The stupidity of American vehicles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The reality to most truck buyers is they are like a Swiss Army knife. Can a little car make it to Snowshoe in a snowstorm as safe as a truck? No. Can you take a little car on the beach in Delaware? OBX? Long Island? No. Can you pick up a daughter from Collage and bring all her stuff home with a little car? No. Can you tow a boat for family days on a lake or river with a little car? No. Can you tow ATVs or side by sides for a fun day in the mountains in a little car? No. Can you tow a camper with a tiny car? No. Can a Fireman make it to work or home in a snowstorm in a tiny car? No. How about Police? Doctors? Tell us how a tiny car is so useful??

There is a middle ground between tiny car and monstrous truck. I’ve traveled to many ski towns and there are absolutely normal cars that make it around the mountain, you just need the right tires and AWD.

Driving on the beach is trashy. I grew up in FL and hate visiting any beach that allows cars. Not everything needs to be built for cars instead of humans. Also how much crap does your kid have if you need a large car to drive their stuff home? I always managed just fine with a sedan, but I’m not a hoarder that lugs around a ton of crap. And for the rest of that stuff you can absolutely tow them with a normal size SUV.

All of this is just made up excuses as to why you need some overly large car that takes up more than your share of resources.

Also ATVs are stupid. I know 2 young people who died on them and these were people who rode often and knew what they were doing.

100% I hate cars in the beach. And for the PP, cars are not alllowed on any Long Island beach that I know of.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The reality to most truck buyers is they are like a Swiss Army knife. Can a little car make it to Snowshoe in a snowstorm as safe as a truck? No. Can you take a little car on the beach in Delaware? OBX? Long Island? No. Can you pick up a daughter from Collage and bring all her stuff home with a little car? No. Can you tow a boat for family days on a lake or river with a little car? No. Can you tow ATVs or side by sides for a fun day in the mountains in a little car? No. Can you tow a camper with a tiny car? No. Can a Fireman make it to work or home in a snowstorm in a tiny car? No. How about Police? Doctors? Tell us how a tiny car is so useful??

There is a middle ground between tiny car and monstrous truck. I’ve traveled to many ski towns and there are absolutely normal cars that make it around the mountain, you just need the right tires and AWD.

Driving on the beach is trashy. I grew up in FL and hate visiting any beach that allows cars. Not everything needs to be built for cars instead of humans. Also how much crap does your kid have if you need a large car to drive their stuff home? I always managed just fine with a sedan, but I’m not a hoarder that lugs around a ton of crap. And for the rest of that stuff you can absolutely tow them with a normal size SUV.

All of this is just made up excuses as to why you need some overly large car that takes up more than your share of resources.

Also ATVs are stupid. I know 2 young people who died on them and these were people who rode often and knew what they were doing.

100% I hate cars in the beach. And for the PP, cars are not alllowed on any Long Island beach that I know of.

Long Island allows surfers and windsurfers on some beaches. Google is your friend. I guess the don't want trashy folks on the beach!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The reality to most truck buyers is they are like a Swiss Army knife. Can a little car make it to Snowshoe in a snowstorm as safe as a truck? No. Can you take a little car on the beach in Delaware? OBX? Long Island? No. Can you pick up a daughter from Collage and bring all her stuff home with a little car? No. Can you tow a boat for family days on a lake or river with a little car? No. Can you tow ATVs or side by sides for a fun day in the mountains in a little car? No. Can you tow a camper with a tiny car? No. Can a Fireman make it to work or home in a snowstorm in a tiny car? No. How about Police? Doctors? Tell us how a tiny car is so useful??

Alot of that can be done with a little car if you install a trailer hitch, My little 4 cylinder will easily tow up to 1000lbs.

Wow, you can tow a whole thousand pounds, huh?

Maybe - maybe - if we cut a hind leg off of our smallest horse, we might get her weight down to a thousand pounds.


