Mini Van vs Full size pickup

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A pick up is easy to load and easy to keep organized . If your a hunter you will have to drive slow to keep fuel MPG in reach of a mini.
& especially when loaded fuel MPG is not worse .

A mini still with roof use holds plenty & can get around faster then a pickup with out a fuel penalty . That is till you really load it up then a pick up is better .

A pickup loaded gets less odd ball looks from people

The pickup cabin can be kept clean wile all heck goes on in the cargo area

I have found the sweet RPM to be of 1000 to 2000 driving mellow at those ranges delivers fine MPG for the tasks at hand .
not worst then a mini. BUT drive like a idiot and you will pay at the pump , Wile a Mini could care less.

I Love my pick up . Thank God I have a pick up , I need a car trailer & this truck has the bumper to prove it.

I scrapped out of a '96 Nissan Quest for awhile. Removed both bench seats, and the carpet from the rear, to the back of the front seats. Could cram quite a bit in there. Access from side door or rear hatch. Tinted windows so most hadn't a clue what I was hauling.

Didn't take long for the hatch struts to fail, but that's what Vise Grips are for.

My personal truck is a Ford Ranger with a topper on it. I realized the other day I need a trailer because I have some very large printers and copy machines that I need to pick up.
My company vehicle is a Nissan Versa and I will sometimes pickup some PC's on the way home. I found I can fit 25 PC's in it but I'm always afraid something will crawl out of one and onto me while I'm driving. I hate spiders! I would rather my scrap be in the back of a truck.

Originally Posted by jimicrk

My personal truck is a Ford Ranger with a topper on it. I realized the other day I need a trailer because I have some very large printers and copy machines that I need to pick up.
My company vehicle is a Nissan Versa and I will sometimes pickup some PC's on the way home. I found I can fit 25 PC's in it but I'm always afraid something will crawl out of one and onto me while I'm driving. I hate spiders! I would rather my scrap be in the back of a truck.

Even worse is when braking something down and out pops a roach! I have had my fare share of spiders come out of stuff. Worst had to be a brown recluse.

Originally Posted by Copper Head

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A pick up is easy to load and easy to keep organized . If your a hunter you will have to drive slow to keep fuel MPG in reach of a mini.
& especially when loaded fuel MPG is not worse .

A mini still with roof use holds plenty & can get around faster then a pickup with out a fuel penalty . That is till you really load it up then a pick up is better .

A pickup loaded gets less odd ball looks from people

The pickup cabin can be kept clean wile all heck goes on in the cargo area

I have found the sweet RPM to be of 1000 to 2000 driving mellow at those ranges delivers fine MPG for the tasks at hand .
not worst then a mini. BUT drive like a idiot and you will pay at the pump , Wile a Mini could care less.

I Love my pick up . Thank God I have a pick up , I need a car trailer & this truck has the bumper to prove it.

i don't know about anyone else but my truck runs better when loaded or towing, shifts nicer and rides like a lincoln. at 1800lbs in the box you almost don't feel the bumps in the road.

Originally Posted by jord0690

I would never trust a bumper hitch... Rust and rot scares the hell outta me. Get one that bolts directly to the frame. Can handle much more weight and is a lot more trustworthy.

its not legal to tow off your bumper anymore here, or at lest that's what i was told at some point.

Originally Posted by cummins

i don't know about anyone else but my truck runs better when loaded or towing, shifts nicer and rides like a lincoln. at 1800lbs in the box you almost don't feel the bumps in the road.

Yea - that would make sense as unladen most any work truck is a kidney buster

I use a Suburban with a trailer. I can lock up any tools I need to carry and if I am loaded and I cannot get to a scrap yard I can always drop the trailer and then drive the Suburban without the load. I pay a gas penalty but I don't fit in a small vehicle. I don't want to pull stuff out of a minivan.

I used a fullsize pickup for years and it was nice but when it was loaded it was loaded. If I picked up a load of a Friday afternoon I was stuck dragging it around till Monday.

My wife has an S10 but I don't fit in it.

I use an love my mini-van. You haters with your pick up trucks, an trailers...pssshhwww!



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Um, I had to take a look in Google images to see what you were talking about. Don't want to pi** you off, but when I saw the images I immediately thought about "something only a mother could love....."

J.

gah! That roadmaster is so fugly I think it's own mother would've felt that way..LOL.

As to why a mini-van over that ugly thing you suggested..

1. My van is paid off.
2. I can actually almost stand in my mini-van.
3. I have 5 doors to move stuff in an out of.
4. Its not a ugly beast of burden. It's just a beast of burden.
5. My cooler(s) fit right comfy up in between the driver an passenger seats.
6. I can remove the benches in my van, an not worry about ruining my seats, and increase carrying capacity
7. The first roadmaster that pulled up in a google search, was uglier then sin.
8. I already have, and own a mini-van.
9. I don't like station wagons.


CopperHead I was just teasing on my post about ya'll being haters on the mini-van. So no worries my friend.

Far as the Roadmaster..when they make a mini-van let me know.

Now..a pic of the ugly.


People actually turn these into tricked out cars? Crazy. Google it so you all to can be amazed at seeing a slammed roadmaster. haha!

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