[WTFM8]

Me: "Hi, I'm WTFM8, and I have an F-150 that gets **** mileage." Group: "Hi, WTFM8."

I have an F-150 (Big Gulp XL) that sits in my driveway, mostly unused, because it's just completely absurd when measured from any standpoint of practicality. Vehicles like pickups and SUVs lure potential buyers in with a grand promise of utility and security, but IMHO, tend to widely fail on both counts.

Furthermore, take away the bed of the truck (Ford Expedition) and you've lost what little use I had for it in the first place! Believe it not, my 19 yr old sub compact wagon proves itself to have more utility function than the pickup 90% of the time, if only for the simple fact that I can afford to drive it wherever I need to go! If I need to get something from home depot, as long as it isn't full sheets of sheetrock or plywood, then it'll probably fit in the wagon, and I'll use less than half the fuel on the trip. Plus, it's got caverns of leg room, including a dead pedal, and loads of headroom. More than that, with the magic back seats down I can even sleep comfortably in the back when I need to. I've had minivans that were less spacious, and you can forget about anything like that in a hummer.

I'll be sending Big Gulp XL back where it came from soon enough, but it's taught me a valuable lesson about choosing the right vehicle for your needs: find out what your "needs" are realistically, and then buy accordingly. Here's to an old-school manual Tacoma when time comes!