Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I have an old 4WD Subaru that I use for hauling: trips to Costco, home improvement projects, hauling firewood, hauling stuff to the dump, buying used stuff off Craigslist, hauling furniture for friends, going up the mountain to go snowboarding, etc.
I'd LOVE a pick-up truck, but DW insisted on an enclosed vehicle. C'est la vie. We live in NW DC.
I want a pick-up truck, but DH thinks it's too redneck. Pisses me off. I'd have SO much use for it!
I'm with your husband. Maybe because I come from a long line of New Englanders, pick ups aren't my thing.
My husband always laughs that I talk about the '3 heads' in a pick up truck whenever we are driving down to his Aunt's house south of Charlottesville. It's when you see three dopey looking adult males from the back in the "whatever the front part' of the pick up truck is called--not the bed.
All three of them know that's called "the cab". And all three of them probably know how to fix a vehicle when it's broken, unlike your husband.
So who's the real dope here, then?
You, for stereotyping and being absurdly boastful of you sad truck knowledge.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I have an old 4WD Subaru that I use for hauling: trips to Costco, home improvement projects, hauling firewood, hauling stuff to the dump, buying used stuff off Craigslist, hauling furniture for friends, going up the mountain to go snowboarding, etc.
I'd LOVE a pick-up truck, but DW insisted on an enclosed vehicle. C'est la vie. We live in NW DC.
I want a pick-up truck, but DH thinks it's too redneck. Pisses me off. I'd have SO much use for it!
I'm with your husband. Maybe because I come from a long line of New Englanders, pick ups aren't my thing.
My husband always laughs that I talk about the '3 heads' in a pick up truck whenever we are driving down to his Aunt's house south of Charlottesville. It's when you see three dopey looking adult males from the back in the "whatever the front part' of the pick up truck is called--not the bed.
All three of them know that's called "the cab". And all three of them probably know how to fix a vehicle when it's broken, unlike your husband.
So who's the real dope here, then?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I have an old 4WD Subaru that I use for hauling: trips to Costco, home improvement projects, hauling firewood, hauling stuff to the dump, buying used stuff off Craigslist, hauling furniture for friends, going up the mountain to go snowboarding, etc.
I'd LOVE a pick-up truck, but DW insisted on an enclosed vehicle. C'est la vie. We live in NW DC.
I want a pick-up truck, but DH thinks it's too redneck. Pisses me off. I'd have SO much use for it!
I'm with your husband. Maybe because I come from a long line of New Englanders, pick ups aren't my thing.
My husband always laughs that I talk about the '3 heads' in a pick up truck whenever we are driving down to his Aunt's house south of Charlottesville. It's when you see three dopey looking adult males from the back in the "whatever the front part' of the pick up truck is called--not the bed.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I have an old 4WD Subaru that I use for hauling: trips to Costco, home improvement projects, hauling firewood, hauling stuff to the dump, buying used stuff off Craigslist, hauling furniture for friends, going up the mountain to go snowboarding, etc.
I'd LOVE a pick-up truck, but DW insisted on an enclosed vehicle. C'est la vie. We live in NW DC.
I want a pick-up truck, but DH thinks it's too redneck. Pisses me off. I'd have SO much use for it!
Anonymous wrote:I have an old 4WD Subaru that I use for hauling: trips to Costco, home improvement projects, hauling firewood, hauling stuff to the dump, buying used stuff off Craigslist, hauling furniture for friends, going up the mountain to go snowboarding, etc.
I'd LOVE a pick-up truck, but DW insisted on an enclosed vehicle. C'est la vie. We live in NW DC.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I would love to have a pickup. I'd use it for lawn/garden work (like when buying mulch) and for trip to the dump and recycling center. I'd also use it bringing home large purchases. We have an SUV but the garden stuff can get it dirty. But, if I had a pick up, I'd probably only use it about half-a-dozen times a year for those tasks -if I bought one solely for those purpose. I've considered a king-cab type truck as a replacement to my car so I could still transport the kids. But those trucks seem so huge. When our oldest turns 16, I might like him to get a small truck, so I can borrow it and so he isn't driving a carload of his friends around.
Just an fyi, pickups are notoriously more difficult to handle in the snow and bad weather. My parents would also weigh down the back of their pickup truck during the winter, so that the backend wouldn't slide around so much. Maybe not as much of a big deal around here, since we don't get a lot of snow, but still something to think about with a newbie driver.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I would love to have a pickup. I'd use it for lawn/garden work (like when buying mulch) and for trip to the dump and recycling center. I'd also use it bringing home large purchases. We have an SUV but the garden stuff can get it dirty. But, if I had a pick up, I'd probably only use it about half-a-dozen times a year for those tasks -if I bought one solely for those purpose. I've considered a king-cab type truck as a replacement to my car so I could still transport the kids. But those trucks seem so huge. When our oldest turns 16, I might like him to get a small truck, so I can borrow it and so he isn't driving a carload of his friends around.
Just an fyi, pickups are notoriously more difficult to handle in the snow and bad weather. My parents would also weigh down the back of their pickup truck during the winter, so that the backend wouldn't slide around so much. Maybe not as much of a big deal around here, since we don't get a lot of snow, but still something to think about with a newbie driver.
Anonymous wrote:I have a very old small pickup. I use it for home projects, throw the Christmas tree in the back(live in nw and get a 10% pickup discount from the guy selling trees lol), haul the kayaks, landscaping stuff, etc. My wife likes driving it to pick the kid up from a big name private school(it’s really beat up).
The funny thing is how many offer to buy the thing we get.