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Honestly this is absurd. These death machines shouldn't be legal in europe. That thing doesn't even fit in the parking space, even though the parking lot has the biggest spaces in the whole city. The ~~Golf~~ Polo is so small in comparison, it could even hide in front of the engine hood of the truck.

EDIT: It's a Polo and not a Golf, I don't know my cars, sorry for that!

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[–] Efwis@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

you definately haven't been to the southern states. TBH trucks account for about 35%-40% of vehicles on the road in the midwest, northwest and southern states. And to top it off, 90% of those have never hauled a load bigger than groceries that you can fit in a small SUV.

[–] half_fiction@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Uh, I live in Texas? Lol. Nothing you said is contrary to my comment so I'm not sure what you're disagreeing with. Yeah, there's a ton of trucks that people clearly don't use. They bug the shit out and are everywhere but that doesn't mean the majority of Americans own them? Even in states where there are a crap ton of them, the majority don't own one and we still manage to get by but by the grace of god. You can get your appliances delivered unless you live in the absolute sticks.

[–] Efwis@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

Wasn’t disagreeing with anything