How do people get by without a truck?

[Jumpem]

I've been shopping for stuff for my townhouse and it's a pain without one. Absolutely nothing fits in my car. My gf's Sunbird could barely fit a papazan chair. I need a truck.

Do people just get everything bigger than a microwave delivered?

 

[brigden]

Originally posted by: Jumpem
I've been shopping for stuff for my townhouse and it's a pain without one. Absolutely nothing fits in my car. My gf's Sunbird could barely fit a papazan chair. I need a truck.

Do people just get everything bigger than a microwave delivered?

Yes.

 

[ElMonoDelMar]

I just got my first truck a few months ago. Every family should have a truck for at least one of their vehicles.

 

[Shawn]

I'd just have my friend carry something for me in his truck.

 

[yokomo]

I have a 2001 ranger with one of those hard tops and it is as usless as a car with that cap on it thank god it is removable... it is 2 inches too narrow to fit my snowmobile in it that BL0Ws.........

 

[amdskip]

Someday hopefully I will have a truck.

 

[Jumpem]

Originally posted by: ElMonoDelMar
I just got my first truck a few months ago. Every family should have a truck for at least one of their vehicles.

I'm starting to realize that. Even relatively small things like chairs, tv's, or garage stuff won't fit in mid-size four door car.

 

[MetalMat]

I drive a van

 

[KK]

How, by living in the filthy cities i guess.

 

[dullard]

Everything I've ever needed (save a Queen bed and mattress) fit nicely in my Civic trunk:
[*]chairs,
[*]8' fake christmas tree and 6' wide,
[*]1000 sq ft of wood flooring in two trips, (Should have seen the look on the faces of the warehouse people when I said to put it in the Civic. They kept asking where my installer's truck was).
[*]etc.

Full fold down seats and a tall opening means a heck of a lot can be squeezed into it. For the bed frame + mattress, I paid $30 for it to be delivered to a different city. So I'm out $30. It would cost me a lot more than that to buy a truck that would be used once a year.

 

[Jumpem]

Originally posted by: Shawn
I'd just have my friend carry something for me in his truck.

I used to do that, but now I live two hours away from everyone I know. I need to be more self sufficient.

I like my Miata, but am thinking about a truck.

 

[jlee]

Either delivery, friends, or our utility trailer..

 

[Eli]

Good question, we've had a truck for as long as I can remember...

Well, I guess there were times that we didn't have one.. But only when we lived in the city.

 

[Kipper]

There are these things called moving vans...

 

[Jumpem]

Originally posted by: Kipper
There are these things called moving vans...

I didn't mean for moving. Just day to day things. You want to go buy a tv, grill, air compressor, a table, anything like that. Most of it won't fit in a car.

 

[Yzzim]

We have friends...?

 

[Summitdrinker]

I can haul a lot in my mercury grand marquis, and pull my bass boat too

 

[Gurck]

Why not just use a car?

 

[daniel1113]

A truck sure would be useful a lot of times...

 

[Ronstang]

I live in Texas....I can find a truck any day just about anywhere to get my stuff home so why should I buy one and get 12 mpg?

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Bah, just gotta tell the salesman you'll buy it right then if he delivers for free!

 

[tennisflip]

Originally posted by: Jumpem

Originally posted by: Kipper
There are these things called moving vans...

I didn't mean for moving. Just day to day things. You want to go buy a tv, grill, air compressor, a table, anything like that. Most of it won't fit in a car.

I can't remember the last time I've purchased any of those things you've listed.

 

[Jumpem]

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
Bah, just gotta tell the salesman you'll buy it right then if he delivers for free!

But places like Dicks, Walmart, etc don't deliver. That only works for a few major stores.

Have lots of you never run into this problem?

 

[Jumpem]

Originally posted by: tennisflip
I can't remember the last time I've purchased any of those things you've listed.

I have a lot of stuff I need to get that I can't fit in either of my vehicles.

 

[Viper GTS]

You know part of the problem might be that you drive a Miata.

I've moved decent sized TV's (27" Wega) in an Aspire, it's not hard.

Viper GTS