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I'm going to put maintenance costs aside here for a minute, but from what I've heard the V8 manual R8s are pretty reliable.
But I can find two R8s within distance of me for $100,000 CAD. Driving one of these around, everyone thinks you're a rich showoff. But drive around in a Denali Ultimate pickup (starts at $107k) or a F150 Platinum (starts at $103k) and nobody thinks twice. For work I understand an expensive truck, but these people who drive to their office job, I don't see how a flashy sports car is seen as extravagant but a new pickup truck is normal.
I'm sure they have some use in mountainous countries or areas without roads etc, but in the UK, both of those ridiculous, fat micro-lorries would also be seen as extravagant and flashy - possibly even more so than a sports car.
They didn't seem to even exist ten years ago, and (to my knowledge) no new mountains or volcanoes have sprung up in the UK since, so I'm pretty sure for most cases a normal van would work, and it would fit in a parking space :)
these pavement princess giant 4x4 monstrosities indicate one thing: a complete detachment from reality and a crass disdain for the only ecosystem we have. they think 'i'm wealthy, I'll just buy a new environment when this one is wrecked' and continue to pour more co2 into the atmosphere.
You should see the shit these guys haul off from my hardware store job, and yes, many of them look like princess trucks. I have a 21-yo F150 and I wouldn't even try.
"You, uh, you sure about that 3rd pallet of concrete? OK."
It kinda sounds like they're actually using the vehicle for what it was designed for, in that case.
I'm not sure what your complaint is.
I'm no expert, but my take was that the trucks are just luxury vehicles and not actually designed to handle that amount of weight. So they were buying expensive, showy vehicles, and trying to use them like actual work horses.
Whether that is a result of lack of research on the owners perspective, or the manufacturer misrepresenting the vehicle is unclear to me though. Probably both.
It sounds more to me that the person I replied to is talking out their ass, and these vehicles can do the work just fine.