• Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Sorry, when I hear earthmover I think backhoe, grader, skid steer, not wood chipper.

    Regardless, sounds like your civic met the need instead of a RAM 2500 super-duty?

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      1 year ago

      Well, except for the part where then engine skipped timing and died a terrible death few months later. So, I dunno, did it really meet my need? Or was the engine failure purely coincidental? I do know that the mountain roads around here are pretty rough on cars in general; towing at your max capacity while going up a steep grade probably isn’t very good for an engine.

      Renting a truck would have been far, far cheaper than what I spent replacing the engine.

      • Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        I don’t know your car, it’s possible. I’m not here to judge people on their needs analysis, I’m here to judge people for not doing a needs analysis.

        The point is people should buy vehicles based on needs not wants. The chance of maybe towing a thing up a hill one time in a 15 year vehicle lifetime is probably not a satiasficing for a vehicle that’s primarily used to travel 8.7km each way for a commute and a 1.8km round trip for groceries 5.43 times per month. (Canadian figures).