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20-25 miles highway is absolutely appalling. Like shockingly terrible. A conventional ICE minivan would get 10-15 extra mpg with additional room for passengers,
by tomtheelder 3y ago
20-25 miles highway is absolutely appalling. Like shockingly terrible. A conventional ICE minivan would get 10-15 extra mpg with additional room for passengers, and would cost less. A reasonably sized hybrid would easily get double the mileage.
In my opinion, full size trucks are the absolute worst vehicles on the road in terms of those trade offs. You get pitiful gas mileage, a tiny cab, high prices, and the thing is absolutely massive despite most folks only generally using a tiny portion of it at a time.
IMO the only justifiable reason to drive a pickup is if you tow or carry extremely volumes of stuff on a near daily basis.
- bombcar 3y agoI'm not sure what ICE minivans you're thinking of, except maybe the Sienna? > The Carnival matched its EPA combined rating during its stay with us, averaging 22 mpg. https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a38417315/2022-kia-carnival-reliability-maintenance/ https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a38417315/2022-kia-carn... > No matter which trim you select, the 2023 Honda Odyssey mpg will be 19 city/28 highway/22 combined. These are not 10-15 extra. Maybe 5-10 extra. The Sienna might pull 15 extra.
- frumper 3y agoI sure am glad no one needs to justify their car purchases by you. Daily use of a pickup with extreme volumes sounds like an unreasonable high bar for justification. What if it was every other day?
- mwbajor 3y agoYea, I also carry stuff in the bed alot of times. I don't need extra room for passengers, I need extra room for other stuff, lumber, pipes, etc. I've had a van before, and I think the tradeoffs are better in terms of the truck. Not all folks that have trucks are soccer moms that use it to drop off the kids like you think.