By the way, you have my sympathies regarding the illness.

Try getting outside the cities sometime and see how the other half lives. I’ve lived my life in both rural and urban areas, so I can easily vouch for the idea that a person that has only lived in one is almost certain to be clueless about the other’s lifestyles.

As for “learning and sophistication” – odds are I have more college hours than you ever will; I was a Senior majoring in Math & Computer Science for teaching High school, when my health collapsed, and by the time I recovered, the curriculum for the computer half had changed so much that I would have had to start my computer clases over from the freshman level in a new programming language, had I went on to try to complete. Hell, I was on the curriculum committee FOR that department as one of the 2 student representatives, before the illness.

BTW, “Urban Posers” in the last paragraph referred to the type of truck owner that buys the ultimate off-road truck, and only drives it in the city. I’m sure even YOU have made fun of them yourself, at some time – be honest.

I’m speaking from the experience of growing up at or around car dealerships since I was 4, and hanging around with my dad (a new car dealership manager) and his salesmen for almost 40 years, till he died in February. They had one competitor lose FIFTY Truck spares in one night, because they were left on the trucks on a LIGHTED lot. They just went from truck to truck, unbolted them, and rolled them off.

WHAT PART OF SECURING THE SPARE IN THE ****ING BED did you not comprehend? Multi-point harnesses; 3, 5 or more bolt rigs bolted into at least the bed and the frame underneath, with nuts that require special wrenches to remove the spare. Logging chains with the biggest masterlock I ever saw (in terms of bar size). All things for the Tire to “fly out in an accident” would require THE WHOLE FREAKING BED TO BE FLYING OFF THE TRUCK WITH IT!!!!!!!!

Please help the environment by stopping your oxygen intake – it’s not like your brain uses any….

I get so sick of hearing this “Mah Ford is better than yer Chevy” garbage. Why do people act this way about a 2-ton pile of steel and plastic that they owe $350 a month for? Like it’s sooooo much better than the next 2-ton pile. They’re just trucks, get over it. The 8¢ shiny plastic logo they slap on the back doesn’t make it any better than any other truck.

One more thing while I’m here, would you mind listing all the things you “do” in your precious ’08 F150? I’m willing to bet that a Dodge or Chevy truck will not only do half of them, but ALL of them.

Dirt bikes/ATVs and power tools should overlap onto the real world section, plus a section added to the Real World side for Spare Tires.

Only urban posers leave their spare in the standard underside rig – which is why they don’t realize the spare has been stolen until they have a flat. Everyone else either locks the spare up at home (as they know multiple people that will help them go get the spare when needed, or even bring it to them), or buys/makes a higher-security rig for the spare in the bed (even a couple cable locks in the rigging holes are better than what passes for spare security under the bed).

but I’m nice about it, I’ll buy you a nice dinner when we are done. ^^

But, yeah, apart from those, truck beds generally get used in Texas.

It was a better Venn diagram than this.

Tiny girls with massive trucks, I’m looking at you.