My uncle had a 400 when my dad bought his new '04 800. The 800 was a great truck, my granddad uses it daily now. But seeing the two sitting side by side at lunch time on Sundays at my great granddad's house just felt odd. Even as a 12 year old, the 400 was cooler. It wasn't even old, it was just cooler. 15 years later, I bought my first and only 400 to date. I love my truck. The windows go down at the push of a button, the ac will eventually blow into my luscious brown hair whenever it decides to.
My cab corners look better than most new vehicles. What more could I want? Simply fitting a double din head unit in that connects to my phone the second I turn the key would be nice. AC/DC and Dion & the Belmonts don't just come on when I want them to. Nonetheless, my truck will be with me until I die. Then, it'll be my headstone - I'll be buried in my Lexus.
I've driven all of the newer trucks at this point. The 400 is the best. No frills, comfortable, reliable, and better looking. The new stuff is just a bigger car. Everything has to be a car now. Our trucks are the last real trucks. Sure, technology has advanced and allowed for trucks to pull absurd amounts of weight, cool. But now, trucks aren't trucks. I drive a truck, not a bloated car that can haul my 2x's. I can fit pre-cut 2x's in my Lexus. The "big wig" contractors drive new trucks so they can pretend to be successful. It's all a show nowadays. Trucks have went the way of "keeping up with Jones'". That's why us here don't care about what other's think- our trucks are our trucks whether we're broke or make a million a year. There's something that that will make us choose our "old" trucks over anything new. Even if our "old" trucks are money pits. At least our "old" trucks are paid for, are cheap to insure, and the county doesn't charge me property tax because it's so old.
P.s. whomever mentioned millennials changing everything needs to wait to have that argument for another 5 months. I can't get into the lounge yet. We're barely even old enough to run for office, we can't mandate ugly front ends because people can't look both ways when crossing the street! C'mon now! I'm joking - I'm just a millennial that doesn't understand, just like the rest of y'all.
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I apologize for the rant, I had a few for the first time in a very long time..