for me, i cannot live without a truck. i'd love an AWD vehicle, but i cannot get past the practicality of having a truck. it's great in all weather type situations, i've driven over trees with it (fallen trees), it's wicked reliable, good mileage, i can load the bed with all kinds of crap (usually supra parts) and not have to lay anything down to protect from grease.
i haul firewood, junk, tools, pretty much anything and i still can't kill the thing. besides, going to the drive in movie theater is best in a pickup.
if i ever get another DD, i'll be doing all sorts of sweet things to this truck, but until then, it's got the DD duty.