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[-] Trapadana@lemmy.world 68 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

(EU) SUVs. Are you insecure and too stupid to drive? GET A CAR 20% larger in every dimension so you can piss off the whole world with your incompetence.

[-] midas@ymmel.nl 26 points 1 year ago

I live in a Dutch city and there's like 3 people here with dumbass cars like dode rams and everytime I see them the only thing I can think is damn you are an asshole. Those cars are ridiculous

[-] Imgonnatrythis@lemmy.fmhy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

They might just be Americans. Oh wait..

[-] sndrtj@feddit.nl 6 points 1 year ago

These huge vehicles (I can't call them cars anymore) also really don't even fit our roads. Do these people only intend to use their cars on the freeway?

[-] basxto@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 7 months ago

They often also don‘t fit on European parking lots.

[-] bobdowl@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Totally true, I always thought that would be the case but there really are studies that confirm this.

[-] ccunix@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Or do you have a genuine reason that makes them advantageous?

I have an SUV because:

  • my mother in law has mobility issues and struggles to get in/out of a saloon.
  • my wife has neck issues and the higher driving position is better for her
  • I like it (ok, that could make me an arsehole)

Truth is that mine (BMW X1) is at most 5cm bigger in any dimension, if at all, than the car on which it is based (Mini Cooper). The extra size is an optical illusion.

[-] Feweroptions@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Also - the mass and form of an SUV makes them a good option in terms of safety. Smaller vehicles get crunched like pop cans, and trucks get sandwiched by their own bed if you hit a solid object.

[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Making yourself safer by making everyone else less safe still seems like an asshole move to me?

Bumper height should have been regulated on city roads, then we wouldn't have gotten this escalation. Work truck, sure. If you need one, you need one. But people who drive a massive gas guzzler to park it at the office and go up the elevator to work?

[-] Trapadana@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Actually no. SUVs are great at murdering the drivers of other cars, they do not in fact protect you any better. Its just a big blow up dick for assholes.

[-] ccunix@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not sure that makes any difference really. As I said, the actually difference between my (admittedly mini) SUV and its corresponding saloon/hatchback is a few cm at most. Also, they all meet the same safety standards.

The difference between a proper car (BMW, Renault, etc) and a crap one (Dacia, Hyundai, etc) will make more difference than whether it is an SUV or a saloon. In either case, if the car was is newer than ~2000 it will be infinitely safer than what our parents shoved us into anyway.

[-] Trapadana@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Well then just block all roads and murder people while you are at it. A ok.

[-] ccunix@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
[-] Trapadana@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Would it be correct to sum up your post as: my family is so handicapped they can only drives SUVs, i am an asshole and need to talk about my COMPACT SUV because people in my life do not talk about it enough?

[-] DharkStare@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

That's similar to why I hav an SUV. My dad has mobility issues and has a scooter to help him get around. The SUV is higher off the ground making it easier to get in and out while the larger cargo space can hold the scooter and anything else (groceries, luggage, etc).

[-] RatherBeMTB@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Where I live an SUV is a must or everybody will bully you in the road. Public transportation drivers are just bad people here.

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