What, what if you already havea truck. You have to buy an extra car to go to the office now?
You don’t need a truck. Get rid of it.
Unless you work as a handyman or farmer or something, you don’t need a truck. You can ask a friend or rent a trailer for the once in a year occurrence you need to transport something huge.
Even handymen can work without them. My plumber and electrician drove hatchbacks.
Bullshit is a plumber or electrician working out of a hatchback. I’ve seen tradies working out of station wagons, and the poor thing is usually dragging it’s ass on the ground like a dog with worms.
Neat, I’ll let them know. But if you’ve any curiosity about it, the electrician is driving one of those seat delete Chevy Bolt EVs. I don’t know if he bought it directly or converted his own, but the back seats are removed, and a flat bed is installed.
They look like this.
That’s an SUV, not a hatchback.
No, the Bolt EV is not an SUV. The Bolt EV is a subcompact hatchback.
I worked as a handyman out of a camry. It is possible, but not pleasant.
It’s like telling an office worker that they need to work at a coffee table.
Yes, fair, and to be clear I’m not suggesting that tradespeople turn in their work truck for a hatchback. Moreso saying that if tradespeople can make it work without a truck, certainly the rest of us can figure out a way to commute without a truck.
What does the friend drive?
In my case, an f350 to pull giant trailers for an auction business he runs.
it really is one of those “if you have to ask” problems
How do you know that?
Of course I don’t know that, but the vast majority of truck owners have no real-world use for them, other than massaging their ego. So sure, this was a conclusion I pulled out of my ass, but my assculsion applies to a lot of people, and therefore most likely applies to our friend here.
See, this condescending attitude is precisely why Lemmy is currently shrinking.
[citation needed]
If you already have a truck, you gotta learn from your past mistake and sell that thing for a smaller vehicle
But what if I need to buy lumber or haul a mattress to the dump?
Unless you’re doing that sort of stuff super frequently you could rent one or borrow a friend with one. Should work out cheaper with the gas savings. That or get a station wagon.
But then someone else who presumably doesn’t need a truck will be driving a truck
Yes, sorry
No, you ride your bike to the office.
this is unrealistic because ron is the exact kind of person who would do this… is this an actual line from the show?
No I believe it’s “I have an uncle who does yoga”
Which is silly IMO
Doing yoga is damn good for you. It increases strength and flexibility so that you’re way less likely to get injured doing physical activity.
That’s the joke.
I’d say it could be taken multiple ways, either mocking the person doing yoga or laughing at Ron for his silly take
I know a few people who took it as “mocking the yoga doer”
They wrongly believe Ron is right, when hes usually being a manly man stereotype. A kind of extreme example, but people thinking Homelander is a good guy in The Boys is a similar deal, they’re also wrong.
Disagree. Ron is pragmatic to a fault. Hauling air isn’t pragmatic, nor does it do anything to hinder the function of government so I don’t think he would.
TBF, he does live out in the woods and does a lot of woodworking and stuff like that. He probably has more use for a truck than most.
He also drives about the most reasonable vehicle on earth, a mid to late 90s Park Ave with a 3.8. Genuinely one of my favourite cars, absolute highway monsters bigger than some trucks and drive better than they have any right to.
Ron dives a car but no the line is about the uncle doing yoga
deleted by creator
Why do you own a 2500 Silverado if you don’t need the ground clearance? And before you start whining about cargo capacity, most hatchbacks will out carry the average pickup.
Make better choices.
All in all, the 2021 Chevy Silverado 2500 towing capacity is 18,500 pounds. Its payload ranges from 3,614 to 3,900 pounds. Below, you can learn more about this hard-working truck and why it’s a great option if you’re in the market for a used pickup truck.
This particular pickup could carry the average hatchback. And tow another three of them.
What a spectacularly unintelligent comment.
What a spectacularly realistic daily use case.
This is gonna blow your mind, but people tow and carry heavy shit all the time.
I’ve come to the opinion that people who are strongly against pickup trucks are genuinely unable to imagine someone having a different use case for a vehicle to them. Their little hatchback does everything they need it to do, so why would anyone need something bigger?
Check the OP, it’s specifically talking about someone that works at an office job. You don’t have to be a car hater to realize that most pickup trucks are almost never used for the purpose you mention, even if you can think of exceptions.
OK, I’m going to tell you something else that will blow your mind.
People have hobbies and sports, and often those sports involve towing stuff. Boats, racecars, horse floats etc.
Do you think people only ever use their vehicle to drive to and from work?
Just don’t expect roads and parking spots to be built 2x the size they need to be to accommodate your hobby vehicle.
I have never in my life seen a pickup truck towing a race car. I have seen plenty idling in front of schools and at drive throughs.
People love buying things they don’t really need for the peace of mind of ‘but sometimes.’ I would remind those people that rentals are a thing that exists.
Removed by mod
deleted by creator
No, you should rent a truck every time you take your boat out.
I’m taking the piss, but I’ve seen people genuinely suggest this
Depending how often you go it absolutely can be cheaper to rent. Gas is expensive
Do you not value your time at all?
Here’s an idea: people own multiple vehicles for different use-cases
For example: ever tried to get a Hyundai elantra to haul a 3 bay horse trailer?
Removed by mod
deleted by creator
Are you actually suggesting that you need to spend and extra 40k on a vehicle so you can lug some gravel around twice a year instead of just hiring a dump truck to do the delivery?
The amount in gas alone you’d save would cover the costs of getting someone else to do it
Removed by mod
the 8th meme is free
