Reply to If you drive a pickup truck in the suburbs, why?

Forum Index » Cars and Transportation

Reply to "If you drive a pickup truck in the suburbs, why?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why not, OP?[/quote]

It's incredibly wasteful - wastes gas, causes extra local pollution (especially if they are diesels), causes extra wear and tear on the road, creates sightline and safety issues for other drivers etc.

One half of my family were farmers until 25 years ago and legitimately used trucks on a daily basis so I know trucks serve a purpose.

But virtually everything you need to haul with a truck you can get delivered around here, usually for free.

So for most people they are vanity cars, plain and simple.

Just look at how few of these trucks have scratches on them.  Work trucks get roughed up and vanity trucks don't.[/quote]

Everything can be delivered for free? Tell that to our friends and family who borrow our pickup to haul: used furniture bought off Craigslist or a garage sale, lumber or appliances needed the day of sale (because most places can't deliver immediately), tons of landscaping rock, and the giant pool slide that one neighbor is giving to another.

We don't mind helping out. But it's really nice to not have to arrange for delivery or bother our neighbors for everything big and/or dirty.

[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics