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How often do you go off-road? Daily? Weekly? Monthly? Yearly? How often are you buying large furniture or moving something large? Daily? Weekly? Monthly? Yearly

How often do you go off-road? Daily? Weekly? Monthly? Yearly? How often are you buying large furniture or moving something large? Daily? Weekly? Monthly? Yearly? Is it worth spending $10000+ extra for a truck + extra on fuel + extra pollution over a car to save a few hundred on delivery fees? Some people need trucks for sure but I think a lot more have them than need them.

rayiner 4y ago
I live 10 minutes from a Whole Foods, and don’t own a trailer or a boat (which is pretty common here in exurban Maryland). I probably go off road a couple times a year. Then haul junk a several times a year. Then tow something a couple of times a year. Then buy something big and awkward a couple of times a year. And then a couple of years ago there was that snow storm and it was nice to be able to tool around past abandoned Teslas. It’d be annoying to go out and rent a pickup truck every other month to do those things. It’s not the money it’s the convenience.
hd95489 4y ago
No but there isn’t really a service to get one for a reasonable price when I need it. Rentals can be had but not for a reasonable price or when you need it. Let’s say I need a truck 14 days a year that’s probably at least 2k in rental fees. The truck is cheaper than a suv and probably 10k more than a sedan
- acdha 4y ago
  Or $280 at Home Depot, which is less than the extra cost of gas - much less the average $20+k the vehicle costs relative to a sedan or station wagon. The average truck sold for $45k last year and I’d be surprised if even 20% of the buyers ever do something a $28k Subaru couldn’t do.
  - hd95489 4y ago
    I can’t imagine an average Subaru runs much less than mid/low 30s right now. It’s only a 10k difference. Home Depot changes 20$ for 90 min but good luck actually getting one when you need it and you can’t really use it to tow a boat or trailer. You can’t even use one for Craigslist pick up because it’s never available
    - acdha 4y ago
      $28k if I take the first offer from Costco Auto, and the mid-Atlantic region isn’t exactly the cheapest. Compare to $41k average for mid-sized pickup trucks or $60k for full-sized and you could make a fair number of rentals. Since most of the ones I see are in showroom condition I am skeptical that the p75 owner would come anywhere close to that many over the life of the vehicle. The people I know who actually need them don’t need you to guess about this - one look at the truck is enough.

rayiner 4y ago

I live 10 minutes from a Whole Foods, and don’t own a trailer or a boat (which is pretty common here in exurban Maryland). I probably go off road a couple times a year. Then haul junk a several times a year. Then tow something a couple of times a year. Then buy something big and awkward a couple of times a year. And then a couple of years ago there was that snow storm and it was nice to be able to tool around past abandoned Teslas. It’d be annoying to go out and rent a pickup truck every other month to do those things. It’s not the money it’s the convenience.

hd95489 4y ago

No but there isn’t really a service to get one for a reasonable price when I need it. Rentals can be had but not for a reasonable price or when you need it. Let’s say I need a truck 14 days a year that’s probably at least 2k in rental fees. The truck is cheaper than a suv and probably 10k more than a sedan

acdha 4y ago
Or $280 at Home Depot, which is less than the extra cost of gas - much less the average $20+k the vehicle costs relative to a sedan or station wagon. The average truck sold for $45k last year and I’d be surprised if even 20% of the buyers ever do something a $28k Subaru couldn’t do.
- hd95489 4y ago
  I can’t imagine an average Subaru runs much less than mid/low 30s right now. It’s only a 10k difference. Home Depot changes 20$ for 90 min but good luck actually getting one when you need it and you can’t really use it to tow a boat or trailer. You can’t even use one for Craigslist pick up because it’s never available
  - acdha 4y ago
    $28k if I take the first offer from Costco Auto, and the mid-Atlantic region isn’t exactly the cheapest. Compare to $41k average for mid-sized pickup trucks or $60k for full-sized and you could make a fair number of rentals. Since most of the ones I see are in showroom condition I am skeptical that the p75 owner would come anywhere close to that many over the life of the vehicle. The people I know who actually need them don’t need you to guess about this - one look at the truck is enough.