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Comment by blackguardx

1 day ago

Loading drywall into my minivan is a lot easier than a truck. I can fit whole sheets and close the back gate so I don't need to strap them down and they are protected from the elements.

How about gravel? Fill? A yard of mulch? Manure? Construction debris?

  • Indeed. When is was remodeling my house, I bought an old van for €2000,- (the successor to the C15, actually) *

    I had no compunction to fill it with debris, earth, sand etc. but that’s not something your European tradesman does. He uses a separate trailer.

    * https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/2005_Cit...

    • The Berlingo is amazing. Handles like a normal car, great storage space, convenient and nimble. I was very lucky to borrow one last time I moved to a new flat.

    • OK but I do not live in Europe (though I am originally from there). You are trying to convince me that there is no possible utility that a pickup truck can have where I live, despite you having no experience with it. I am telling you from personal experience that it does have utility while also having had experience with using cars, vans, trailers, and delivery services. What makes you so convinced that your lack of experience makes you correct and my years of experience makes me incorrect?