What the truck?

I was pumping gas this morning and couldn't help notice this big, jacked up, muddied truck with an overly loud exhaust peeling out of the parking lot.  It wasn't pheromones emitting from the lift kit in the truck that was attracting my attention..more like it was the cloud of fumes blowing out the exhaust pipe that left me choking as my ears wept from the sound of the tires peeling out.  Why, oh, why do men think that jacked up, loud trucks are awesome?  I think they are beyond ridiculous.  I don't look at that truck as a sexy beast but more like a fuel sucking, toxic fume breathing beast.  Peeling out makes you look like a moron, by the way.  The only people who think that is cool probably still live with their parents.  You should not require a step ladder to get in your vehicle.

I feel the same way about pimped out, low riding cars.  Sure, I loved the movies Fast and Furious and Gone in 60 Seconds.  Great movies.  However, this is Watertown, NY.  There is nothing great about drag racing down Arsenal Street past Taco Bell and KFC.  Meeting in the parking lot of Big Lots to compare engines.  That's hot.  Especially when you blast your music so loud that the bass shakes the sheets of tint off your windows. 

Now, 98% of these vehicle owners are men.  I prefer my men like my cars, decent in appearance but not too flashy, reliable, dependable with endurance. I think you can tell a lot about a person by the vehicle they drive.  I can't help wonder if the men who drive jacked up trucks or pimped out cars are trying to overcompensate for an area of lacking.  They need the loud bass to attract attention they are otherwise unable to get?  The need a car with flash to make up for what sits behind the dash?  Perhaps the lift kit is to compensate for something else that may need a few inches of expansion?   A little too Fast, making women too Furious?  No woman wants a man that is Gone in 60 Seconds!

Just my two cents....but hey, it could be the confusion from all those toxic fumes I was breathing in this morning...