I can vouch for this, I am in construction, and felt I could not get by without a pickup, in fact I felt that any car you couldn't carry a sheet or 20 of plywood was nonsensical, at least for me. After a 70 buck fillup last Augest, I said enough is enough, and went from an F-150 to a Honda Element. 21 to 25 mpg, not fantastic, but awd and with the seats up I can get most of my tool inventory in( which now is a laptop ,a notebook and a file box) when I am actually wearing my tools. My truck sat on a consigment lot for 5 months prior to which it was in internet classifieds, a truck trader, and craigslist. When I finally did sell it I got about half of bluebook for it, and was happy to do so.