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As a full time walker and bicyclist, what I have learned is that virtually no one is up to the responsibilities of operating a car or truck. Humans do not deserve to drive, and the sheer volume of traffic accident deaths every year is a reminder of that (let alone the far greater volume of traffic related animal deaths).
Not with those crash safety test results. I’ll take a modern sedan if I’m going to have a car
Im in love with cars in Bud Spencer movies. Small, neat. The Beatle and Bully of VW. So cute and compact
And don’t forget Herbie, the love bug.
The solution to cars being shit isn’t old cars. It’s bicycles and trains. Lots and lots and lots of trains and bicycles.
Not everyone can ride a bicycle. I propose a shitton of tricycles, too, maybe some powered by solar-battery assist for those that have other physical issue with pedaling.
It can probably be assumed that by “bicycle”, they meant the full array of pedal-powered vehicles including variants with all the kinds of accessibility options.
Well that’s not going to work either. Am I going to take a train to the grocery store? I’m not going to ride a bicycle to the grocery store I have to go up and down no less than three hills to get there. And these aren’t small hills these are cardiac arrest inducing hills. So we do need cars we just need better ways to power them. And I don’t mean batteries or gas.
bicycle cars! best of both worlds… oh wait///
Velomobiles!
VeloSUV
Is it possible to restrict communities geographically? This allergy to anything that fits more than two people is very US-focused. There are people with families that need more than just a coupe.
The small car has 5 seats, you can fit a family in it
Congratulations, you can read the brochure. Spoken like a true single person.
Ha I wish. Currently rocking a crying newborn’s pram with my foot. We don’t need a yank tank either
Same. I don’t mean tank. Just something that has three rows. When both kids are in the car - mom can’t fit in between them. And when the littelin starts crying - mom’s going crazy, cuz she can’t help him.
So. Four of us, front passenger seat is useless, mid rear seat is useless. Need a third row.
You are somehow doing this wrong. I have a small hatchback and can fit two Lida and two tall adults just fine. I think this is a matter or perspective. MOST of the world does not use giant SUVs.
Maybe. But I’m 197cm - I think that’s about 6’5 or 6’6. We’ve got a 5 series and when I drive there’s very little space behind me. The 4 yo does not fit without me moving forwards quite a bit, while the reverse newborn seat makes me barely able to drive. I also think you’ve conveniently ignored half of my post.
You need 3 rows of seating for 4 people?
Wild.
Did I stutter? Is something in my write up not clear?
The writing was clear. The logic is questionable at best.
Most people in the US hate each other and their children, so they need a huge house and a huge car to be “with” them while also staying as far apart as possible.
I do admit my house is huge by most standards but I run a basement studio/jam space out of it. My hobbies take up a lot of space…music recording, retro gaming etc
Some of my best memories of my siblings are from being crammed in the back seat of a car during a road trip with our Gameboys, trading pokemon and playing through Zelda : Legend of Time/Seasons and swapping catridges on the way back.
Again - this is not US. I really wish you stopped making shit up.
I mean this clearly shows how rectangular cars were back then, which is not great for collisions. They should at least stay round.
Also i read a discussion recently about how EVs are heavier due to their battery (and that’s supposedly bad for pedestrians when they get into a crash with the car), and i immediately had to think of how enormously overweight SUV vehicles are today, and people don’t complain enough about how enormously overweight SUVs are. In fact some people praise it and say that the heavy mass is good for the car-driver of the SUV because when they get into a crash, they’ll take less damage (while everyone around them takes more, btw).
Really shows how arguments are twisted and turned around when it’s the oil lobby that stands to profit from it.
In the case of SUVs, it’s not primarily the oil lobby, it’s car manufacturers. Put simply, they get to charge way more than the extra materials costs, for a “premium” vehicle. They’re making bank out of this shit.
Imagine if speed limits were variable based on a car’s weight and lethality. Only small cars are allowed to go fast.
Montana does this actually. Cars can do 60 for example, semis must go 50. Granted its not divided up for bro trucks and huge SUVs like it should be. Every state should. And speed limits slow down at night!
Meanwhile me back in University:
Sell me a Station Wagon with third row seating, or damn-near-anything that seats three in the front row today. You can’t.
It is so hard to tell how big those american cars are, because all the other cars around them are huge too, so everything is in proportion.
This really puts in perspective though. Seriously WTF
These are British. Cars in the US are bigger still
I don’t understand what American cars have to do with this photo. The only American vehicle in that UK parking lot is the white Tesla in the background to the right.
These are neither American cars nor is this parking lot in the US so Idk what you’re talking about
I used to drive an early 90s Nissan Sentra. Great small car. Recently had a rental for a few days that’s was a new Nissan Sentra. The new one is absolutely huge compared the old car.
In a surprising reversal, the meme got it right (SUVs, 90s) and the title did not (SUV’s).
Even when dealing with acronyms and numbers, " 's " indicates possession.
I don’t see SUV’s much, but I frequently see 90’s (or other decades).
These 90s may have to be in north ireland if you want this accomplished.
You’ll never convince me that SUVs don’t exist solely to sell what is effectively a minivan to deeply insecure men.
SUVs exist because they cost roughly $1,000 more to make but consumers are willing to pay $3-4,000 for an SUV than a car. That’s it. As always. The answer is our Lord, and savior - Money.
AFAIK, they only sell full-size minivans in the US. I don’t think I’ve seen any smaller ones since the Mazda 5 was discontinued.
The availability of crossovers in every size category means you can get the size you want.
Deeply insecure men buy pickup trucks with hoods I can barely see over. SUVs and their perception of “safety”, storage space, and ride height are why women are the primary purchasers.
I enjoy my small shitbox (2007 KIA Rio5 hatchback) and wish I had a smaller shitbox to commute in
One of the biggest perks is the fact that my little shitbox is FIXABLE by sane people with standard tools! No special tools, parts are literally everywhere, and all the parts are DIRT CHEAP. The engine is in Hyundais and KIAs from 1989 to 2011. If it’s a 1.6L 4 cylinder made by those 2 companies it’s the same engine between ALL OF THEM.
EDIT: The biggest difference is the exhaust routing. The midpipe on the Hyundais is straight, the KIAs it’s got a bump.
My contribution - 1990 Volkswagen Vanagon. It is pretty large, but hilariously it’s still smaller than a Chevy Tahoe lol.
And it probably fits more stuff!
Hi, it’s me your long lost cousin!
