Designer Ute seen with a load in the back!

A letter writer in the Sydney Morning Herald reported today that he had seen an utility being driven along the road and it had a load in the back! He considered this a good omen for the year. I tend to agree.

These drivers in their immaculate designer utes with shiny metallic paint, alloy rims, air dams, skirts and the rest. They have never had a dog, a load of dirt, a shovel or even a cardboard box in the back of the ute. Some of these ute owners even have hard tonneau covers across the tray. Why own a bloody ute if your not gonna carry loads in it? What point are they trying to make?

They usually drive like a tow truck driver on the way to a smash. They seem to observe their own road rules. They take a speed limit and multiply it by a factor between 1.2 and 1.5. The advertising by the major manufacturers in this country, Ford and Holden seemingly encourage speed* as a factor in the purchase. The utes are sold as the Pursuit, for example. Utes are supposed to carry loads of dirt or a tray full of plumbing tools and toilet bowls, not engage in pursuits like a police vehicle. Some are known as Mk1 and Mk11. Is that a reference to the speed of sound? Is there a positive correlation between the mass of the load in the back of their ute and the mass of the grey matter in their head?

Give me a real ute with a dog in the back any day!

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