If OP is out in montana, most fun things are going to need a pickup.

Offroading, boating, horseback riding, dealing with snow, hauling firewood. Sure, you can get a 4x4 SUV like a 4runner but just get a dang truck. lol

Renting is a hassle, and its cheaper to buy if you need to rent more than a couple times a month.

>Renting is a hassle, and its cheaper to buy if you need to rent more than a couple times a month.

What kind of activity requires so much transportation?

Rural home ownership. When you own 10 acres and want to make use of it, there's always a project to do. I've owned my current 10 acres for almost 3 years, and lived up here full time since last October. Prior to moving, I spent every other weekend up here (other family lives here full time).

There has hardly been a weekend since I bought the place in that time where I don't have some project that involved some amount of construction material. Even just a weekly shopping trip can fill up a full sized truck when you live 30 miles from town and do all of your shopping at once. Also, I have 4 horses on the property (not at all uncommon here), so that alone justifies the truck since I have to go get a few thousand pounds of hay every so often.

What do you mean? Like boating, boondocking, 4-wheeling, house work, fishing, going to the dump, landscaping, etc?

You may live in a city, and never need to move anything, but for lots of people they use a pickup every weekend.

> Renting is a hassle, and its cheaper to buy if you need to rent more than a couple times a month.

... how expensive is renting a vehicle there ? here in france it's like 40-50€ for a day

That's about right. So if you rent 3+ times a month, thats 150 euros ($180) a month. That's easily a car payment on a used truck. Not to mention the amount of time you spend dealing with the rental place, and doing the extra return journey. Considering the hourly rate of the average HN user, that's firmly in range of a truck payment.

Also consider that you get to eventually sell / trade in the truck. Vehicles depreciate, but you get some value out. Rental payments all disappear.

okay, I have to rent at most 4-5 times a year so definitely not the same experience