John Lucas -- I've done *extensive* demographical research into this very subject and the results of my research have been astounding (and that will no doubt result in me being awarded the next Noble Prize for Automotive Anthropological Psychology). Namely, that you are correct in that 1-tons are "cool" by all accepted clinical measures. But ... here's the amazing thing .... there is a definite correlation between the coolness of the trucks and the coolness of their owners. 1-ton owners, with remarkably few outlying data points (none, actually), are ruggedly handsome (with remarkable physiques), exceptionally intelligent, icily adept in even the most demanding of social situations, great fishermen and hugely desired by members of the opposite sex. They exude a pervasive air of self-confidence, while remaining pointedly humble, that is inexorably infectious.
Is it the truck that makes the owner, or vice versa, you ask ... (Nature versus nurture in an industrial way of thinking, perhaps ...). A very astute and probing question you have there. My research shows that they are drawn to each other by a mutual duality of coolness and suavete. Big Bolt owners, such as yourself, are remarkably close to this level of coolness, I also discovered.
I have no doubt that Rick the New Guy exemplifies the description I have defined for the 1-ton owner.
