I live in northern Ontario and I have an older 2010 F150 that I service myself and keep running. I got it used for $5,000 four years ago. It’s a great truck and I use it for all my work hauling and moving stuff and going on gravel roads, sand and dirt. Since I take care of it, it’s going to last a long time.
I have neighbors and friends near me who also enjoy having trucks … but there’s are brand new monster trucks with lift kits and tons of extras … and they never want to dirty them … no garbage runs, no hauling lumber, no dirt roads, no bush roads (god forbid that bushes could scratch the paint) … if they ever haul anything it has to be a brand appliance in a cardboard box from the store. The best part is, they are pieces of junk with metal that rusts prematurely and engines and transmissions that are almost programmed to fail. I had one friend who bought a brand new 2018 GM truck and in the second year, his transmission blew up … a big beautiful truck with brand new parts and the transmission blew up!
Those big trucks are show pieces to flaunt wealth or show the appearance of wealth because for every rich guy that can afford one outright, there are ten guys in debt to pay them for the next 20 years.
+1,000 for Wolverines … I have a whole bunch of old family including my father who were hunters and trappers in northern Ontario. We’re Indigenous Cree / Ojibway and I’ve never seen a wolverine ever in the north but all my old relatives either talk about them with fear or animosity. These old hunters and trappers respected bears, revered wolves and were absolutely terrified of wolverines … they describe them as being as intelligent as a wolf, as powerful as a bear and as arrogant and fearless as a skunk. There was a reason why these animals were hunted to near extinction in the Canadian wilderness … they had no equal and these animals were not afraid of anyone including humans. They were hunted and killed on sight because they were actual competition to traditional hunters and they will even tear apart any trapped animal and ruin a kill.
Bears will stand their ground but have a timidness to anything unusual and will often gauge a situation and more often than not just leave. Wolves will actively try to avoid even meeting people and they will sense you before you even seen and disappear. But if you ever come across a wolverine, you are in trouble.