I live in the middle of nowhere and as everyone here say's:
they are good to have in case you need to haul some stuff.
Pickups and SUV are compromise cars being average at a
lot of things and they are how customers want their cars.
A friend bought a Porsche tractor (yes they made tractors
until 1963) and his city friends asked him: why and what for?
I said: it's good to have one in case you need to...
Thomas
snyler wrote:
> For the first time, over 50% of the new vehicles sold in the US were
> light trucks as opposed to cars (Pickups, minivans, SUVs) Do over 50% of
> the population really need a truck-based vehicle, or are some of us being
> sold a bill of goods. I see a lot of longbed-crew-cab-duallie super duty
> 4x4 behemoths that have never seen a puddle, much less a load of gravel.
> I guess they hold a lot of groceries. I can get over 10 bags of
> groceries in the roadster when the top is up, and it's not going to roll
> if I swerve to avoid that puddle.
> Some folks need a big hauler/towing vehicle, but many, I suspect are
> just pretending to be cowboys (and cowgirls)
>
> -Marc T.
> '70 1600
> '93 Escort wagon (all you really *need *for a daily driver, will carry
> engine blocks, trannies)
> '88 Dodge 318 pickup (shortbed) Drive only when needed (trips to dump,
> towing)
> '65 Datsun 320 When this is restored, bye-bye Dodge :^)
>
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