Current Events > Everyone at work: wow, your car is really big huh? How is it to park?

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cjsdowg posted...

. Why does the rest of the world keep complaining about the size of American cars? I often criticize aspects of America and the things we can improve, but this feels similar to British complaints about the way Americans pronounce words. They have their own altered words, like "aluminium," which Americans pronounce correctly. And they came up with fucking word and still say it wrong. Or the French, who criticize how we say "croissant"have you heard how they say "hot dog" and "hamburger"? It's a bit ironic to hear pronunciation critiques from those who often drop the "H" sound. I would be dammed if I let someone who can't say Haa tell me how to say words correctly.

Back to the cars: We have more space here, so we don't need compact cars to fit on narrow roads. Yes, vehicles like the F-350 are large, but that's the exception. Please, stop complaining about our regular trucks. And this is coming from someone who would drive a kei truck.

emissions literally matter.

I don't mind the small suv/crossover, but those huge SUVs like the Escalade or whatever are kinda insane.

It just really sucks that the big 3 here just outright stopped selling sedans

Every time I park, a truck has to park next to me and completely block my view while backing out. It's like some kind of bizarre compulsion they have.

cjsdowg posted...

. Why does the rest of the world keep complaining about the size of American cars? I often criticize aspects of America and the things we can improve, but this feels similar to British complaints about the way Americans pronounce words. They have their own altered words, like "aluminium," which Americans pronounce correctly. And they came up with fucking word and still say it wrong. Or the French, who criticize how we say "croissant"have you heard how they say "hot dog" and "hamburger"? It's a bit ironic to hear pronunciation critiques from those who often drop the "H" sound. I would be dammed if I let someone who can't say Haa tell me how to say words correctly.

Back to the cars: We have more space here, so we don't need compact cars to fit on narrow roads. Yes, vehicles like the F-350 are large, but that's the exception. Please, stop complaining about our regular trucks. And this is coming from someone who would drive a kei truck.

Bigger heavier cars mean larger blind spots, it takes longer to deaccelrate and there is a higher likelihood of death in the event of a pedestrian being hit and more pedestrians are hit. Also you need bigger engines and more fuel to move that extra mass so its worse for pollution and uses more resources and costs more. Heavier cars means you need bigger breaks and said breaks are strained more. More money spent on breaks. Also heavier cars mean tires wear down faster and tires are one if the biggest sources of microplastics. Its bad for everyone in almost every way at almost all times. We actually should forcibly compel companies to change how they make cars.

Cars kill. Big cars kill more. Cars in general are one of the biggest killers of humans so its a very good idea to keep them as small and low polluting as possible to greatly lower their direct, primary and contributing kill count. Also discourage car driving/encourage other forms of transit through infastructure. Cars should not be as dominant as they are in America. We waste so much life, land and money and it makes us poorer then our income suggest by being such a goddamn money pit.

Oh and also means you need larger parking spaces which means more land is wasted on that.

pinky maybe u should stick to ur haggis and kilts and leave the big boy trucks to us freedom loving americans

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What you driving?

I rented a Big ass Truck one time when my jeep was in the shop, I didn't pick it that is all that they had . And people love them and hate them. For some reason people keep making next to me. Since it was so big I would park way out of the way of other cars in the back of the parking lot and people would still park next to me LOL. Also people were less friendly on the road to me. No one did the JEep wave back to me.

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While I don't agree with some of the things he said, you went out of your way to highlight your point . That is always a great thing and brings the CE above just yelling at each other.

Romulox28 posted...

pinky maybe u should stick to ur haggis and kilts and leave the big boy trucks to us freedom loving americans

Clown cars are a valid form of self loathing

to be fair an OG Mini Cooper would fit in the back of my truck and I'd still have 500lbs of payload.

cjsdowg posted...

Since it was so big I would park way out of the way of other cars in the back of the parking lot and people would still park next to me LOL.

I'm convinced your average human thinks cars are living things that get lonely if they're by themselves.

I could park in a volcano on Pluto and when I came back, I guarantee you someone would be parked inches away.

cjsdowg posted...

