• militant_spider@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    People who drive pickups are just easy to demonize. I need one for work and it is also how I go camping. There’s no way I could fit my work tools into even an SUV easily, let alone go camping in one. I think most people just like to assume anyone with a pickup uses it as a status symbol rather than thinking about the people who have good reason to own one.

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      1 year ago

      I never understand this ideology that you can’t camp without a truck. I’ve been a frequent camper my whole life and I’ve always driven small economy cars.

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        1 year ago

        Because they just can’t bear to use a tent. They think camping must have a camper, and therefore a truck to haul it.

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        1 year ago

        The truck is where I sleep. No tent, no camper. Just the truck. I can camp anywhere I want with the same level of comfortability.

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          1 year ago

          That’s fine, I was just responding to the sentiment that you can’t camp without a truck which isn’t true. Tent camping is easy nowadays and I can even sleep fully stretched out in my Prius. Pickups don’t have a particularly large cab so I’m not sure why they would be better suited for this use than any other vehicles. You can certainly sleep in some SUVs though they aren’t any better than pickups from and efficiency or safety perspective.

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            1 year ago

            I sleep in the bed, which is around 6 ft long, more than enough for me to have room. I don’t fit into the SUV, so the truck is the only option if I want to stay dry.

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      1 year ago

      I think the problem is not picups per se, but ridiculously over-sized ones like in the picture. From an European perspective these are completely bonkers and don’t actually have significantly more space or loading capacity than a normal sized pickup that you can buy here.

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        1 year ago

        Despite common attitudes, the situation is exactly the same in North America. I once had an f-150 forced on me by a rental agency and it was extremely inconvenient to drive in the city because of its size. Spent more on gas and could hardly find a place to park it.

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            1 year ago

            Good. There’s not enough space to accommodate these vehicles in Chicago. It shouldn’t be convenient to drive them there. Sorry that that falls on you but it’s necessary for the city to improve from the disastrous conditions that exist today.

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      1 year ago

      I own a diesel pickup (which I pretty much only use for towing our trailer - we usually drive one of our cars for “around town” stuff, unless we need the truck for a specific reason), and I ride a bicycle in my spare time.

      Everyone hates me.

    • SeaJ@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      How much shit are you taking camping if you cannot fit it into a standard car? A tent, sleeping bag, chairs, and a cooler do not take a ton of space.

      • militant_spider@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        The back of the truck is where I sleep. I’ve never had a tent that didn’t leak, and the truck doesn’t leak at all. Less to set up and tear down and if I can park somewhere, I can camp there.