• @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.