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ThurberMingus  ·  1645 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The case against American truck bloat

    But you can’t really practically get those features the few times you need them

Off road 4x4 is the only thing you can't rent easily, because rentals have no-off-road conditions. The others are easy to solve.

Work trucks are work trucks, if it's earning you money get the one that's right for the job.

But for personal vehicles the times a light pickup isn't just as good for less than a heavy duty are damn few.

The times you aren't better off with a minivan and occasionally renting a small trailer for it are also pretty slim, tho maybe you need to spring for illegally dark tint to make sure nobody see it's you driving the minivan.