Wasn't sure which comm to post this in.

I've been saying for years that almost no one needs a full size pickup truck. Half the people I know who drive them are just commuting and never haul any cargo.

  • Eris235 [undecided]
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    3 years ago

    Yupp, this rings true to me. I work electrical construction, and work vans are superiors to trucks in most ways for day-to-day work. Trucks are better for towing large trailers and equipment, but as far as I'm concerned, that's a job for the owner of the large equipment; its far more cost effective for the type of work I do to rent, and just get any equipment delivered and picked up.

    • cawsby [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Only reason we have a pickup truck is because we chop wood.

      If we didn't need wood for heat for the winter we would have bought a station wagon.

      • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        Station wagons fucking own. Best vehicle I've ever toured in. Barely cramped at all and driving vans on a highway for 2 weeks pretty much straight usually doesn't work for them and rear windows are really cool to have as well

        • keepcarrot [she/her]
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          3 years ago

          Damn, I pretty much don't see them anymore. I remember station wagons being the standard large family car in the 90s

          • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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            3 years ago

            Oh yeah, they barely exist now. This was over ten years ago and we were stoked to find it. Was way easier on gas and I think made it through two tours before being junk. That's like a solid month of almost straight driving so you basically just get something for as cheap as possible and hope you can ride it to the end.

        • cawsby [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          We would only have a station wagon if we did not have to haul stuff with creepy crawlies like wood. Our other vehicle is an Outback.

          Having a centipede crawl on my face while driving switchbacks in the Cascade mountains would probably be the end of me.

          • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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            3 years ago

            Some have closed off storage, but they're hard enough to find let alone a specific kind.