Pickup Trucks Are Getting Huge. Got a Problem With That?

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76. I call my Mom's 1978 Cadillac Sedan DeVille a land barge

My 1999 GMC Suburban 2500 is named Moby - it's white and as big as a whale.

When I bought the Suburban, I needed a 3/4 ton truck to haul my horse trailer. Now I seldom haul horses, but the truck is paid for and only has 170,000 miles on it. I still need it sometimes to haul stuff for the farm - last week we took a load of logs to the sawmill, Friday picked the lumber sawed from them and stacked it in the toolshed to dry. Without the truck, we'd would have had another pecan tree rot in place. I figure if I take care of the truck at the rate we use it now, it should last me the rest of my life. Our first Suburban died with close to 500,000 miles on it.

The cars we use regularly are my husband's 2014 Prius V and my 2017 Honda Fit, both easy to park, with great gas mileage. Both have room for groceries and a lot of stuff, and a few people, though my Fit is a little cramped for my husband. Since I drive somewhere maybe once a week (before Coronavirus) it might be the last car I buy!