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Arragonis · 10-18-2012, 05:33 PM

From my perspective (I am 3000 miles away - yeah, the internet goes overseas now, who would have thought eh ?...) I have never had the need of owning a truck at all. The 2-3 times I have needed one in the last decade borrowing or renting one has worked out fine. And none of them have been American and none of them have been a pickup and all have been 4 cyl Diesel - Transit van anyone ?

North America is (or seems) the only place on earth where the idea of owning a truck "just in case" seems to work, and IMHO North America seems to be the only place where this kind of vehicle really exists - well, also maybe Australia. Pickups and crew cabs do exist elsewhere but they tend to be smaller than the US average and 4cyl turbo-diesel powered.

There is a message there, I am not going to go after it.

10-18-2012, 05:33 PM	#74 (permalink)
Arragonis The PRC. Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Elsewhere. Posts: 5,304 Thanks: 285 Thanked 536 Times in 384 Posts	From my perspective (I am 3000 miles away - yeah, the internet goes overseas now, who would have thought eh ?...) I have never had the need of owning a truck at all. The 2-3 times I have needed one in the last decade borrowing or renting one has worked out fine. And none of them have been American and none of them have been a pickup and all have been 4 cyl Diesel - Transit van anyone ? North America is (or seems) the only place on earth where the idea of owning a truck "just in case" seems to work, and IMHO North America seems to be the only place where this kind of vehicle really exists - well, also maybe Australia. Pickups and crew cabs do exist elsewhere but they tend to be smaller than the US average and 4cyl turbo-diesel powered. There is a message there, I am not going to go after it. __________________ [I]So long and thanks for all the fish.[/I]