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"Barely ever"? Isn't that enough?
My car can drive 4 people and their luggage. I need that every time my family goes anywhere.
But usually it's just me and my laptop bag, maybe a couple of grocery bags.
So I'm that guy. Big car, rarely filled to capacity. What do you suggest I do? Buy two cars to reduce waste?
(Although mine is not an American pickup, it's a European station car. If that changes anything.)
I like the motto of optimizing for the things I do more frequently, not for the edge cases. It's up to you to decide where that line is. But maybe if the need for something larger is rare enough, you can find another option like renting something. I know renting is a pain, but if it's rare you don't have to do it all that much.
I live in a blue collar neighborhood. Big trucks owned by tradesmen/women everywhere. They absolutely use them frequently for what they’re capable of. Some of them have a second cars for groceries etc. but I’m glad there are not two cars for every truck because parking would be a bitch, and wouldn’t save much gas. If they were to rent for the “rare trip,” it would be the grocery store. No one is gonna rent for a grocery store trip when they can just happily drive their truck. The store is closer than the rental agency.