Posted by Hal/ Eastern WA on May 11, 2011 at 21:44:01 from (208.81.157.90):
In Reply to: Re: 2003 Dodge 4.7 posted by dhermesc on May 11, 2011 at 13:18:59:
I agree with what you wrote. Unless you really need to haul stuff a lot, driving a big pickup back and forth to work all the time is a pretty costly way of doing things. Getting 30mpg is a lot better than getting 15 to accomplish the same thing, at least in my opinion.
I am retired now, but when I was working in town, I usually drove whatever small car we had. I have always had some kind of a pickup, but lots of years, the pickup only got a few thousand miles on it.
I will never be able to understand why people think they need a big 4 door pickup unless they haul several people around a lot. And I could not be sold a pickup that had a really short bed--they seem pretty useless to me, although they might be easier to park than one with a full sized bed.
I figure my old, dependable 99 F350 should last me for the rest of my life, at the rate I am using it. It is also powerful enough to do anything I want it to do. But I don't expect it to get more than about 15 or 16 mpg diesel mileage. I expect that I will have a bunch of cars before I die.
But "different strokes for different folks"! If nobody wanted the 4 door pickups, the auto makers would soon quit making them. And maybe they will when the new corporate average fuel economy standards kick in, if they actually ever do.
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