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[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 hours ago

Here in Alberta, young men hatch out of their eggs with a mullet on their head and the keys to a Ram in their hand. It's basically a social pressure at this point.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 9 points 4 hours ago

Baby, I may have micropenis, but my monster truck will vibrate enough to make you orgasm!!!
Some time later, the woman breaks up with the dude and starts a relationship with the truck

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

🎵 12 yards long, 2 lanes wide 🎵

[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

65 tonnes of American pride!

[–] DegenerateSupreme@lemmy.zip 46 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

The shift to these ridiculously large trucks is partially consequent of the poorly-implemented Obama fuel economy regulations. The regulations were determined by wheelbase and tread width, which disincentivized manufacturers from making mid- or small-sized trucks. The bigger they made them, the less restricted they were by fuel economy. Larger vehicles also ease constraints on engineers; they don't have to struggle fitting a lot into a small body. Once large trucks became the default offering, they morphed into the annoying cultural "status" symbol we know today.

Anyway I have a Miata MX-5 and I love my tiny car.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago

Long before that though, back when SUVs became popular because they were trucks and didn't have to obey sedan fuel economy. This was back in the late 90s

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 17 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

The CAFE act caused most of these changes and was signed by Clinton in the early '90s. Obama may have made things worse, but the roots of the problem go back much further

[–] potpotato@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

CAFE standards date to 1975

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 26 minutes ago

Ahh, didn't realize that. I guess Clinton expanded them?

[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

I also love your tiny car, even when I see one from behind the wheel of my slightly less tiny Civic, which I adore.

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 8 points 7 hours ago

Thanks Obama

[–] bieren@lemmy.zip 8 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

But I need my insanely large blacked out, lifted, with black rims, f-250. I have to get 3 bags of groceries.

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Of course off-road capabilities are required. How else would I drive on nicely paved suburban roads?

[–] InputZero@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Just always gotta be prepared for the one day a year snow stays on the ground. Even in June.

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 11 points 9 hours ago (5 children)

I was in Rome last week and pleasantly surprised to see how many tiny cars they use.

There were plenty of Smart cars, but also many other ultra minis like Citroën AMI, XEV Yo-Yo and Renault Twizy.

They're not just concept cars or used as gimmicks like elsewhere. People actually use them for their daily business.

The traffic in Rome is insane though. The reason they use tiny cars isn't that the roads are small, but due to congestion and parking. It makes very little sense to own a car there at all.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago

Yep my uncle's work van in the UK was as small as my Honda Fit. Just two barebones front seats and an empty cargo space.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 3 points 5 hours ago

It makes sense for Rome though, these cars are expensive and appeal to the fashion sensibilities of the population there, rather than just using the good public transport there. It's a signal of wealth, rather than an actual functional commodity.

I found this out the hard way the last time I expressed my love of the AMI

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