Vans and minivans do everything trucks and SUVs do, and they do it better. Every time. No exception. SUVs and crossovers are just worse minivans for people who think they’re too cool to drive a minivan.
And those outside of North America largely need not apply. I wish we could just have a robust public transit system here, but apparently, public transit is antithetical to muh freedum or something. Or so they tell me.
And that’s not even getting into the point the post makes, which is that these monstrosities are getting bigger and more dangerous to pedestrians, yet our governments do nothing to stop it.
I didn’t mean to imply that’s what you were saying.
There are exceptions, but yeah 99% of trucks and SUVs on the road simply don’t need to be there.
I’d love electric van, honestly. Most of the stuff I use my truck for doesn’t need the open space up top or the ability to drop a load from above/the side, and the few times I have needed that I could have spent an hour hand loading things. Plus I’d prefer the extra security of having an enclosed cargo space. Vans are better than trucks in all but a small set of circumstances
Yep, only things my truck has been specifically good for have been dump runs to one particular facility (big pit with low wall) and hauling loads of gravel/soil. A van or a trailer could accomplish much the same, but the truck was cheap and I don’t have anywhere to keep a trailer so it’s a good second vehicle.
Sorry I know that in text it can seem like I’m responding directly to you but I was more meaning in the broad sense. That I understand that there are situations where you do need a pickup truck or a heavy duty truck, things of that nature.