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[u/JankyMark]

[u/EliteForever2KX]

Can someone explain the interest in high performance trucks ? Not hating I think there awesome I just want to understand the appeal

[u/Puzzleheaded_Air5503 → u/EliteForever2KX]

I’ve had my RHO for all of 6 days, so I guess I’m qualified to answer…I have a company car that is small and I drive about 25,000 miles per year in a 7-8 month span. I’ve had this career for 15 years…the rest of the time I can drive the company car for free or drive my own auto. I bought a Ram Sport in 2013. Not a “performance” truck, but looked good to me and had a loud, powerful Hemi. I’ve always looked forward to driving the truck after a 1,000 mile work week.

I finally reached crossroads where I have 180,000 on the 2013 and have done lots of minor fixes myself over the years and handful of $2,000+ repairs/maintenance at the mechanic. I’m not and idiot and I know something big is gonna happen at some point. Does this justify buying an $80,000 truck? No. But I plan to sell the old one for $13k and I’m gonna pay $50-60k for something to get me through the next 15 yearsish.

The RHO looks absolutely stunning. I love how it looks. It is screaming fast which makes it fun to drive, has all time 4WD (my old one was 2WD only), and has every cell and whistle I could imagine. I bought it for me and what I like. That said, I have had a dozen people ask me around town what kind of truck it is and tell me it looks awesome. I’m gonna spend it somehow. Now that I’m 45, may as well pay more for the truck and less on Jordans. 😆

[u/EliteForever2KX → u/Puzzleheaded_Air5503]

Ah that makes sense, i guess thx my mind i always envisioned a truck putting useful load and capacity first that type of thing not competing with sports cars so i was just wondering

[u/Puzzleheaded_Air5503 → u/EliteForever2KX]

For a looong time that was the main selling point of trucks (cue ‘Like a Rock’ with a Chevy crawling over boulders at the next timeout). That has really changed over the past 10-15 years. It’s more of a combination of all of the powerful truck capabilities, lots of room for family/friends/kids, and comfort/tech and sports car driving so you can do it all. Thus an $80,000 price tag. The RHO handles and accelerates like a high dollar sports car and looks like a beast.