Seeing as how I am younger (22 years old), I might be more open minded about trying out new stuff. I too was like you, getting harassed about thinking about purchasing a "foreign" truck. I test drove all the "Big 3" trucks and quite honestly I didn't like any of them (some things I liked but not enough to spend that kind of money). I was brave enough to take a test drive in a both a Tundra and a Titan, but chose the Titan over the Tundra. The reason being is that the Tundra was just too much money for the options that I could afford. Everyone that harassed me about buying the Titan has now taken a test drive in the truck and they LOVE IT! Needless to say, I don't get harassed by them anymore and they're all looking at the Titan for their next truck. It's that "blue collar" mentality that they have to break and actually go do something they normally wouldn't do. Come to think of it, many of the options the "Big 3" are JUST NOW coming out with are all the things that have been on the Titan since its debut...Beercan321 said:Has any of you gotten insulted for owning a Titan? I live in Western Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh. I’m in the market for a new truck and have been looking at Nissan, Toyota and the big 3 domestics. Pittsburgh and the surrounding areas have a lot of highly-educated, upper class, white collar people but the majority of the people in this area are blue-collar. Everyone who owns a full-size truck drives a Ford, Chevy or Dodge.
The sales guys that I spoke with at the local Nissan and Toyota dealers told me they have a very hard time selling Titan’s and Tundra’s because nobody wants them. People who buy trucks in this area buy domestic.
Last night I was out at a bar making small-talk with some people and I told them I going to buy either a Titan or a Tundra. I’m currently leaning toward purchasing a Titan. After I said that they started laughing and verbally bashing me. They made comments like the Titan is nothing but a Japanese car with a bed on the back, it’s a Tonka toy, it’s a matchbox truck etc. They said I’m a fool for even considering a Titan/Tundra. One person said I might as well put a tow hitch on my Accord and use that instead of buying a foreign truck. I knew that blue-collar areas prefer domestic trucks but I had no idea that people in Western Pennsylvania hated the Titan and Tundra so much. I’m now debating if I actually want to get one because I’ll probably get harassed everywhere I go with it.
It seems that most people that buy Titan’s are in the Southern or Western portions of the U.S. Do any of you live in a blue-collar area where people hate the Titan/Tundra?
Check the education of those guys....lol....I think you'll then understand. Then ask them when Mexico or Canada became US territory...which is where some of the dems are made. Ask them why they hate a truck that outpowers, outtows and outruns and outlasts the domestics and is built here in the US. The fact that you're actually considering not buying what you want because you're affraid of what others might think speaks volumes. Maybe a domestic nameplate fits you best then.Beercan321 said:Has any of you gotten insulted for owning a Titan? I live in Western Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh. I’m in the market for a new truck and have been looking at Nissan, Toyota and the big 3 domestics. Pittsburgh and the surrounding areas have a lot of highly-educated, upper class, white collar people but the majority of the people in this area are blue-collar. Everyone who owns a full-size truck drives a Ford, Chevy or Dodge.
The sales guys that I spoke with at the local Nissan and Toyota dealers told me they have a very hard time selling Titan’s and Tundra’s because nobody wants them. People who buy trucks in this area buy domestic.
Last night I was out at a bar making small-talk with some people and I told them I going to buy either a Titan or a Tundra. I’m currently leaning toward purchasing a Titan. After I said that they started laughing and verbally bashing me. They made comments like the Titan is nothing but a Japanese car with a bed on the back, it’s a Tonka toy, it’s a matchbox truck etc. They said I’m a fool for even considering a Titan/Tundra. One person said I might as well put a tow hitch on my Accord and use that instead of buying a foreign truck. I knew that blue-collar areas prefer domestic trucks but I had no idea that people in Western Pennsylvania hated the Titan and Tundra so much. I’m now debating if I actually want to get one because I’ll probably get harassed everywhere I go with it.
It seems that most people that buy Titan’s are in the Southern or Western portions of the U.S. Do any of you live in a blue-collar area where people hate the Titan/Tundra?
In hindsight I won't allow other peoples opinions to dictate what I purchase. I was just shocked that people in this area have such animosity and hatred toward "foreign" trucks. When you spend $30k on something you want your friends and others to like it. You don't expect people to stay you are stupid for making the purchase. The local Nissan dealer in my area has a 08 Smoke Pro-4x that I really like. I can get the Nissan VPP discount through a family member so that makes the deal a lot sweeter. I'm 95% certain a new Titan will be in my driveway this week. If its not the Titan it will be a Tundra, though the Tundra would cost me a lot more money.HudsonValleyTitan said:The fact that you're actually considering not buying what you want because you're afraid of what others might think speaks volumes. Maybe a domestic nameplate fits you best then.
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