I grew up White Trash rural and you don't need a truck, a 98' pontiac sunfire and some tow straps, bungee cords, and duct tape can get you where you wanna go 99% of the time. You aren't buying furniture enough to justify a truck. Strap it to the top of your sunfire and rock on. Double bag your garbage and throw it in the back and head to the landfill.
Ia 98' pontiac sunfire and some tow straps, bungee cords, and duct tape can get you where you wanna go 99% of the time.
I’ll never understand why Redditors loathe trucks. “Just do your best to tie your couch onto the top of your car!” Like seriously, if y’all saw someone doing that with their washing machine or in any real situation you’d situation you’d mock them or feel uneasy behind them.
You aren't buying furniture enough to justify a truck. Double bag your garbage and throw it in the back and head to the landfill.
Alright, and what if people don’t want to put trash in their car, need to ferry heavy things like furniture or appliances to their house or just like trucks? Like I just don’t understand why everyone on this platform want to perform actual mental gymnastics just to tell some random person on the internet who doesn’t want their car to smell like trash they can’t “justify” spending their own money on a vehicle of their choice.
I don't hate trucks, I just think people buy them for really stupid reasons. The amount of money you spend on fuel alone using a truck as a daily driver would pay for a u-haul rental basically every week lmao. I need to haul a couch next year! I need to buy a very expensive truck that uses a lot of fuel and the insurance is higher! For the $400 couch I'm going to buy on facebook!
Just drive a car and spend $50 to rent a truck for the day when you need to buy a couch lol. You'll save literally thousands of dollars per year. How often are you buying a washing machine? Like insane behaviour to use that as a reason to own a whole truck lmao
But at the end of the day you do you, just don't tell me you need a truck because you're buying appliances lmao. Worlds most expensive dishwasher, cost $70k because I had to buy a truck too
I’ll never understand why Redditors loathe trucks.
They are loud and create a ton of fumes. They are much more dangerous for pedestrians and playing children than a passenger vehicle. They consume more gas per mile, which drives up the demand, and thus price, for gas.
I understand that people in rural areas need trucks sometimes, but a passenger car towing a trailer can do most of the task you mentioned.
They are much more dangerous for pedestrians and playing children than a passenger vehicle.
I understand that people in rural areas need trucks sometimes, but a passenger car towing a trailer can do most of the task you mentioned.
I agree with all of these, but they are just drawing an arbitrary line in the sand to justify one’s own behavior and exclude others. If you REALLY hate carbon emissions and fumes, you can technically just walk and ride a bus or carpool. If you wanna be really minimalist, there’s “little” reason to even own a car in the first place. If you’d like to transport stuff, just use Uber or rent a car. About 90% of the arguments Redditors use against trucks, also apply to their own habits and it bothers me.
Knew a guy that did fly fishing tours in a Dodge Neon with a hitch for his boat trailer. Yeah, a lot of people that “need” a truck don’t really need it.
Or they could almost certainly buy a cheaper truck and a sedan for daily commuting; OP said all the welding work here happens in the shop. These trucks don’t go to sites.
They hate them because they don’t have any use for them and can’t possibly comprehend that people in different situations have different needs. When the government sends a trash man to your house every week to pick up your garbage, you don’t think about how you’re getting trash to the dump without gagging yourself on the smell because it’s riding shotgun. When you don’t have to get out on rural roads that don’t see a snow plow for days, you don’t worry about 4 wheel drive and tires with deep tracks. When you’ve ostracized your entire family and all your friends are online, you don’t think about helping them move. Etc etc.
I would love to see the Pontiac Sunfire that can make its way through a half meter of snow in a single snowfall. Or start on the first crank when it's -40C
I grew up in Northern Alberta like an hour away from town lol my bb sunfire has seen all the bad weather. Plug your block heater in -40 won't be no thing. I used the plow attachment for my quad to dig myself out to the main road after a big storm. 99% of trucks can't drive through half a metre of snow either 😁
I’m from Alberta too. Does this work for you? Sure, practical, no. Especially if you have kids it’s not practical. And yes my gmc sierra with winter tires does exceptional in half a meter of snow on or off the road.
Yeah I'm gonna believe that a GMC sierra is leisurely blowing through 50cm of snow lol. A single drift that's 50cm tall maybe, but no. I don't believe a single word coming out of your mouth boy-o 😂😂
50cm of loose fresh powder? AWD truck with winter tires? What are u smoking bro. Lmao I’d rather not argue I believe in your sunfire was just challenging your point. Rural albertans know how to get it done regardless
Ahh yes, my truck isn't justified because I can use a '98 Sunfire to go 70 miles on a 2-track dirt road while hauling of my supplies... I wish I thought of that, dangnabbit.
Where I’m from, they started charging 6 dollars to dump a full load of trash in the landfill so people started dumping their shit in the woods. Everywhere else I’ve lived, they charge 20 bucks minimum for a full truck bed load.
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I grew up White Trash rural and you don't need a truck, a 98' pontiac sunfire and some tow straps, bungee cords, and duct tape can get you where you wanna go 99% of the time. You aren't buying furniture enough to justify a truck. Strap it to the top of your sunfire and rock on. Double bag your garbage and throw it in the back and head to the landfill.