You're right that people now use their vehicles for a variety of tasks, but I think that's actually part of the problem. My dad has a pontoon boat that he has

You're right that people now use their vehicles for a variety of tasks, but I think that's actually part of the problem. My dad has a pontoon boat that he has to twice yearly haul around. It might make more sense to get something specialized for those two days than drive something sufficiently powerful and fuel inefficient year round.