The Civic Pickup (light duty, enclosed)

[California98Civic]

Here are the 8' 10' and 12' 1x4s and a 2x4 Clear Redwood boards for an 8' outdoor dinning table that I am making for my wife's birthday. This is just after I extracted them from the Civic. They only stuck out the trunk 2.5' because when I remove the passenger seat I have almost a ten foot span from the front of the front passenger foot well to the tail of the trunk lid, almost unobstructed.


It's like a clown car, sometimes. My neighbor with his mini pickup truck was impressed.

[user removed]

I can get 8 foot long pieces in the Fiesta without having the hatch open.

regards
Mech

[mikeyjd]

Call it the Civic Duty?

[Frank Lee]

I was always pleasantly surprised by how much stuff my '74 Nova hatchback could haul.

I'm continually disappointed in the relative lack of hauling capacity in regular sedans and coupes that normally don't feature any pass-thru from the trunk to the back seat area... and I'm loathe to remove the back seat and start cutting braces away on a car in nice condition.

Wish hatchbacks were more popular in N. America.

[sarguy01]

I looked at Civic hatchbacks and Fits because of this. I could actually get my dog in the Fit. I know because when I looked at a new one I had the salesman close the trunk while I was in there on my hands and knees, simulating my dog...

But, I was looking in the $6,000 range and could not find a Fit that cheap and the Civic hatches were priced too high or had too many performance mods (well, so-called performance mods) on them.

I have put six bags of mulch in my Civic's trunk, lumber, bikes, a really good day of shopping at Costco's boxes and bags, and my treestand/gun/hunting stuff. It's funny, because my good buddy that bought a 2014 F-150 Ecoboost (loaded, really really nice truck) just told me he finally went to the city dump for the first time in it after a year of owing it. One of the reasons he sold himself on a $49,000 truck that gets 14.5 mpg is so he could make dump runs since he worked on the house so much. He commutes in it and put 20,000 miles on it in the first year.

[California98Civic]

Originally Posted by sarguy01

... my good buddy that bought a 2014 F-150 Ecoboost (loaded, really really nice truck) just told me he finally went to the city dump for the first time in it after a year of owing it. One of the reasons he sold himself on a $49,000 truck that gets 14.5 mpg is so he could make dump runs since he worked on the house so much. He commutes in it and put 20,000 miles on it in the first year.

Ouch! That really hurts financially. Gotta be careful. I use the civic for hauling firewood, taking cuttings to the dump, and moving whatever. To be honest, my little enclosed light duty pickup is really limited, but not as limited as people imagine. It serves my needs.

[gone-ot]

One-time TOOLS should be used ONCE...and then returned to the rental place.

[sarguy01]

Originally Posted by California98Civic

Ouch! That really hurts financially. Gotta be careful. I use the civic for hauling firewood, taking cuttings to the dump, and moving whatever. To be honest, my little enclosed light duty pickup is really limited, but not as limited as people imagine. It serves my needs.

We have the Mazda for bigger loads. I just hauled 10 bags of mulch in it, with the middle seats still up. It can hold a lot.

If I need a truck, I call my buddy with the F-150!

[sarguy01]

Originally Posted by Old Tele man

One-time TOOLS should be used ONCE...and then returned to the rental place.

Yes. This is my argument against people buying trucks because they own a house. Buying a sheet of plywood once a year isn't a valid reason to buy a truck as a daily driver.

Though, I'd love to get a hunting truck. I will someday, and it will most likely be a second Gen Ram, maybe a third Gen (depending on price...), but it will be used to go hunting, buy big things at Home Depot and pull my 1971 Dodge Dart around as I restore it and buy parts for it. So basically, I will put very little miles on it.

[sheepdog 44]

I present to you a full door with window and hardware fitting in the back with the hatch closed. The parts guy thought it was impossible, but i knew better. The car seemed to like the rear to front weight displacement, and the extra momentum on the highway was acceptable. The sucker was heavy for an aluminum door! It'll carry a lot of volume fine, sleeping in the back is quite comfy on trips.The only victim has been my 14ft Kayak that's been unused for three years.