If you are in the market for second hand bakkies for sale, it won’t take a lot to convince you to sell your car and join the fan club. These robust, reliable and practical vehicles deliver on all their promises.
If purchased and used for transporting large loads, hauling trailers and conquering the outdoors, you will always get your money’s worth out of them.
Of course, buying a bakkie is a complex process; in addition to a long list of brand and model offerings, there are three variants to choose from: single cabs, double cabs, or extended cabs.
We are here to break down the fundamental differences so you can make an informed choice.
And once you’ve decided on the perfect ‘cab’, the next step is obvious: simply pop over to Weelee to sell your car.
#1 Single Cab bakkies – the quintessential ‘workhorse’
Single cabs look good, but the fact that they work really hard gets them the thumbs up. Their ideal fit is the farmer, construction worker, property developer, plumber, electrician and outdoor enthusiast or off-road adventurer. (We do not want to discount smaller 2×4 single cabs – or ‘mini bakkies – that are nifty little runarounds).
A single cab bakkie’s main selling point is its long load bin space, which offers premium load capacity. Their versatility is unmatched, from hay, chickens and sheep to camping gear, mountain bikes and machinery. And when you add its hauling capability into the mix, you have an absolute winner.
#2 Double cab bakkies – the ideal ‘all-rounder’
South Africans most love double cab bakkies. And when ‘Boer soek ‘n vrou’ finds a wife (and children enter the mix), he may want to sell his single cab bakkie and buy a double cab.
Although double cabs are only sometimes seen as family cars, they fit the hybrid brief of country workhorse and urban leisure vehicles. As an everyday solution, you can’t go wrong with the versatility of a double cab.
Besides a slight compromise on load bin space, the upselling reasons to sell your car and buy a double cab are plentiful:
- Spacious cabin with an extra row of seats to transport passengers safely and comfortably
- Luxury features include leather seats, cruise control, reverse camera, top-of-the-range technology
- Sufficient load bin capacity
- Equally reliable on rougher terrain and on urban roads (in Gauteng these are often considered the same!)
- Superb hauling abilities (so boats, caravans or camping gear can still go along for the family weekend away, and farmers can still haul machinery)
- Ample safety features
#3 Extended Cab bakkies – the ‘let’s get extra’ option
Also known as a super cab, Xtra cab, cab-and-a-half, or king cab, the extended cab bakkie is the ‘piggy in the middle’ variant, slotting between double cabs and single cabs. (An extended cab is a four-door bakkie with two traditional full-sized doors and two smaller-sized rear doors that open backwards.)
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What makes these options highly desirable is that little bit extra, viz, the lidded storage boxes featured behind the two front seats in the cabin for sizeable equipment. Although the load bin capacity is slightly compromised, it is a negative.
Extended cabs will never fully fulfill the purpose of a family vehicle, so they cannot really be considered the best of both worlds, but for the purposes of load capacity and storage versatility, these bakkies are worth a second look. They offer secure storage space within the cabin (for luggage, sports equipment, and ‘padkos’) that a single cab and double cab do not.
Weelee – the proudly SA option for selling your car
A bakkie may be a guy’s best friend, but Weelee is your BFF when getting the best price for your car.
Our innovative online platform is ideally positioned to help you sell your car and make your bakkie dreams come true. Selling your vehicle the Weelee way is not only guaranteed to be simple, fast, and safe, but with a HelloPeter 9.9/10 trust index rating, it’s easy to understand why South Africans love and recommend Weelee.
