Finally sold my truck. It's a bittersweet moment for me because I really didn't want to sell it. My wife and elderly dog, had much difficulty getting into and out of our RAM 2500 diesel, so we bought a Toyota Sienna mini-van, that is much lower and is accessed easily, and I am converting it into a an RV for travelling. I am already missing my truck. I could haul with it, off-road with it and go through snow with the 4 wheel drive. Oh, well, just another sacrifice for love because I cherish my wife and I love our dog. I'm a man, I'll take the hit. Sorry, just venting a bit.
That right there is a country song in the making, 'cept you can't mention "Toyota." I have kept my truck (2005 GMC Canyon 3.5L) even though I bought a new car in 2019. My car has a hitch, and I have a utility trailer, but having a truck is just so darned convenient. I hope you got an offer you couldn't refuse.
Is you new vehicle "high-tech" like our new (to us) 2021 Dodge Durango GT? We had a 2005 Dodge Durango w/182,000 miles on it and traded it for the Durango GT. We didn't have any of the "high-tech" stuff on our old 2005, that we have on the 2021. I'm sort of a "techy" type guy, so having all of the "high-tech" stuff on the 2021, is great to me.
Same stuff we have: Backup Camera/Sensors, UConnect for iPhones and all of the digital information, for the engine/tires, that is given at the push of a button on steering wheel.
Ok guess you still travel a lot. We don't anymore, although I'm sure it would come in handy if we did.
For a lot of people a "truck" is really a dollied-up trapping of their faux-rustic persona. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/drugstore-cowboy As opposed to vehicles intended and fit for a specific rolled-up-sleeves purpose. With cultural decline into a world where image is foremost rather than following actions and lifestyle, dolly trucks have been pushed into the luxury vehicle market. Prices have risen dramatically, and manufacturers have almost stopped trying to make any real quantity of blue-collar/purposeful products that are affordable, truly rugged, and readily maintained for long lifespans. Yet one more sign that anti-intellectualism has creeped into the upper-middle and upper classes. Mere matter of years before awards show attendees predominantly arrive in rhinestone shirts and Stetsons. Of course they want their doo-dads and heated seats, and those jack up profits so of course they are in there. Many people still want and need something aside from a symbol of conspicuous consumption. Selection and price have become quite difficult.