• Kalysta@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    If this person works in a trade that requires heavy hauling of equipment and matrials, fine. They need this truck.

    If this person is using it to make up for personal inadequacies then fuck them for buying a monstrosity that pollutes like hell and wasted gasoline.

    • HowManyNimons@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      To be fair, going to IKEA is a defensible application for a vehicle like this. Some of those flat packs are pretty bulky.

      • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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        1 month ago

        You’re going to purchase a 22ft truck just for Ikea trips? How often are you going to Ikea for large furniture?

          • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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            1 month ago

            Right, so these people are going to drive a 22ft truck everywhere because they might go to Ikea at some point in the next 5-10 years?

            I went to Ikea with my Honda Civic and strapped my order to the roof of my car. It was awkward for 1 day instead of being awkward every single day.

    • Todd Bonzalez@lemm.ee
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      1 month ago

      It’s easy to figure this out. Just look in the bed of the truck.

      If the truck bed is clean and empty, you’ve got yourself a Pavement Princess.

      • 2pt_perversion@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

        There’s also much longer vehicles that suit different purposes that people use without issue. We have no idea what their day-to-day work is and this might be the best possible option for them.

        The small dick kill the environment type trucks usually don’t focus on long truck beds.

        • Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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          1 month ago

          And those longer vehicles aren’t really made to run errands or fit in regular parking lots.

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            1 month ago

            They aren’t, but not everyone can afford two vehicles. I can imagine a person getting an extended cab truck for both errands/family and work. And if this is the case, what are they supposed to do?

            Vehicles are expensive.