. Why does the rest of the world keep complaining about the size of American cars? I often criticize aspects of America and the things we can improve, but this feels similar to British complaints about the way Americans pronounce words. They have their own altered words, like "aluminium," which Americans pronounce correctly. And they came up with fucking word and still say it wrong. Or the French, who criticize how we say "croissant"have you heard how they say "hot dog" and "hamburger"? It's a bit ironic to hear pronunciation critiques from those who often drop the "H" sound. I would be dammed if I let someone who can't say Haa tell me how to say words correctly.

Back to the cars: We have more space here, so we don't need compact cars to fit on narrow roads. Yes, vehicles like the F-350 are large, but that's the exception. Please, stop complaining about our regular trucks. And this is coming from someone who would drive a kei truck.

There's no 'correctly', only what you are used to and naturally prefer.

It's always a bit embarrassing to see British and Americans go in for silly pronunciation nationalism. Especially if they aren't usually that way inclined. It's like 'let me just have this. This kind of exceptionalism is fine, right? I'm not doing one of the bad ones'.

(It's all bad).

cjsdowg posted...

Why does the rest of the world keep complaining about the size of American cars?

In short:
-They are big. And thus the amount of space they take up in street parking is ALSO big.
-Cities happen to rely heavily on street parking. Thus the big bad trucks mean only about 2/3 as many vehicles can actually park, if they are all that size. Those obnoxious huge things take up 1.5 spaces worth of car.
-Most people with an F-150 are not using it to just haul anything more than groceries and their excessively large egos.
-wastes fuel. Bigger cars are also more expensive, and high mounted things like trucks and SUVs are extra dangerous to whatever they hit.

The list goes on.

cjsdowg posted...

We are a bigger than average people

My 6'10" co-worker deliberately bought a Honda Civic

pick ups have some of the most garbage rear seats ive had the displeasure of sitting on as well.

Well you see the larger size of American cars means they have larger crumple zones.

So in an accident the person reading their phone will most likely not kill me as they drive into me headfirst.

divot1338 posted...

Well you see the larger size of American cars means they have larger crumple zones.

So in an accident the person reading their phone will most likely not kill me as they drive into me headfirst.

The grill on these trucks are literally head height.

In conventional car design, you will be hit, you'll roll over the hood and off the roof of the car. You'll definitely break your legs but you might survive.

In a truck (and often, it has a bullbar) you are getting smacked by a 7tonne wall of steel to the face. The only thing that's crumpling is your skull.

ai123 posted...

It's always a bit embarrassing to see British and Americans go in for silly pronunciation nationalism. Especially if they aren't usually that way inclined. It's like 'let me just have this. This kind of exceptionalism is fine, right? I'm not doing one of the bad ones'.

The dude who came up with the name aluminum, was English and they changed it later.

pinky0926 posted...

The grill on these trucks are literally head height.

In conventional car design, you will be hit, you'll roll over the hood and off the roof of the car. You'll definitely break your legs but you might survive.

In a truck (and often, it has a bullbar) you are getting smacked by a 7tonne wall of steel to the face. The only thing that's crumpling is your skull.

Bruh, Ive survived a fully loaded beer truck hitting me head on at forty mph.

A distracted housewife hitting me in the drivers side front wheel blowing through a red light.

A kid ramming my driver door.

All within the last year and a half.

I didnt feel a thing in my 4Runner. Every one of them but the beer truck was an SUV.

divot1338 posted...

Well you see the larger size of American cars means they have larger crumple zones.

So in an accident the person reading their phone will most likely not kill me as they drive into me headfirst.

On top of what pinky0926 said, most SUVs are built with rigid frames. They don't have crumple zones aside from the flesh computers operating them.

divot1338 posted...

Bruh, Ive survived a fully loaded beer truck hitting me head on at forty mph.

A distracted housewife hitting me in the drivers side front wheel blowing through a red light.

A kid ramming my driver door.

All within the last year and a half.

I didnt feel a thing in my 4Runner. Every one of them but the beer truck was an SUV.

Dang, three accidents in 1.5 years? That's bad luck

Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

Dang, three accidents in 1.5 years? That's bad luck

All within three miles of my house so that statistic is for real.

divot1338 posted...

Bruh, Ive survived a fully loaded beer truck hitting me head on at forty mph.

A distracted housewife hitting me in the drivers side front wheel blowing through a red light.

A kid ramming my driver door.

All within the last year and a half.

I didnt feel a thing in my 4Runner. Every one of them but the beer truck was an SUV.

