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Every now and then, I run across a statistic or a fact that makes me feel really stupid. I kick myself: "Why didn't I already know that?"

What got me is that my red Dodge Ram 1500 is technically classified as a "light truck." I was mortally offended. My pickup has a 5.7-liter HEMI V-8 and is as loud as the Space Shuttle and almost as fuel efficient. It doesn't feel like a light truck. 

But it is.