Your comment perfectly illustrates how most of you here don’t have the slightest understanding of why trucks are designed the way they are.

You aren’t equipped for this discussion.

Wouldn't this strain the engine of a small 4-cylinder car?

It’s not so much the engine, but more important stuff like the brakes and suspension, which are necessary for safely controlling a trailer.

True, a tiny engine will struggle to get a heavy trailer moving. But the important part of towing anything is controlling it while underway and being able to stop it quickly and safely.

For towing a heavy trailer safely, you need a vehicle with substantial mass, a suspension set up to handle the extra weight of the tongue portion of the trailer (10% of the total weight) and most importantly, oversized brakes (relative to empty weight). That’s why large pick up trucks are ideally suited for towing. Because it’s what they were designed specifically to do. To tow heavy trailers, safely.


This isn’t subject to argument or your feelings or opinions. This is what they’re designed for.

Some people here are saying vans are as good for towing? You people are fools. You have no idea what you’re taking about. Please leave the discussion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The reality to most truck buyers is they are like a Swiss Army knife. Can a little car make it to Snowshoe in a snowstorm as safe as a truck? No. Can you take a little car on the beach in Delaware? OBX? Long Island? No. Can you pick up a daughter from Collage and bring all her stuff home with a little car? No. Can you tow a boat for family days on a lake or river with a little car? No. Can you tow ATVs or side by sides for a fun day in the mountains in a little car? No. Can you tow a camper with a tiny car? No. Can a Fireman make it to work or home in a snowstorm in a tiny car? No. How about Police? Doctors? Tell us how a tiny car is so useful??

Bolded where you are the problem. You're welcome.

Translation for stupid people: these are all selfish, environment-degrading childish problems you made for yourself.

GFY.

We fish on several beaches from Nantucket to Oregon Inlet. We pay for 4wd beach permits that fund all the beach maintenance and upkeep services that free loaders like you take for granted. We PAY to use the beach. You just show up and put your blanket down and contribute nothing except the trash and litter and kids toys you leave behind at the end of the day. We have more right to any beach we’re permitted for than you do, a-hole.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The reality to most truck buyers is they are like a Swiss Army knife. Can a little car make it to Snowshoe in a snowstorm as safe as a truck? No. Can you take a little car on the beach in Delaware? OBX? Long Island? No. Can you pick up a daughter from Collage and bring all her stuff home with a little car? No. Can you tow a boat for family days on a lake or river with a little car? No. Can you tow ATVs or side by sides for a fun day in the mountains in a little car? No. Can you tow a camper with a tiny car? No. Can a Fireman make it to work or home in a snowstorm in a tiny car? No. How about Police? Doctors? Tell us how a tiny car is so useful??

Alot of that can be done with a little car if you install a trailer hitch, My little 4 cylinder will easily tow up to 1000lbs.

Wow, you can tow a whole thousand pounds, huh?

Maybe - maybe - if we cut a hind leg off of our smallest horse, we might get her weight down to a thousand pounds.


Your comment perfectly illustrates how most of you here don’t have the slightest understanding of why trucks are designed the way they are.

You aren’t equipped for this discussion.

You're a *horse person*. You're not equipped for life on a shared planet. You have multiple half-ton housepets and $100k trucks while others literally starve.

Right... And of course we didn’t have to pay for any of that stuff, or any part of our lifestyle. We don’t have to work for it or anything - the universe just gives it to us because we’re so privileged, right? I’m sure that’s probably what you actually believe, on some level at least.


Unless you’re literally a Monk living in a monastery who’s taken a vow of poverty, you probably don’t have any room to criticize anyone else’s lifestyle choices yourself. I’m sure I could find plenty of things in your home that could’ve saved starving people or whatever nonsense you’re babbling about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The reality to most truck buyers is they are like a Swiss Army knife. Can a little car make it to Snowshoe in a snowstorm as safe as a truck? No. Can you take a little car on the beach in Delaware? OBX? Long Island? No. Can you pick up a daughter from Collage and bring all her stuff home with a little car? No. Can you tow a boat for family days on a lake or river with a little car? No. Can you tow ATVs or side by sides for a fun day in the mountains in a little car? No. Can you tow a camper with a tiny car? No. Can a Fireman make it to work or home in a snowstorm in a tiny car? No. How about Police? Doctors? Tell us how a tiny car is so useful??

