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Originally Posted by raymr
Trucks are just as wasteful, though you see them being used more as work vehicles rather than personal transportation. Most SUV drivers use their vehicles for roles that a VW Rabbit or a Civic could do. Those cars get 2-3x the MPG of a typical SUV. The "sometimes" advantage of an SUV becomes an "all the time" habit.
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If it were a company truck, yes. But take a walk around the neighborhood sometimes. Count the trucks and look at their hitches and beds. Go to a used car lot and look at the truck beds. Hardly a scratch. If they were hauling something, it must be pretty padded. If they were used as more than personal transportation, the used car lots don't reflect that when you see the bed. Once in awhile, I see a work truck. Most of the time, I see a personal transporter. I see the bed nice and shiny and I know it might have seen work once or twice a year. Any work truck will be pretty scuffed up in the bed for sure. So, if the bed is nice and shiny, I conclude it was a personal transporter.