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634-5789

(4,175 posts) Wed Mar 9, 2022, 04:55 PM Mar 2022

So, you bought a HUGE pick up truck to 'compensate', and now gas prices.....

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So, you bought a HUGE pick up truck to 'compensate', and now gas prices..... (Original Post) 634-5789 Mar 2022 OP

? doc03 Mar 2022 #1

A buddy of mine has a older brother who has done exactly this... Thomas Hurt Mar 2022 #2

Secret smile for me Ruby Zee Mar 2022 #3

You could get a used volt for 15k on carmax.com Blues Heron Mar 2022 #7

I have an SUV for when I need to haul something. It certainly comes in handy. Dial H For Hero Mar 2022 #4

Well, then your penis something-something TheProle Mar 2022 #5

If the OP isn't about you, then it isn't about you. nt. Mariana Mar 2022 #9

Yup. Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #6

Vanity license plate leighbythesea2 Mar 2022 #8

Everyday I see 4 seat Toyota and Hondas driving around with only 1 driver and no one else. fescuerescue Mar 2022 #10

I don't "need" a pickup truck. former9thward Mar 2022 #11

doc03

(35,328 posts)

1. ?

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Wed Mar 9, 2022, 04:58 PM

Mar 2022

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)

2. A buddy of mine has a older brother who has done exactly this...

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Wed Mar 9, 2022, 05:00 PM

Mar 2022

Has a dually Ford 250. Doesn't own a thing to tow. Doesn't own a farm or any land. Just a little house and small plot.

Ruby Zee

(170 posts)

3. Secret smile for me

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Wed Mar 9, 2022, 05:00 PM

Mar 2022

My neighbors, that I don't care for, bought a huge transit van to use as a family vehicle. I'm just enjoying the schadenfreude. What were they thinking?
I was a new driver in the early 1970's when the gas crisis occurred, so I've driven high mpg vehicles since that time. Can't wait until I can afford and electric vehicle.

Blues Heron

(5,931 posts)

7. You could get a used volt for 15k on carmax.com

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Wed Mar 9, 2022, 07:31 PM

Mar 2022

Dial H For Hero

(2,971 posts)

4. I have an SUV for when I need to haul something. It certainly comes in handy.

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Wed Mar 9, 2022, 05:06 PM

Mar 2022

I also need it’s FWD capability during Colorado winters.

TheProle

(2,167 posts)

5. Well, then your penis something-something

Reply to Dial H For Hero (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 9, 2022, 05:13 PM

Mar 2022

It's the ones whose cries we cannot hear, those who have to choose between necessities and the ability to travel, that we should care about.

Mariana

(14,856 posts)

9. If the OP isn't about you, then it isn't about you. nt.

Reply to Dial H For Hero (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 9, 2022, 09:24 PM

Mar 2022

Scrivener7

(50,949 posts)

6. Yup.

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Wed Mar 9, 2022, 05:55 PM

Mar 2022

leighbythesea2

(1,200 posts)

8. Vanity license plate

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Wed Mar 9, 2022, 09:16 PM

Mar 2022

On a truck in front of me this morning said "not woke". I immediately began captioning it.

Not affording gas right now, came to mind.

have nothing against needing a truck. Have an svu for 5 years of home remodel. And a gently used impala that was my moms. Really want a Prius tho.

fescuerescue

(4,448 posts)

10. Everyday I see 4 seat Toyota and Hondas driving around with only 1 driver and no one else.

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Wed Mar 9, 2022, 09:32 PM

Mar 2022

And no one in the other 3 seats.

I really wonder what they are compensating for, by driving a 4 times as much vehicle as needed?

Most people don't need anything more than a motorcycle.

former9thward

(31,987 posts)

11. I don't "need" a pickup truck.

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Wed Mar 9, 2022, 09:32 PM

Mar 2022

I have one because I like them. And they are far safer than smaller cars. I don't really care about gas prices.

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