Wide Cars

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Yes, that’s the classification.

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Thats how we view American cars, especially pickups that nobody needs and SUVs that have never seen a path that needed 4WD here in Europe.

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That requires introspection. Instead they say things like “the idiot that built this parking lot made the spaces too small.”

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They did this already:

1997 Pontiac Grand Prix Wide Track 90s Commercial (1996)

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ah, right

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Not really a passenger vehicle.

You say that, but I see four doors on it.

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Pickups, SUVs, and Vans in America are getting unreasonably large because of poorly-written environmental regulation.

In the mid-2000s, automakers were classifying everything as a "truck" to skirt CAFE (fuel economy) standards. The tilling point was the PT Cruiser being regulated as a truck. So, starting in 2012, CAFE standards started to be based on vehicle footprint.

Ever notice how all the little trucks like the S-10, Dakota, and the old-style Ranger all had 2011-ish as their last year model?

Suddenly, small trucks became effectively illegal, and as fuel economy standards get tougher every few years, the automakers have learned it's easier to just make the footprint bigger than it is to make the fuel economy better. They've since re-released the Ranger, but now it's bigger than the F-150 used to be.

And now it's hit the vans. CAFE outran the small cargo van footprints, so the Nissan NV200, Ford Transit Connect, and RAM Promaster City have all been discontinued in the last 2-3 years because they can't make cargo-hauling vehicles that size any longer.

New York City's Taxi Fleet changed to NV200s a few years back to improve accessibility, and now they can't buy replacement vehicles without either dropping the accessibility and going small or moving to fuck-you-sized vehicles.

The one neat thing though is the Ford Maverick. It's a small 4-seat truck with a half-size bed that comes standard as a hybrid (trafitional ICE is an "upgrade" so it meets CAFE) for like 25 grand. The only real problem is buying one since they only made like 4 of them.

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Well in lots of the usa we only have wide ass roads.

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Do you regret your choice? Do you constantly think “Fuck everyone else around me, I do what I want.”, or do you legitimately not notice how everyone else hates you?

It could easily be all of those things. Regret turns to coping poorly through projection^1^, followed by just ignoring the problem.

1. Clinically known as "acting like an asshole". In this case, it's the decision that it's everyone else who is encroaching on their space, while driving a vehicle that is slightly smaller than a shuttle bus.

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Some people have an exaggerated and/or completely broken sense of personal space, and how that keeps them "safe".

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Fixed url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI_Jl5WFQkA

What some folks may not know is that at around the same time, Ford had problems with tires imploding on SUVs. While not called out in the Canyonero spoof, I always thought it captured the public vibe about big trucks at the time in light of this.

Firestone and Ford tire controversy - Wikipedia

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Can confirm, I have an EV for daily use and a F150 platinum for towing a 8.5k trailer, project work for my house, band equipment, etc... The trim package is where a lot of that extra cost goes (didnt really need heated, massage seats but we have a family member that was our sales guy and it was used so waaaaaaay less than MSRP). It is surprisingly fuel efficient when my partner is out of town and I need to run errands. I also live in a rather rural area so I'm not generally clogging up the roads. Also make it a conscious effort to park way out in the back 40 so I'm not creating a shit show for other drivers in the parking lot. The bonus is, that's usually where the cart returns are so its less steps to get them back to the store!

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This has been plagerized directly from a Tex Avery cartoon from the 1950s...

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Where I live, a fully loaded truck can be up to 50t without needing any special permits.

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Semi trucks have doors too?

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I passed a Lamborghini SUV on the road the other day. I checked and it retails for about $250,000. Motherfucker really dropped a quarter of a million dollars for a RAV4-looking vehicle to haul the kids to soccer in.

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Yeah that's not true at all. Someone hasn't driven on the backroads near me.

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Whoops, you can see where I tried to remove the m. from the youtube URL and messed up!

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Canyonaro is far superior

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not four of them