• Pogbom@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Most people with pickups barely ever fill up a full bed let alone an additional trailer and 4 more people.

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      1 year ago

      Yes, but you see, most people with pickups imagine they need to do those things and imagine they need to do it multiple times a week.

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        1 year ago

        I had a 2015 Nissan Frontier a with a tow capacity of about 6500 lbs. Bought a hitch receiver and towing wiring…and never installed it. Never towed a damned thing with that truck, even though I had it in my brain that surely I would at some point.

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          1 year ago

          And you know what, it’s a totally human thing to do. I’ve done it, just not with a truck. Maybe I shouldn’t be so frigging judgemental.

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          1 year ago

          People are absolutely terrible at differentiating between needs and wants. Not sorry for saying so.

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        1 year ago

        Well some people do. I did for about 3 years, 4+ times a week (work and hobbies) but those are all gone now so looking to trade it in.

        Not defending the absurd legislation that makes these keep getting bigger but there are a legit few people who actually regularly make full use of everything a full size offers.

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      1 year ago

      “Barely ever”? Isn’t that enough?

      My car can drive 4 people and their luggage. I need that every time my family goes anywhere.

      But usually it’s just me and my laptop bag, maybe a couple of grocery bags.

      So I’m that guy. Big car, rarely filled to capacity. What do you suggest I do? Buy two cars to reduce waste?

      (Although mine is not an American pickup, it’s a European station car. If that changes anything.)

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        1 year ago

        I like the motto of optimizing for the things I do more frequently, not for the edge cases. It’s up to you to decide where that line is. But maybe if the need for something larger is rare enough, you can find another option like renting something. I know renting is a pain, but if it’s rare you don’t have to do it all that much.

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          1 year ago

          I live in a blue collar neighborhood. Big trucks owned by tradesmen/women everywhere. They absolutely use them frequently for what they’re capable of. Some of them have a second cars for groceries etc. but I’m glad there are not two cars for every truck because parking would be a removed, and wouldn’t save much gas. If they were to rent for the “rare trip,” it would be the grocery store. No one is gonna rent for a grocery store trip when they can just happily drive their truck. The store is closer than the rental agency.