There is a middle ground between tiny car and monstrous truck. I’ve traveled to many ski towns and there are absolutely normal cars that make it around the mountain, you just need the right tires and AWD.

Driving on the beach is trashy. I grew up in FL and hate visiting any beach that allows cars. Not everything needs to be built for cars instead of humans. Also how much crap does your kid have if you need a large car to drive their stuff home? I always managed just fine with a sedan, but I’m not a hoarder that lugs around a ton of crap. And for the rest of that stuff you can absolutely tow them with a normal size SUV.

All of this is just made up excuses as to why you need some overly large car that takes up more than your share of resources.

Also ATVs are stupid. I know 2 young people who died on them and these were people who rode often and knew what they were doing.

You what else is trashy?

Telling other people what they should be allowed to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also, infrastructure isn't built for them. Road surfaces degrade faster. Highway guardrails can't keep them from careening off a cliff. And even when there's no cliff, the guardrails are damaged beyond use when one of these monster trucks hits them, instead of just being scuffed/ dented.

Cars should be taxed by size/ weight, and the rates should be sharply progressive. If you insist on driving around in one of these dicks-on-wheels, you should pay A LOT to compensate the rest of us for the damage you're causing.

100%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The reality to most truck buyers is they are like a Swiss Army knife. Can a little car make it to Snowshoe in a snowstorm as safe as a truck? No. Can you take a little car on the beach in Delaware? OBX? Long Island? No. Can you pick up a daughter from Collage and bring all her stuff home with a little car? No. Can you tow a boat for family days on a lake or river with a little car? No. Can you tow ATVs or side by sides for a fun day in the mountains in a little car? No. Can you tow a camper with a tiny car? No. Can a Fireman make it to work or home in a snowstorm in a tiny car? No. How about Police? Doctors? Tell us how a tiny car is so useful??

There is a middle ground between tiny car and monstrous truck. I’ve traveled to many ski towns and there are absolutely normal cars that make it around the mountain, you just need the right tires and AWD.

Driving on the beach is trashy. I grew up in FL and hate visiting any beach that allows cars. Not everything needs to be built for cars instead of humans. Also how much crap does your kid have if you need a large car to drive their stuff home? I always managed just fine with a sedan, but I’m not a hoarder that lugs around a ton of crap. And for the rest of that stuff you can absolutely tow them with a normal size SUV.

All of this is just made up excuses as to why you need some overly large car that takes up more than your share of resources.

Also ATVs are stupid. I know 2 young people who died on them and these were people who rode often and knew what they were doing.

People like you fill the dumpsters after classes end each year. ( Your environmental award!)

Enjoy your crowded beaches with wall to wall people!

The funny thing is. Pick up and SUV drivers do not care about what you drive! If you are happy with your choice of car. Great we are happy for you!!

I have no idea what in the world you are talking about. My family lives in a smaller home and we are thoughtful about what we buy. I don’t even do bday party goodie bags. I’m in a walkable neighborhood where I can walk/metro many places. We only drive one car (an EV). I don’t need to pollute the environment with a mammoth gas guzzler for my hobbies. And we visit nice beaches, not trashy spring break hot spots with people tailgating on the beach and then driving home drunk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The reality to most truck buyers is they are like a Swiss Army knife. Can a little car make it to Snowshoe in a snowstorm as safe as a truck? No. Can you take a little car on the beach in Delaware? OBX? Long Island? No. Can you pick up a daughter from Collage and bring all her stuff home with a little car? No. Can you tow a boat for family days on a lake or river with a little car? No. Can you tow ATVs or side by sides for a fun day in the mountains in a little car? No. Can you tow a camper with a tiny car? No. Can a Fireman make it to work or home in a snowstorm in a tiny car? No. How about Police? Doctors? Tell us how a tiny car is so useful??