Fear of car crashes and wanting to be safe in one has lead to a race to the bottom on driving the largest car you can get

reincarnator07 posted...

On top of what pinky0926 said, most SUVs are built with rigid frames. They don't have crumple zones aside from the flesh computers operating them.

that is entirely untrue. In fact

take a look at this Rav4 crash test from the frontal overlap that is one of the most dangerous for occupants. Notice how the accident does not breach the passenger space but the engine compartment crumples? That's a crumple zone.

https://youtu.be/O4_5umcmmzc?si=W1G6GoG3cNqurYbm

here is a nice example of an era of time where the crumple zone really was the occupants

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_r5UJrxcck

I downsized to a midsize truck but I still get dogshit mileage because it has the aerodynamics of a LEGO brick. I use my bed enough throughout the year that I don't feel bad owning a truck.

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Pfft, should have gotten a TRX! lol

divot1338 posted...

Bruh, Ive survived a fully loaded beer truck hitting me head on at forty mph.

A distracted housewife hitting me in the drivers side front wheel blowing through a red light.

A kid ramming my driver door.

All within the last year and a half.

I didnt feel a thing in my 4Runner. Every one of them but the beer truck was an SUV.

Oh you meant while in a truck yourself. I was talking about as Iif ou're a pedestrian.

It's true that it's safer to be in a truck if you're hit by a truck. It woukd be safer still if everyone wasn't driving trucks.

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I'll throw you a bone and say those things are cool as fuck

I think a lot of people buy the pickup truck because "you never know" and when they've had it for three years and finally use the bed they're like "ha I knew it would pay off", completely oblivious that they could have rented a pickup truck for about $75 instead of paying an extra $20k compared to a sedan.

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There is a TRX here in town and every time I see it I see MY fuel gauge go down!

And yeah, tearing down my pool and redoing my deck I've been using mine a lot lately. I miss having a larger bed where I didn't have to worry about tying shit down because it all fit in there, now I get some 8ft boards and need to make sure I don't Final Destination anyone. lol

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Just remember to slap it once you tie it down and say "This baby aint goin nowhere." Then you'll be all good.

I need it to stay consistently nice out, so I can take all my doors and roof off and drive around like a dipshit!

pinky0926 posted...

My car, versus the most popular American car:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/0/080bacc3.jpg

America, respectfully, wtf is wrong with you

Many many things. So many things

if you use your truck as a truck often then no one actually minds.

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Ours has been nice during the week but then raining and shitty on the weekends. Double whammy of it being rainy and shitty on the weekend but also that I can't be outside doing any of my backyard projects.

Also since I still have it on my desktop for some reason and just looked at it and shed a tear. :(

I like my Jeep now, but man I loved that truck.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/fbe17347.jpg

TetsuoS2 posted...

pick ups have some of the most garbage rear seats ive had the displeasure of sitting on as well.

I'm driving somewhere with my family right now and my dad just had to buy a fucking truck a couple years ago, not because he has to haul a bunch of shit, but because he's a dipshit conservative who thinks having a truck makes you cool, and we took the truck because the only real alternative vehicle was my Mailbu. And yeah, this backseat is fucking miserable.

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About 20 ft away. lol

Lady was speeding down a 2 lane road, tried to pass a whole bunch of people on the shoulder... that was gravel... spun out came across into my lane and smashed into me. Just threw my entire drivetrain to the passenger side. Worked out in the end, got a lot more back from insurance than I owed on it and used it to sell my house at the time and buy my current one.

Mad_Cow46 posted...

that is entirely untrue. In fact

take a look at this Rav4 crash test from the frontal overlap that is one of the most dangerous for occupants. Notice how the accident does not breach the passenger space but the engine compartment crumples? That's a crumple zone.

https://youtu.be/O4_5umcmmzc?si=W1G6GoG3cNqurYbm

here is a nice example of an era of time where the crumple zone really was the occupants

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_r5UJrxcck

Could you find one with the F150, the most popular vehicle in America?

reincarnator07 posted...

Could you find one with the F150, the most popular vehicle in America?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqRDoRvb8yI

We drove what we wanna drive and spend our money how we want to spend it.

+ weve got a shit ton of land too lol

SSMajinVegeta2 posted...

We drove what we wanna drive and spend our money how we want to spend it.

+ weve got a shit ton of land too lol

fuckin a