Is the term "grocery getter" offensive to you

[silver billet]

Genuinely curious, how many of us find the term "grocery getter" offensive when used to describe our 5th gen rams. If you haven't heard the phrase, it's used to describe a truck that does only light passenger duty chores; driving back and forth to work, pick up kids from school, getting groceries (hence the term) etc.

Descriptive phrases for other use cases might be:
mall crawler (looks like it could rock crawl but never goes off road)
tow pig (mainly used to tow)
snot rocket (its used for ferrying young kids)
etc

Any of these bother you, please cast your vote and post your thoughts below.

 

[RedFred]

Those terms don't bother me and I will admit my truck is a grocery getter, my Corvette is a garage queen, and my Trails Team FJ Cruiser is a mall crawler.

 

[vincentw56]

No, why would it? Guess since I'm Gen X, it's hard to offend me.

My truck is a pavement princess. But it's used occasionally as a truck to haul lumber and other stuff.

 

[HSKR R/T]

Why carry this over into its own thread? You have already beaten the horse to death in the other thread. And this coming from the guy people ignore because they say I just want to argue.

 

[John Kloehr]

While my Rebel is my daily driver (grocery getter is as good a term as any), I do on occasion have need for a truck. Also need something with either AWD or 4WD for the winter.

Sure, the Rebel is really in the off-road class, doubt it will see anything tougher than an 1/8 mile of rutted gravel driveway. Hauls lumber, other materials, and sometimes garbage. Occasionally pulls a trailer. Nice ride on long trips. And no problem in grocery store parking lots.

For nice days and destinations which do not have high risk of door dings, I have this in the garage:



6.4 liter Scat Pack with 6-speed manual transmission. Wonderful on the back roads, not fun rowing down the avenue.

 

[dobbiemiko]

The term "Grocery Getter" bothers me not. Eating is a bad habit I picked up as a child!

 

[Eighty]

Are we talking about the term “grocery getter” being used for trucks, or for wives? My vote will change depending on the response.
Actually, it won’t change either way.

 

[Shutterbug57]

Grocery Getter = driving miles off the pavement to haul out a moose, elk or deer. What could be offensive about that? I’m just itching to do a caribou hunt. Lots of off road miles there. [/sarc]

Seriously, my truck is not a pavement princess, but much of its life is spent on around town errands including the actual grocery store. We do like to get it off road from time to time to hunt and explore.

 

[H2OMAN]

I've always preferred Mall Crawler, and Pavement Princess. But, Grocery Getter works.

 

[PurpleRT]

Offensive no…

Call it what you want you want especially when you’re the one that either paying or paid for it.

Not everyone that buys a truck does so with the pure intention of off-roading it or throwing cedar blocks in the bed on a daily basis.

Just like most how most guys will buy muscle or sports yet never take them on the track.. instead they get driven stop light to stop light.


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[silver billet]

Are we talking about the term “grocery getter” being used for trucks, or for wives? My vote will change depending on the response.
Actually, it won’t change either way.

I see you like to live dangerously... or not at all if she reads the forums...

 

[SD Rebel]

It's one of it's jobs of course, but too many people see you do one thing and imagine that's all you do with it.

 

[BowDown]

IDGAS what people think its being used for, doesnt bother me a bit

 

[Brutal_HO]

Are we talking about the term “grocery getter” being used for trucks, or for wives? My vote will change depending on the response.
Actually, it won’t change either way.

I strongly recommend not calling her tow pig.

 

[BowDown]

Are we talking about the term “grocery getter” being used for trucks, or for wives? My vote will change depending on the response.
Actually, it won’t change either way.

I thought wives name was dishwasher, they have 2 jobs?

 

[Eighty]

I thought wives name was dishwasher, they have 2 jobs?

There’s a third job, but this is a family friendly forum

 

[John Kloehr]

There’s a third job, but this is a family friendly forum

Need that friendly to have a family... And it should not be a job, play is a better description.

 

[silver billet]

It's one of it's jobs of course, but too many people see you do one thing and imagine that's all you do with it.

This is true. I've been called out for "hauling air" most of the time

Greenies. They want me to buy an EV and rent a truck when I need one. Not a chance.

 

[1923bob]

everyone said my 23 T Bucket was a trailer queen.

 

[John Kloehr]

This is true. I've been called out for "hauling air" most of the time

Greenies. They want me to buy an EV and rent a truck when I need one. Not a chance.

About 20 years ago, I ran a set of "green" calculations against my 2500 Yukon XL with the 8,6 liter engine. If I had a second car to use when I did not need the "big" rig, my carbon footprint was actually higher than using the Yukon for groceries.

I have usually had two vehicles, a truck and a car (both "dailies," not considering my current toy). I have saved a lot of money with that model as I can do almost all maintenance and repairs myself, it is not a "green" solution though.

If I did not have a truck, I could use delivery services. These are trucks which are clearly commercial (bordering on real big rig). Maybe fine, but 5 mpg on diesel in town is not very green either.

There are some areas where green calculations come out positive and save money. One example is the period of time where refrigerators fell apart after about five years, but were getting more efficient all the time. When considering operating costs (electricity), there was a 20 year period where it was less expensive to replace every 5 years than to repair; those were the "planned obsolescence" years.

In most cases, following your pocket book and life needs do not have a bad outcome, EVs will not make sense until we have reliable scaled electricity not coming from fossil fuels. As long as power still comes from coal, oil, or LNG, the polution just moves geographically. In another 30 years, fusion will likely change the equation in favor of EVs. Not just economically and in terms of convenience, but in actual "greenness."