There is a middle ground between tiny car and monstrous truck. I’ve traveled to many ski towns and there are absolutely normal cars that make it around the mountain, you just need the right tires and AWD.

Driving on the beach is trashy. I grew up in FL and hate visiting any beach that allows cars. Not everything needs to be built for cars instead of humans. Also how much crap does your kid have if you need a large car to drive their stuff home? I always managed just fine with a sedan, but I’m not a hoarder that lugs around a ton of crap. And for the rest of that stuff you can absolutely tow them with a normal size SUV.

All of this is just made up excuses as to why you need some overly large car that takes up more than your share of resources.

Also ATVs are stupid. I know 2 young people who died on them and these were people who rode often and knew what they were doing.

People like you fill the dumpsters after classes end each year. ( Your environmental award!)

Enjoy your crowded beaches with wall to wall people!

The funny thing is. Pick up and SUV drivers do not care about what you drive! If you are happy with your choice of car. Great we are happy for you!!

I have no idea what in the world you are talking about. My family lives in a smaller home and we are thoughtful about what we buy. I don’t even do bday party goodie bags. I’m in a walkable neighborhood where I can walk/metro many places. We only drive one car (an EV). I don’t need to pollute the environment with a mammoth gas guzzler for my hobbies. And we visit nice beaches, not trashy spring break hot spots with people tailgating on the beach and then driving home drunk.

I’ll burn an old tire at my farm in your honor this weekend. Just because you made this smug my-farts-don’t-stink post.

Seriously - I’m going to put 35 or so lbs of carbon into the atmosphere tomorrow, just for you.

Unless you apologize for being who you are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is that your dashboard in the pic?? Good gawd clean your filthy car.

Do that and you might get my support.

😩

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The reality to most truck buyers is they are like a Swiss Army knife. Can a little car make it to Snowshoe in a snowstorm as safe as a truck? No. Can you take a little car on the beach in Delaware? OBX? Long Island? No. Can you pick up a daughter from Collage and bring all her stuff home with a little car? No. Can you tow a boat for family days on a lake or river with a little car? No. Can you tow ATVs or side by sides for a fun day in the mountains in a little car? No. Can you tow a camper with a tiny car? No. Can a Fireman make it to work or home in a snowstorm in a tiny car? No. How about Police? Doctors? Tell us how a tiny car is so useful??

Alot of that can be done with a little car if you install a trailer hitch, My little 4 cylinder will easily tow up to 1000lbs.

Wow, you can tow a whole thousand pounds, huh?

Maybe - maybe - if we cut a hind leg off of our smallest horse, we might get her weight down to a thousand pounds.


Your comment perfectly illustrates how most of you here don’t have the slightest understanding of why trucks are designed the way they are.

You aren’t equipped for this discussion. [/quote

You're a *horse person*. You're not equipped for life on a shared planet. You have multiple half-ton housepets and $100k trucks while others literally starve.

Right... And of course we didn’t have to pay for any of that stuff, or any part of our lifestyle. We don’t have to work for it or anything - the universe just gives it to us because we’re so privileged, right? I’m sure that’s probably what you actually believe, on some level at least.


Unless you’re literally a Monk living in a monastery who’s taken a vow of poverty, you probably don’t have any room to criticize anyone else’s lifestyle choices yourself. I’m sure I could find plenty of things in your home that could’ve saved starving people or whatever nonsense you’re babbling about.

