by Yaris Hilton

Trucks that are actually used for hauling stuff don't need a lot of power and traditionally have had "just enough." Huge wheel-spinning, gas sucking V8s in pickups originated fairly recently with the nightclub cowboy showoffs.

So true, how much power did those 1950s trucks have? Sure, I've driven one (was looking to buy a fixer upper), and yeah they're slow ... but you know they got the job done and then some.

Now picture Mr. Mall Cowboy, steppin out of that truck with his snakeskin boots and cowboy hat, wanna be a cowboy in that gett(y)up two steppin into the country club dance scene ...

No offense, if it's your scene goferit!

I actually think it's funny, but it does seem like the a lot of that how to turn a pickup into a sleeper thing kind of started out with S10s in South St. Louis.