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No but there isn’t really a service to get one for a reasonable price when I need it. Rentals can be had but not for a reasonable price or when you need it. Let’s say I need a truck 14 days a year that’s probably at least 2k in rental fees.

The truck is cheaper than a suv and probably 10k more than a sedan



Or $280 at Home Depot, which is less than the extra cost of gas - much less the average $20+k the vehicle costs relative to a sedan or station wagon. The average truck sold for $45k last year and I’d be surprised if even 20% of the buyers ever do something a $28k Subaru couldn’t do.


I can’t imagine an average Subaru runs much less than mid/low 30s right now. It’s only a 10k difference. Home Depot changes 20$ for 90 min but good luck actually getting one when you need it and you can’t really use it to tow a boat or trailer. You can’t even use one for Craigslist pick up because it’s never available


$28k if I take the first offer from Costco Auto, and the mid-Atlantic region isn’t exactly the cheapest.

Compare to $41k average for mid-sized pickup trucks or $60k for full-sized and you could make a fair number of rentals. Since most of the ones I see are in showroom condition I am skeptical that the p75 owner would come anywhere close to that many over the life of the vehicle. The people I know who actually need them don’t need you to guess about this - one look at the truck is enough.




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