So you are in the lifestyle??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The reality to most truck buyers is they are like a Swiss Army knife. Can a little car make it to Snowshoe in a snowstorm as safe as a truck? No. Can you take a little car on the beach in Delaware? OBX? Long Island? No. Can you pick up a daughter from Collage and bring all her stuff home with a little car? No. Can you tow a boat for family days on a lake or river with a little car? No. Can you tow ATVs or side by sides for a fun day in the mountains in a little car? No. Can you tow a camper with a tiny car? No. Can a Fireman make it to work or home in a snowstorm in a tiny car? No. How about Police? Doctors? Tell us how a tiny car is so useful??

There is a middle ground between tiny car and monstrous truck. I’ve traveled to many ski towns and there are absolutely normal cars that make it around the mountain, you just need the right tires and AWD.

Driving on the beach is trashy. I grew up in FL and hate visiting any beach that allows cars. Not everything needs to be built for cars instead of humans. Also how much crap does your kid have if you need a large car to drive their stuff home? I always managed just fine with a sedan, but I’m not a hoarder that lugs around a ton of crap. And for the rest of that stuff you can absolutely tow them with a normal size SUV.

All of this is just made up excuses as to why you need some overly large car that takes up more than your share of resources.

Also ATVs are stupid. I know 2 young people who died on them and these were people who rode often and knew what they were doing.

People like you fill the dumpsters after classes end each year. ( Your environmental award!)

Enjoy your crowded beaches with wall to wall people!

The funny thing is. Pick up and SUV drivers do not care about what you drive! If you are happy with your choice of car. Great we are happy for you!!

I have no idea what in the world you are talking about. My family lives in a smaller home and we are thoughtful about what we buy. I don’t even do bday party goodie bags. I’m in a walkable neighborhood where I can walk/metro many places. We only drive one car (an EV). I don’t need to pollute the environment with a mammoth gas guzzler for my hobbies. And we visit nice beaches, not trashy spring break hot spots with people tailgating on the beach and then driving home drunk.

How did you bring a dorm refrigerator, microwave, mattress topper along with all the clothes girls buy home in a sedan?? I know! Toss a bunch of stuff into the dumpster! My daughter friend made at least ten trips to a storage unit in her moms sedan. City life is just not for me. I enjoy not seeing any neighbors houses. And am excited to see the new bear in my area! How do I know there is a new bear?? My trash! Again you are wrong about beaches. Carova NC is a very special place. You can only access the area by driving on the beach or by boat. The wild horses are very cool to see grazing in your yard! Check out the area on Youtube! I'm sure you love Honolulu. I prefer the Big Island. One is not better than the other. Just different... Until city folks learn to be open minded and realize it is ok for people to live the way they want to our country will be divided. I know it is hard for you to respect anyone living outside a beltway. And if your EV is a Tesla I feel for you. I would have never thought liberals would start burning and vandalizing EVs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Common sense tells you not to walk in front of any vehicle unless you can see the driver. I’m sure there are cameras and sensors as well.

So if a vehicle like this is stopped at a light or stop sign, and I need to cross the street in front of it, what is it you expect me to do? Using the cross walk in front of the vehicle will put me completely out of their line of sight, and my 6 year will barely even come up to where their grill starts? Am I supposed to just wait for another light cycle or for them to go through the stop sign? Cross and trust they aren't making a right on red or will stay at the stop sign long enough for me to pass? Pray they have working cameras and sensors to alert them to objects in front of their vehicle that they can't see because it's designed like a tank?

I think common sense tells you NOT to drive a vehicle that will eliminate your ability to see a person crossing in front of it at an intersection. But apparently that's fine and I'm the crazy one for being scared of it. Hmmm.

THANK YOU!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love them. Almost as much as love the rage they produce.

The guardrail point above is just odd. Seems to be the experience of that poster to hit guardrails often.

And on the charging more for large trucks, they already do for annual registration.

Oh look the preteen loves whatever pisses off the adults!

grow up, you little sh@t.

You sound unhinged and possibly dangerous.

I’m glad people are trolling you here. That’s what you deserve. Maybe you’ll have an aneurism from the rage, hopefully.