• @Ubermeisters@lemmy.zip
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    2 years ago

    That doesn’t make any sense. What does duration of transit have to do woth how large your vehicle is? The article didn’t say clown cars.

    I’m 6’2" (188cm) and I drive a tiny little '05 Mazda 3s, for 1.5 hours each way to work/home. It’s not an issue at all. If anything, I’m honestly LESS comfortable in larger vehicles.

    Would I like to drive less? Definitely. Working from home during Corona was fantastic and I was so much more productive.

    • @Alteon@lemmy.world
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      122 years ago

      You have kids? Pets? Long work commute? A small car makes having to balance any of these (especially together) difficult. Sprawling suburbia makes commutes and driving anywhere suck, you want Americans to get smaller cars? Build better city infrastructure so that I don’t need to use the car 98% of the time I need to leave the house. If I don’t need to use it as much I can deal with less comfort and a smaller car.

      Make sense now?

      • @Stuka@lemmy.ml
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        92 years ago

        Uhh nope. None of those are good reasons to have a massive vehicle. Especially long work commute…thats completely irrelevant.

        • @Alteon@lemmy.world
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          32 years ago

          How many Americans do you think are going to be able to afford two or three vehicles?

          If you have a family and any pets , it’s very difficult to travel around anywhere. At most, people are going to get a car that can fulfill as many needs as possible. Just because YOU can get around comfortably in a smaller car, doesn’t mean someone else will be. Different families have different needs.

      • @Ubermeisters@lemmy.zip
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        2 years ago

        No it doesn’t make sense but thanks for patronizing me.

        All I see here is you barking back the truck industry’s talking points to me. I know plenty of people with kids and pets and small cars and guess what? They are used to it and don’t hate it.

        Your entitlement is the difference, let’s not make any mistake about this.

      • @brettings@lemmy.world
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        52 years ago

        Just buy a station car? It’s hot more space than I’ll ever need and I have all of the things you mention. Small does not equal clown car you know.

    • @SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world
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      12 years ago

      How are you less comfortable in a large vehicle? I’m the same height and driving a Corolla my head would hit the roof sometimes. Getting in and out of a Civic felt like I was human origami. I got a Forester and it is so much more comfortable. My partially disabled dad loved being able to just slide into the seat and swing his legs in without having to drop down and struggle to get his legs folded in or out.