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I don't. Just the dickheads driving them. It's beyond me why they choose that particular vehicle, but there's definitely a pattern.
Sounds like local subculture thing. Rangers are the small trucks that polite truck guys own around me.
Probably. It's a fairly different market in Aus than in the US, although we're seeing an increase in Dodge RAMs and the like being imported, usually by the same cashed-up bogans that have apparently decided that Rangers aren't compensatory enough. I realise even those are fairly 'small' by US standards. Y'all are insane with your trucks as daily drivers.
I don't know what they look like over there, but in the US, Dodge Rams are often oversized trucks. The mirrors stick out like they're trying to high five every vehicle (though useful if you're towing.) They're often lifted, dually (double back tires) with oversized exhaust. Drivers sometimes like to "roll coal" which means to spew thick black diesel exhaust everywhere. It's as obnoxious as it sounds. Is that what you're seeing there?
Pretty much that, except 'rolling coal' would get them a massive fine over here. Edit: not a fine initially, but they'll tell you to fix it, but it is finable ($495 and 2 demerit points)
You probably could get fined for it over here, but that's going to vary by each county within each state. I don't live in California, but they're known for much stricter emissions regulations for instance. Where I live, they don't even test or regulate emissions.