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Old 02-07-2019, 06:56 AM
 
Location: Metro Detroit Michigan
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They must have the baby bed in the back. Everyone around here with a full size truck seems to park them outside. Mirrors, cab length, and bed length are a constraining factor.
True standard 7 ft fits but a 8 ft won’t in a standard garage were i live and many fold their side mirrors inward.
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Old 02-07-2019, 06:58 AM
 
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Tacoma or ridgeline. Tacoma is a solid investment, while the ridgeline offers dependability just like the tacoma.
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Old 02-07-2019, 06:58 AM
 
Location: Metro Detroit Michigan
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Please read the thread title. It's no good arguing that you know someone with a full size truck that can squeeze it into the garage, when the OP has clearly stated HE DOESN"T WANT A FULL SIZE TRUCK.


Do you REALLY think a "full size 4 door bighorn ram" whatever that is, would qualify as a "small narrow pickup"?
No but they are nice to have if you have to transport that tiny pickup just put it in the bighorn bed lol lol.
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Old 02-07-2019, 07:24 AM
 
Location: Floribama
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A standard F250 is only a little over 6 feet and a little over 6.5 ft wide so it would fit.but if it’s got a lift kit than no it won’t fit. I see plenty of HD pickups in garages we’re i live. When i did live in Florida the garages looked smaller than those in the metro Detroit area.
Fitting it in the garage is one thing, but having enough room left over to be able to open the door to get out is another. Or I guess you could always climb out through the sunroof if you have one.
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Old 02-07-2019, 07:44 AM
 
Location: Riverside Ca
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As part of down sizing I sold my old pick-up truck. Now I find that living in suburbia I really miss having a truck for things like hauling landscape supplies, taking stuff to the dump, picking up goodies from estate sales, and carrying the mower or grill somewhere.

So what would be a small two door pick-up that might even be narrow enough to fit in a suburban garage? Not lifted, not necessarily 4WD, but something small and with an open bed for occasional outdoor needs?
S10
Ranger
Frontier
Tacoma
Dakota
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Old 02-07-2019, 08:41 AM
 
Location: Metro Detroit Michigan
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Fitting it in the garage is one thing, but having enough room left over to be able to open the door to get out is another. Or I guess you could always climb out through the sunroof if you have one.
Like i said garages in different states are different garages in Florida ore smaller than those In my area .I lived in Florida and their garages there are shorter than those in Michigan because we don’t put our furnace or in your case a air handler/ heat pump or our washer and dryer in our garages because of the cold weather we have basements or slabs with a crawl space with a utility room. So we have room for a full-size pickup and a sedan or cuv in our garages.
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Old 02-07-2019, 04:55 PM
 
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Like i said garages in different states are different garages in Florida ore smaller than those In my area .I lived in Florida and their garages there are shorter than those in Michigan because we don’t put our furnace or in your case a air handler/ heat pump or our washer and dryer in our garages because of the cold weather we have basements or slabs with a crawl space with a utility room. So we have room for a full-size pickup and a sedan or cuv in our garages.
My garage is long enough, but the washer and drier are in the front.
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Old 02-07-2019, 05:58 PM
 
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You could consider a light trailer.
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Old 02-07-2019, 06:34 PM
 
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S10
Ranger
Frontier
Tacoma
Dakota

these are the ones i would recommend. i prefer the ranger or s10 personally, but the others are also pretty good trucks.
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Old 02-09-2019, 06:40 AM
 
Location: Vermont
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Remember compact pickups? Datsun, Toyota, and Mazda made them. Chevrolet came out with the Chevy LUV. Subaru marketed a couple of different versions of small pickups, including one (the Brat) that had rear facing seats in the cargo bed so it would qualify as a car for tariff purposes.

They were great, in the sense that they were affordable and met the needs of most people who, like the OP, live in the suburbs and have only an occasional need for hauling something just beyond the capacity of a regular car. For instance, when I had to buy a bathtub I borrowed a friend's Mazda pickup and drove to Sears to get it. Most people who own pickups don't need a pickup at all, and they certainly don't need the behemoths out there now.

The true compact pickups of the past are dwarfed by all the pickups mentioned in this thread. I have to believe that if the manufacturers were to make these again there would be a market for them.
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