[rsync]

"The long-bed was popular back when people owned a truck as an extra vehicle/work vehicle only, now many use their truck as their main vehicle and have need of carrying others."

My favorite configuration is:

- 8 foot bed

- extended (not full) cab

- rear doors are "suicide" doors

Our ranch truck is a Silverado 1500 in that configuration and it is nice to have optional seats but not lose the 8 foot bed. Suicide doors allow you to open the entire vehicle up with no pillar in the way and I love that.

Chevy no longer offers this but I think Ford does, currently ...

[nobleach]

I've got the same but the 6.5 bed. That just means I can park it at Home Depot somewhere near the entrance to the store. The 8 foot bed does have its allure.