I can imagine them getting together to watch a football game. A big tray of Chicken McNuggets and a bowl of Kraft Dinner mac & cheese, all washed down with Miller High Life beer. If they’re lucky the Mrs will make a Duncan Hines cake and some Maxwell House coffee for after. 🙂
Yo’re forgetting this is Eugene. I walk between these two houses almost every day, as there’s a sidewalk between them. They both have flourishing organic gardens in the back, one has kids, and their other car is a Subaru Outback. These are obviously work truck. (Some) Eugenians have to work too. 🙂
This neighborhood scene plays out in vast swaths of the Sacramento Valley. I’ve never seen so many base-spec work trucks before, almost invariably white. I think a white F-Series work truck might be the unofficial vehicle of the region
They’re excellent value, reasonably well equipped and cheap, for what they are. It’s stunning to me that the fancy luxury trucks cost up to 4x more, and that people actually buy them, but the bones of the truck are the same.
IIRC no publications actually test the fleet trucks even though they’re big sellers. Maybe they should. Inexpensive simple and straightforward are still virtues imho
I seem to recall a review not too long ago of a fleet model Silverado 1500, F-150, and Ram 1500. All three were refrigerator white and base V6s, but they weren’t quite base models–they were extended cab/6.5’s and 4WD. Which, honestly, is becoming the more common base model in flyover country.
Yep, I worked for a County government for many years. We used to have different color trucks but eventually they all became white. Except some how one guy got a silver van. I envied him. The closest I got by then was primer showing thru where the white had peeled off.
A living, knuckle dragging GM nightmare. Probably NASCAR fans too. But I don’t the required “Dale Earnhardt for President” bumper sticker.
I can imagine them getting together to watch a football game. A big tray of Chicken McNuggets and a bowl of Kraft Dinner mac & cheese, all washed down with Miller High Life beer. If they’re lucky the Mrs will make a Duncan Hines cake and some Maxwell House coffee for after. 🙂
I love it JP!
Yo’re forgetting this is Eugene. I walk between these two houses almost every day, as there’s a sidewalk between them. They both have flourishing organic gardens in the back, one has kids, and their other car is a Subaru Outback. These are obviously work truck. (Some) Eugenians have to work too. 🙂
Looks can be deceiving.
“…all washed down with Miller High Life beer.”
Hey, I resemble that remark!
Or both of them are undercover cops.
This neighborhood scene plays out in vast swaths of the Sacramento Valley. I’ve never seen so many base-spec work trucks before, almost invariably white. I think a white F-Series work truck might be the unofficial vehicle of the region
They’re excellent value, reasonably well equipped and cheap, for what they are. It’s stunning to me that the fancy luxury trucks cost up to 4x more, and that people actually buy them, but the bones of the truck are the same.
IIRC no publications actually test the fleet trucks even though they’re big sellers. Maybe they should. Inexpensive simple and straightforward are still virtues imho
I seem to recall a review not too long ago of a fleet model Silverado 1500, F-150, and Ram 1500. All three were refrigerator white and base V6s, but they weren’t quite base models–they were extended cab/6.5’s and 4WD. Which, honestly, is becoming the more common base model in flyover country.
The base price of a new half-ton Silverado is $28,500. Have you seen a new half-ton Silverado going for $114,000? No, me neither.
However, I agree on about the desire to see reviews on new base models. A new F-150 with a 3.3 liter has a certain intrigue to me.
But please don’t make fun of football. My Steelers are 6-0!
Bama is 5-0. You may see some of my guys in Pittsburgh next season.
All three are likely sporting the 4.3 V6. The two pickups may be better endowed but the potential is certainly strong.
Summit White. The choice of GM work truck drivers everywhere.
It’s a Cadillac color this year as well. Good enough for the worker, good enough for the company owner…
Also the choice of municipal fleets everywhere, along with whatever Ford calls their white paint.
Is ‘Wimbledon White’ still a thing?
Yep, I worked for a County government for many years. We used to have different color trucks but eventually they all became white. Except some how one guy got a silver van. I envied him. The closest I got by then was primer showing thru where the white had peeled off.