Don't get me started on pick-up beds. They have shrunk, I agree, but they are also now almost always chest-high, and with the pickup bed sides, you can't even place a rake or a shovel inside, and reach over and get it out again, unless you are seven feet tall.

Ford has a little man-step built into it's tailgate, like an elderly ladder, to help reach in. GMC has a 6-function tailgate, to help assist you into climbing up into your bed to retrieve your long-lost rake.

Meanwhile, I look on at smart owners who purchased lovely sensible right-sized Ford Ranger pickup trucks from the mid-90's who have wisely kept them up in great condition, and remember what could have been...