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[–] nickiam2@aussie.zone 98 points 11 months ago (1 children)

One is a truck made for actual work and the other is an abomination pretending to be a truck.

[–] EatYouWell@lemmy.world 39 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The second is basically a minivan, but the 3rd row is a truck bed.

My truck is kinda similar, but they just took a smaller suv and added a bed.

[–] nickiam2@aussie.zone 22 points 11 months ago (2 children)

So why not just use the van? At least the cargo space is covered from the elements. Most people who drove these yank tanks don't actually need the truck part.

[–] Catsrules@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago

So why not just use the van?

Using the right tool for the right job.

Open bed of a truck is very handy for very tall items or stuff that needs to be dumped like rocks, dirt etc.. Or if your towing a very large load with goose neck trailer.

[–] EatYouWell@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Not arguing that at all. But vans really aren't much better from a fuel economy standpoint.

Actually minivans have more utility cause you could take out the middle row. And they had the sliding door and hatch and were more compact .