It meets all your points -better- than any other -single- vehicle. There you are: one vehicle cannot excel at all multitude of wishes on your list which by definition makes yours a compromise.
Why can one vehicle not excel at a multitude of things? Not sure where/how you've come up with this theory, but it's nonsense.
A chassis-cab with dropsides, or enclosed box, or a dumpbox, is a superior cargo or commodity transporter.
Superior for me how? I haul nothing that would benefit from any of these. Again, this is MY situation, not yours, or some perceived generic data set.[/QUOTE]
A minivan is a superior family transporter.
Again, for five large adults, how is a minivan superior? Have you ever sat in the back seat of a new crewcab F150? It will dwarf the best minivan in leg room, head room, and shoulder room. I drove an Odyssey for a couple years. For babies/young kids it works well. For large adult bodies, my F150 owns it handily.
A large sedan offers superior high speed stability and comfort.
Maybe in Germany on the autobahn, but the highest speed limit anywhere near me is 70mph, a speed at which my truck is more smooth & quiet than most sedans, so nope.
A compact diesel car offers superior fuel economy on commuter traffic with just one occupant.
OK, now you've actually made a valid point.....for someone, just not me. I rarely endure commuter traffic, and rarely travel solo. Irrelevance applies here.
A swamp buggy offers superior offroad capability.
Well, no, not getting into my camp, which is all I need to do. Too tall, would certainly not play nice with all the trees. Might be fun, tho.
A large van offers superior tool storage for a field service technician.
I'm not a field service technician, and only need to carry a small toolbox on occasion. More irrelevance for me.
Point for point, your pickup doesnt excel at any of these things, yet it offers the best possible compromise between all thats on your list, either as a requirement or just as a wish.
So, clearly, point for point, my truck does indeed EXCEL at MOST of the requirements I need to do, better than even purpose-built vehicles. Crazy, huh?
And i am not "hating on light pickup trucks" i am (apparently) making people uneasy when posing questions which they have allways taken for granted: whether it is cost-effective to commute 35.000km a year with a 20mpg pickup truck, while you need the pickup trucks added ability to go a bit off the road, tow and haul more than a compact commuter car could, for only 3000km a year.
No, it's your arrogance assuming you know better what some else could or should be driving, as if they put no thought into what they need. Don't assume to think you know everything about everyone else's needs. As I've clearly pointed out in my specific case, you haven't a clue.
I am telling nobody what to drive, but im just asking: are you sure a pickup truck is the best compromise between all aforementioned requirements of a personal vehicle, when it is used for commuting 90% of the time, when the versatility of a pickup truck offers no added value ? Or do you just keep buying pickup trucks because your countrymen has been doing it for three generations without asking questions ?
Why would you ask that, when no one asked your opinion? Comment on your own situation, stop trying to be an expert on everyone else's.
I am asking that because whether fossil fuel run out, or after the Trump presidency you get a swing to the far left and greenies take charge and try to tax you out of your pickup trucks, somewhere in the next decade the scale is going to tip and you guys will have to rethink vehicle necessity vs. Nice-to-haves.... call it a doomsday prophecy if you will, but thats my prediction for the next decade.
Yes, and you know how long this type of BS has been thrown around? We should have been driving space ships on vertical highways by now. Next decade? Keep your day job, you'll never make it as a prophet.
