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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by JaN0h4ck@feddit.de to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world

Honestly this is absurd. These death machines shouldn't be legal in europe. That thing doesn't even fit in the parking space, even though the parking lot has the biggest spaces in the whole city. The ~~Golf~~ Polo is so small in comparison, it could even hide in front of the engine hood of the truck.

EDIT: It's a Polo and not a Golf, I don't know my cars, sorry for that!

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[-] sucricdrawkcab@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Bro what? They had to pull up on the curb to fit in a space. That's ridiculous .

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[-] SwedishFool@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

You might be right about the passengers, but from a relatives point of view, only the pickup works for his line of work. I won't go into details, but it involves transporting machines from site to site and using them there. His pickup is only used for work, he has a Volvo V60 as daily driver.

I see no problem with large cars as long as there is justifications for that specific vehicle.

[-] Tavarin@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago

You can get smaller pick-ups with the same size bed that can easily haul the machines he needs. These giant monstrosities are just useless overkill.

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[-] lunaticneko@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

If you chop them into pieces, you can fit more "people" in the back.

[-] ConfuzedAZ@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I owned an f150 for 11 years. It's honestly been my favorite vehicle. However, in the time I owned it, I used it to tow my motorcycles and race gear, I renovated almost every room in my house, and I had a seven kilometer drive to work. It was an extremely useful vehicle. Anyone that needs a truck will immediately argue with you that they aren't necessary... For some people. My kids got a little older, and I need to drive them and their friends around, I sold the bikes, and I sold the truck for 50% of what I paid for it. I bought a 6 seater explorer. You may not like trucks, but they have their uses. If they sold UTEs in the USA/Canada I would have bought one in a second. I used to carry a tow strap too to pull civics out of the ditch during snow storms.

[-] LittleLordLimerick@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

You could have done all of that in a small truck like the old ford ranger.

No one thinks that trucks aren’t useful. The problem is the absolutely preposterous size of these trucks.

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[-] malloc@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Of course it’s a dOdGe rAm 1500 hD that’s parked partially on the side walk

[-] akai@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

But only one says you have a tiny penis

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[-] MaxMouseOCX@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I bet I could get more people and stuff in the truck than the golf... Not comfortably, but still... A lot more.

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[-] KingOfNoobs@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

6 vs. 5. But I get your point.

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[-] nullPointer@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago

can put 5 or 6 more in the bed.

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