You pretty much hit the nail. In 01I bought a quad cab long bed. I got used to driving the length in short order. I now have a crew cab long bed and it is longer than the qc. Driving it is no real issue. Parking can be a pain in small lots requiring a two point turn to get in. I have no problem parking out in the boonies and walking it is not like I can't use the exercise. However I do dread going downtown Denver in it due to parking the parallel spots are rarely big enough and all the lots are very tight fortunately I rarely need to go. I still prefer the long bed for the reasons you mentioned
