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One of these pulled up at my workplace today and I can not get over how stupid they look and that got me thinking, who thought making a shittier version of an Odyssey was a good idea.
This thing can’t be useful as a truck, can’t seat as many as a van, costs $50k and burns more gas then an Odyssey (10l/100km hwy vs 8l/100km hwy). Does anyone who drives these things think they are hot shit?
I would imagine a civic plus a normal truck is much more comfortable than this.
You’re implying that a pickup truck is necessary or even desirable for camping. The civic would do fine, or a minivan or van if they have a lot of people and gear. But if they only camp once per year they wouldn’t realize that.
You are actually right. My friend camp with a car with only two doors and barely fits 4 people. and they are doing absolutely fine. Granted they only are a couple, but I imagine a camery can fit a family of 4 just fine, unless you are going to a extremely rurual place with terrible weather.
But I can kind of see the point people are making, that they might need a truck for work, and don’t want a second car for family trip. It some makes financial sense if you only have one car.
But I imagine renting a small SUV or a medium sedan for once a year vacation (with family of 4 or 5) makes more sense for comfort and the environment.
And I have yet to see any American family larger than 3 with only 1 car, so I am quite doubtful of the premise.
EDIT: after very unscientific search of a non-car-guy (aka me), it seems like this car is among the most fuel efficient truck you can buy. So if you ABSOLUTELY NEED a truck, a Ridgeline is probably better than a F150. We are likely indeed mad at the wrong crowd. That being said, I am still quite doubtful that a truck needs to be this large, but I dont think there are many small trucks in the U.S.
Have you priced out normal trucks? Who wants to own two expensive vehicles when one will do?
You are correct but that doesn’t matter to the buyer of this thing. They want to have this instead of a civic and a regular truck in addition often times. If it’s not a truck they feel emasculated.