PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum - View Single Post - Ever get the urge to buy a pickup truck??

Jim B. · #10 03-16-2007, 01:45 AM

I'm fine with pickup trucks and GMC/Suburban/Yukon/Expedition type SUVs, as long as they are really put to there highest and best use regularly.

Do you have to pull a horse or boat trailer, haul firewood, go often to the plant nursery, take home hay bales, go on unpaved roads to show clients property, have paint cans and ladders or plumbing supplies to haul around, and in the snow country in winter, there are reasons. They can really be useful sometimes. Jeremy Clarkson hates them, said P J O'Rourke described
piickup trucks as a back porch with an engine, but said that would be unfair-
--to the porch!!

But for normal surburban living, they are a waste of money, unless they meet some perceived status or image need. Maybe better to borrow a friend's or rent one when you need it. Kind of like having a big Mercedes, (hoisted on my own petard!) but at least I can say the old Mercedes is real safe and comfortable, and it unarguably is.