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Delivery of heavy things is costly you know. It simply comes down to: if you're making use of it, it's worth it overall. Our pickup was only 35k, same price as the Subaru we'd otherwise be buying. We're outdoorsy and we're converting our yard from grass to trees, shrubs, and wildflowers, so a pickup is getting its mileage. If you only need this stuff a few times a year then it's certainly not worth it. People have different needs.
Motherfucker rent a uhaul. Its just a codpiece for the insecure.
What has you so bent out of shape? We make use of it. It's not even my car, it's my wife's. I drive an electric moped to work most of the time and my sub-SUV the four months it's too cold. Would you rent a uhaul to go kayaking!? We drove 2.5 hours to my wife's parents for a long weekend (Juneteenth) and brought an inflatable bed, kayaks, paddle board, and we came home with their smoker (they're retiring and downsizing). Besides, it's a Ford Maverick that gets 36 mpg, it's not a massive gas guzzler.
Drive what works for you, but what we're doing is economical and no more environmentally unfriendly than any other car.
There's a reason why they only exist in the US.