At this point my Jeep is a compact car compared to the whales on the road, sure it maybe taller but I need the square trunk area and height for my back and work.
A crossover, crossover SUV, or crossover utility vehicle (CUV) is a type of automobile with an increased ride height that is built on unibody chassis construction shared with passenger cars, as opposed to traditional sport utility vehicles (SUVs), which are built on a body-on-frame chassis construction similar to pickup trucks.[1]
So Lada Niva, Subaru Outback a d many others are still technically crossovers despite being very capable outside the pavement
I had to double-check, but the difference seems to be that traditionally SUV has a frame separate from the body construction, and crossover has the body form frame
But also, that definition is not always followed and people just call the stupidest size cars SUVs, and the less-stupid-but-still-stupid-size crossover
But for example, by that definition this lada niva is a crossover, not an SUV
The smallest car you can get in Victoria is a Kia Picanto or a Suzuki Ignis. We’re talking under 900kg. They’re usually driven by the very young or very old.
I get around Melbourne in an old Ignis. The government frames us like we’re the unsafe ones. The road blimps are getting out of hand.
Fun story: I annoyed a guy in a Silverado last month by (gasp) getting in front of it so I could see. He pulls up next to me and starts yelling at my roof. I couldn’t even see the dickhead’s face.
I drive a Swift and a motorbike in Melbourne. I’m convinced 2 out of three drivers in Melbourne have zero ability to recognise they are part of an ecosystem and that the road doesn’t uniquely belong to them.
And tell me about being blamed for our own safety. Can’t even go for a decent ride any more because I’ve seen potholes that can swallow a man. And now they have.
The potholes were definitely not caused by motorcycles and Swifts. I can’t believe the hypocricy of people who buy a 3 tonne rolling whale and complain about the prevalence of potholes.
Also the one with a lower, clearly sloped hood and the biggest windows, not only relative to it’s size but in total. Yes size matters, but those stupid modern city tanks also bring a lot of additional “features” making them more dangerous for pedestrians alongside their ridiculous size.
Funniest shit is that in the picture, the smallest car is a fucking SUV
At this point my Jeep is a compact car compared to the whales on the road, sure it maybe taller but I need the square trunk area and height for my back and work.
You do realize you can still get 3 door hatchbacks too, right? You’re comparing very different vehicles there.
Your jeep is also horrendous for pedestrians in a crash compared to that Honda.
I feel like it’s more of a crossover but yeah that’s basically the smallest car they sell nowadays, at least here in the USA.
Well crossover is an SUV, the most popular type of “stupid size car” in Europe at least
A crossover is a hatchback on stilts, they have zero off road ability.
So Lada Niva, Subaru Outback a d many others are still technically crossovers despite being very capable outside the pavement
I always thought of them as a distinct category but maybe you’re right I don’t actually know.
I had to double-check, but the difference seems to be that traditionally SUV has a frame separate from the body construction, and crossover has the body form frame
But also, that definition is not always followed and people just call the stupidest size cars SUVs, and the less-stupid-but-still-stupid-size crossover
But for example, by that definition this lada niva is a crossover, not an SUV
Yeah I also looked it up and it doesn’t really seem like there’s a consensus on whether they count as SUVs. So I guess we’re both kinda right.
Either way fuck cars that are bigger than they need to be. That’s the ultimate point.
Fuck cars in general, but especially the stupid sized ones
The smallest car you can get in Victoria is a Kia Picanto or a Suzuki Ignis. We’re talking under 900kg. They’re usually driven by the very young or very old.
I get around Melbourne in an old Ignis. The government frames us like we’re the unsafe ones. The road blimps are getting out of hand.
Fun story: I annoyed a guy in a Silverado last month by (gasp) getting in front of it so I could see. He pulls up next to me and starts yelling at my roof. I couldn’t even see the dickhead’s face.
I drive a Swift and a motorbike in Melbourne. I’m convinced 2 out of three drivers in Melbourne have zero ability to recognise they are part of an ecosystem and that the road doesn’t uniquely belong to them.
And tell me about being blamed for our own safety. Can’t even go for a decent ride any more because I’ve seen potholes that can swallow a man. And now they have.
The potholes were definitely not caused by motorcycles and Swifts. I can’t believe the hypocricy of people who buy a 3 tonne rolling whale and complain about the prevalence of potholes.
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Also the one with a lower, clearly sloped hood and the biggest windows, not only relative to it’s size but in total. Yes size matters, but those stupid modern city tanks also bring a lot of additional “features” making them more dangerous for pedestrians alongside their ridiculous size.