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What people online think I drive when I mention owning a pickup truck versus what I actually drive
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Unpopular opinion: unless you regularly haul things, you don't need a truck of any size. Unless you regularly go off-road or are transporting 5+ people and a dog or more, you don't need an SUV. You can rent one of those for the rare times you need it! And in the meantime, you'll save gas money and pedestrian deaths will go down...
Maybe... but why not go further?
Unless you regularly transport more than 1 person, you don't need a car. You can rent one of those for the rare times you need it!
Buy a motorcycle or bike instead?
You're a shitty reductio ad absurdum, my kid and I live in England where rain was invented and I do fine without a car.
Just throwing it out there that rain gear exists and you can 100 percent ride a motorcycle or a bicycle when it's raining without getting wet. I think everyone would be a better driver if they had to experience getting somewhere on two wheels.
Hell, a motorcycle can generate enough electricity to power heated clothing to keep you warm even during New England winters. If there's no ice on the road I'm riding my motorcycle to work!
(This is our asshole; I hope that counts)
I guess technically he's my asshole too.
Hi I own only a moped and when it rains/snows:
the occasional cab fare is peanuts compared to what I'd be paying in gas and insurance
I rent a car/van sometimes when I need to haul stuff. Same deal
For more than a decade I only rode a motorcycle in Florida. I even made trips - with a passenger - to Costco. It required plenty of straps and saddlebags and a big backpack, but it was doable to get groceries in it for two people.
This was on a Triumph Scrambler, and I had added a luggage rack etc, so not something you could do easily on a stock sport bike, but you don't need a big touring bike for this kind of living, either.
The times I needed to haul something big, I rented a truck from a big box hardware store. Saved a ton of money over the years, and only now have a Prius (with a roof rack to haul stuff) because I live in a place with harsh winters. No sidecar yet, but thinking hard about it...