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Dutch people must not have many steep hills.
You wouldn't believe it, but they routinely haul these over major alpine passes. Works well on climbs, but sharp corners and switchbacks require careful handling, causing everyone else a bit of grief.
The don't.. but the neighboring countries do. That's where this caravan is going
Don't worry, we'll even tow them to and trough Norway.
Yes, going 50 km/h on a 80 km/h road with 300 cars behind them. 😄
That's about half a trainload of people in all those cars. Sidenote: trains very rarely get held up by slow moving traffic.
Where do you hitch a camper to a train?
You can also camp without a camper, just carry a tent with you.
or sharp corners
We certainly do in the UK and I've seen people pulling Caravans up them with their cars. Maybe Europeans are just better drivers than yanks?
Yanks are so accustomed to the idea that "more litres = more torque" that they actually can't imagine the amount of engineering that's gone in to smaller more efficient European and Japanese engines.
≈1hp per cc is pretty standard in modern cars but why invest in all that engineering when you can pour cheap gasoline down the throat of your 5 litre V8?
The most popular pickup truck in the US is commonly bought with either a 2.7 liter turbo or 3.5 liter turbo v6, I think you're a bit behind the times.
In 2018, the average engine in the UK was 1.61L, in 2022 in the US it is 3.42L (literally over twice the capacity), but yh, it's me that's behind the times.
Edit: Imagine getting down voted because someone doesn't like the data. No rebuttle, no counter data, nothing to show my data might be wrong, just burying it because you don't like it lmao
You're the one who pointed put the five liter v8 not me.
It's called hyperbole. Although I wouldn't say that it's an extreme exaggeration, the sentiment remains.
And you're still wrong. Most new cars in the US (other than sports cars) are using small turbocharged four cylinders. But keep trying to act like you know anything about cars in the US, it's fun to watch.
You can tell me I'm wrong all you want, I showed recent data for average engine sizes in the UK and the US and all you have bought is conjecture.