On Jun 21, 4:32 pm, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelati...@hotmail.com>
wrote:

It's a 6cyl compact single cab, and gets over 20mpg on the highway.
Just about 20 on the back roads.  Since I drive rarely, I chose a
utilitarian vehicle.  Being a somewhat new homeowner with a fixer-
upper of a house, a good percentage of my driving is hauling stuff for
the house.  Another good percent of my vehicle use is hauling boats
around.  A car would have been completely impractical, as my last
vehicle (a car) nicely demonstrated.  FWIW, I have a 2mpg difference
from my old 4cyl car, which wasn't able to do most of the things I
needed.  I can see your point though; I should have specified that I'm
not referring to an extended cab F350 when I say truck.

Also, I ride my bike all the time without my truck involved.  In order
to meet this group at this time I need the truck, but I don't need the
truck to ride my bike.  Most of my riding is vehicle-free.

He drove to work with the bike in the truck because he's going for a ride
after work at a place too far from where he works to get there in time
otherwise. Pretty simple.

Many times I have driven closer to my destination with the bicycle in the
car and then complete the trip by bicycle. Usually when I am going to a
place where parking is difficult.

That's the modus operandi for Harley owners, isn't it? :-)

I thought this was simple, but it appears Brent is the only one who
gets it.  The distance from work does not require me to drive, I
usually carpool in and pedal home.  The meeting @ 5:30 and a work
schedule that keeps me here past 5PM required me to use my truck if I
wanted to catch this group to ride with them.  It so happens I did
want to catch said group to ride with them, so I took the truck.
Kudos to your co-worker, but it's irrelevant to this situation.