Hexa Fox
Silver Member
After extended cabs came on the market, I don't understand why anyone would want a regular cab. Everyone needs secure, dry storage of the stuff they carry around, like tools, etc. You're so limited with a regular cab and, especially, if 2 people are in the truck. My first pick-up was a '95 Chevy Cheyenne K2500. [Yes, Chevy had 2 lines of PUs back then.] It was an extended cab with a long bed and I bought it off the lot. Nowadays, you can't find a long bed on the lot. So, I had my '07 and '20 Chevy Silverado 2500s built to get exactly what I wanted: Extended cab, long bed, 4X4, etc.
See this is interesting, because I have always had regular cabs and always wished for just a couple more inches behind the seat. However, I can get a lot of things behind the seat of a regular cab. You are just obviously limited to what you can stuff back there and easily retrieve. I worked at the transportation department at a casino with my father and I honestly hated the larger trucks. It is just like others are saying, you have to watch every turn you make, parking is a pain in the @$$ and now if you have dually double down on that @$$ part.
I live on the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia and anyone that knows what I am talking about knows that the area I am in has exploded. What was once easier to drive a larger truck has definitely become more 'reserved' for lack of a better term. You are stuck parking at the end of the lot like a lot of other people are saying. Even though I am young I have a lot of experience driving the larger pickups and I do not want my regular cab GMC any bigger than it is. I can fit it in parking spaces. I can go to the Chic-Fil-A curbside and order and basically anything you can do in a regular car. Having that said, I honestly do not want it any wider or longer. I also have towing mirrors.
The biggest 'dumb' of my situation is I always somehow end up with 1500 trucks. Having that said, my truck has a very high towing capacity and I can 'overload' it a little because of the weight I saved not having an extended or crew cab. My truck is rated to pull 10,000lbs but not sure I would ever feel comfortable pulling that with how light it is.
So my personal opinion is that people should be able to drive whatever they want. Just it has become a 'masculine thing'. I do not feel that way about people here on this site because you have property, tractors, equipment, trailers etc. Just a lot of my little town has become people buying trucks to 'have a truck'. Then they complain about having it. Anyone who says a truck is more comfortable than a SUV or luxury car has lost their mind or they are a very large human being.
I am 5'9" and when I am in the backseat of a truck I do like the room but man it feels like you are flopping around. I do not know what they are called but I see the new trucks (mostly GMC) that have four actual doors but the backseat is the same as a extended cab or not much bigger. I have never rode in one but man does it look ridiculous. At that point I think you would rather just have the full crew cab. Anyway rant over. I am on team regular cab for sure.
