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[โ€“] madcaesar@lemmy.world 167 points 5 months ago (68 children)

Pickups for non construction purposes are the dumbest shit ever. You literarily have half the car that is useless for transporting people.

[โ€“] Guy_Fieris_Hair@lemmy.world -2 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Camping, hunting, dirt bike riding, moving, general utility and many other things done by most adults that don't like to rely on other people. I don't want to pay a moving company if I move, I don't want to ask someone else if I want to tow my trailer out to camp. I don't want to call some construction company everytime I need so much as a 2x4 to repair my home. Anyone who doesn't own a truck will at some point rely on someone who does. It is not dumb as shit to own a truck for everyone. Not everyone lives the same life you do. I live in a rural area, I spent 6 months at one point in my life without a truck, I will never do it again. Probably 95% of the time I don't need a truck, but when I need it, I need it. My daily driver is a beater car, most of the time, depending on logistics and weather. But if I had to only have one vehicle it would be a truck. A truck will haul 5 people, so will most cars but a truck can drive through weather and haul things when you need it. Although I am a middle aged dad in a rural area. ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ I must be dumb.

[โ€“] cryostars@lemmyf.uk 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

"Probably 95% of the time I don't need a truck, but when I need it, I need it."

This was the exact rationale I used to justify not getting a truck. I liked the idea of having a truck and being able to use it to move etc. but the fact that a smaller more economical vehicle would suit my needs 95 percent (more like 98-99.5 for me realistically) of the time swayed me in the other direction. I paid a good 30 percent less for the vehicle I have now and it gets 40mpg so I'll save thousands in gas over the life of the vehicle.

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