The sweet Porsche pic that TimSJ posted in the middle of Truck talk made me think of something.
It's been interesting to see how the mid-life crisis for Men has evolved from a sick sports car to a sick pickup truck. No less than 5 guys in my similarly aged friend group have gone for $60-80K pickups (before mods and wheel/tire upgrades) this year whereas before it probably lead to something German and fast.
I'm guessing it comes down to a few factors:
- Insanely good financing, leasing, and cash incentives (like Ford's deal on F150's above)
- A need to pull a trailer (or claimed plans to do so in the future)
- Easier to justify from a 'practicality' point of view
- Space for a family of 5
- The macho/survivalist/bug out image is in - svelte urbanist is out
- People are having kids at 35-40 commonly, which makes mid-life co-incide with peak parenting ages
That said.... bad marital related decisions are still being made as they always have....
