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Went camping this week. Left my Prius behind, took my girlfriend's 4x4 up the forest service road to the campground ... found 3 Prius there ahead of me. We nee

by jjindev 12y ago

Went camping this week. Left my Prius behind, took my girlfriend's 4x4 up the forest service road to the campground ... found 3 Prius there ahead of me. We need less car than we think we do.

wmeredith 12y ago
>> Car makers call it "contingency anxiety," the urge to buy a mechanically overqualified vehicle because maybe, once in a blue moon—or a hurricane on a high tide—the car buyer might need the extra functionality. The personal-use pickup market is a creature of contingency anxiety. After all, once a year, you need to bring home a Christmas tree. Source: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324439804578105270554653446 http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000142412788732443980... Full disclosure: I drive my daughter to Montessori school every morning in Jeep Wrangler Rubicon.
- jjindev 12y ago
  Yeah, I had a Cherokee and knew that the road out from my house flooded every 3 or 4 years. When if finally did ... the police got there first and blockaded it. I had to drive around anyway. That was funny, I cussed for the next few miles.
- padobson 12y ago
  I have a GMC Canyon that sits in the garage next to our Prius. I bought it a year before the Prius, but it has about half the mileage on it. That said, I generally find myself having to move something big once a week during the summer months for landscaping, remodelling, maintenance, play, etc, and those are the times when I find my pickup to be indispensable. Maybe when relayrides is more ubiquitous, I'll rethink the truck, but right now it's a luxury at about $17k.
  - Turing_Machine 12y ago
    Lowes and Home Depot have by-the-hour pickup truck rental in many locations. UHaul is always an option, too.
cafard 12y ago
In the 1970s in Colorado, I used to hear that a Volkswagen Beetle could make it up any road that a Jeep could--I guess that the short turning radius helped, and the lower ground clearance didn't matter that much.

by jjindev 12y ago

Went camping this week. Left my Prius behind, took my girlfriend's 4x4 up the forest service road to the campground ... found 3 Prius there ahead of me. We need less car than we think we do.

wmeredith 12y ago

>> Car makers call it "contingency anxiety," the urge to buy a mechanically overqualified vehicle because maybe, once in a blue moon—or a hurricane on a high tide—the car buyer might need the extra functionality. The personal-use pickup market is a creature of contingency anxiety. After all, once a year, you need to bring home a Christmas tree. Source: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324439804578105270554653446 http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000142412788732443980... Full disclosure: I drive my daughter to Montessori school every morning in Jeep Wrangler Rubicon.

jjindev 12y ago
Yeah, I had a Cherokee and knew that the road out from my house flooded every 3 or 4 years. When if finally did ... the police got there first and blockaded it. I had to drive around anyway. That was funny, I cussed for the next few miles.
padobson 12y ago
I have a GMC Canyon that sits in the garage next to our Prius. I bought it a year before the Prius, but it has about half the mileage on it. That said, I generally find myself having to move something big once a week during the summer months for landscaping, remodelling, maintenance, play, etc, and those are the times when I find my pickup to be indispensable. Maybe when relayrides is more ubiquitous, I'll rethink the truck, but right now it's a luxury at about $17k.
- Turing_Machine 12y ago
  Lowes and Home Depot have by-the-hour pickup truck rental in many locations. UHaul is always an option, too.

cafard 12y ago

In the 1970s in Colorado, I used to hear that a Volkswagen Beetle could make it up any road that a Jeep could--I guess that the short turning radius helped, and the lower ground clearance didn't matter that much.