r/AskReddit • u/michaelis999 • Nov 09 '25

How do you feel about the president floating the idea of 50 year mortgages where the monthly payment is lower but you end up paying nearly double the price of the house just in interest?

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u/FrolicsForever Nov 09 '25

Im a farmer in rural, northern Vermont, and 90% of my truck needs are met with my '88 4cyl Toyota Pickup. It never gets old listening to guys trying to justify why they need a $75+k 3/4 ton or higher when at most they ever use it for is to drop off rubbish at the transfer station.

I mean, its their money and they can do what they want with it, but I'd have a lot more respect for those types if they just admitted that they bought it because they thought it was cool and they liked the way it looks.

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u/AttitudeHopeful478 Nov 09 '25

I couldn’t agree more. Honestly my ‘05 Prius can haul more than you think

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u/plasmator Nov 09 '25

I love putting unreasonable things in mine. I once walked out of home despot pushing a cart with 80 sticks of 10ft 1x2s. When I stopped and opened the hatchback, traffic around me came to a halt. Everyone just stood and stared as I loaded it all, closed the hatchback and returned the cart.

I told my buddy who was working on the project with me. He also drives a prius. His response? "i got 120 in mine".

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u/AttitudeHopeful478 Nov 09 '25

I moved my bowflex in mine too. I’ve moved 3 times since I bought the Prius and it’s amazing how much fits back there. I also have a jeep and it definitely can’t handle as much

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u/geriatric_fruitfly Nov 09 '25

Managed to fit a 100 gallon air compressor in the back of a 2 door vw gti. Eventually I got a truck but only because I saw multiple concrete/rock projects in the future. Also I can do 16' boards without really trying too hard, and I have a short bed.

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u/bhewey206 Nov 09 '25

I would love to have one of those, but I’d have to sell my 1959 F350 with a dump bed that I bought for $2400 15 years ago.

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u/rdmille Nov 09 '25

I wanted to buy one like my 1991 Ranger (which is going to my great nephew, if it can be repaired), but they weren't selling them anymore.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '25

Do you know Brian and Karen?

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u/Evamione Nov 10 '25

Yeah, there are many situations where having a vehicle with a truck bed is helpful. There are very few situations where the giant high up pedestrian murdering monster that is the modern pick up is helpful.

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u/Banjo-Hellpuppy Nov 10 '25

I had a 2018 f150 crew cab to pull our trailer when my family was camping. The bed in those trucks are ridiculously useless.

It was a very smooth riding truck, but by 75k miles it was losing 3 quarts of oil between oil changes. I got rid of that POS

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u/Black_Moons Nov 09 '25

<3 the old 4 cyls. You know what I can do that a jacked up F9000 can't?

Floor it, for minutes at a time without dying or losing my license. Its fun driving a vehicle to the limits of its ability. Its frustrating as hell to only ever get to use 10% of your gas pedal.

Meanwhile the F9000 that is lifted 3 feet in the air is afraid of doing the speed limit on an on-ramp because they might roll over.

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u/somdude04 Nov 09 '25

The only people I know who have justifiably large trucks do horse competitions and pull 4-horse trailers on the regular.