In memory of my 95 extended cab

  • outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    10 days ago

    Very few people need a truck like yours. They need one guy in their friend group with a truck like yours who they can ask for a favor every couple years.

    In some places some substantial percentage need, like, an uncovered coated spray off space big enough to throw a deer into.

    • Saleh@feddit.org
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      10 days ago

      Very few people need a truck like yours. They need one guy in their friend group with a truck like yours who they can ask for a favor every couple years.

      Or just get a rental for that day, unless they live in the middle of nowhere. But in the latter case they will know someone with that type of truck for sure.

    • BromSwolligans@lemmy.world
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      9 days ago

      I think you know what I meant. Most people who need a truck need a truck like mine. Obviously most people don’t need a truck. I only have one because the last few years have required a lot of work on my house and yard. Whenever all that wraps up I’ll swap it back out for another car.

      People toss out the “you just need a buddy with a truck” or “you just need to rent one” thing so much but those things require you to bend your life around, say, inconveniencing people to borrow / hoping their schedule accommodates, or, having to go collect, use, pay for, and return during a narrow window of time a rented truck, which, yes, is fine for one day, but if again, you’ve got years of unpredictable needs ahead of you, it’s not a sin to buy a cheap, well-used truck as a second or third vehicle so you’ve always got it when you need it. And in that case, those “most people” need a truck like mine_.

    • Bluewing@lemmy.world
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      9 days ago

      So, someone else needs to own and pay for such a vehicle just you can mooch off of them for free?