• Swarfega@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    Didn’t the people of Paris vote in favour for charging triple car parking chargers for SUV’s? I’d like to see this more.

    SUV sales have been crazy the last few years in the UK (I assume the rest of the EU too given every manufacturer starting making many different models of SUV’s). They stopped making people carriers in favour for SUV’s :(

  • Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    I long so badly for a time where I can walk or train anywhere I need to go, and be rid of these monstrosities.

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    9 months ago

    Oh good, for a second I thought I was going to hear more about degrowing the economy to save the environment or whatnot. Yes, this degrowth I can get behind.

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      9 months ago

      I see tons of big SUVs but I haven’t noticed them getting that much bigger. Maybe they are and it’s a trick of perspective. But trucks appear like they are getting MUCH bigger. It’s obscene and disgusting. Compact cars can reasonably tow 1,200lb loads. These gigantofucking trucks are not needed. People aren’t pulling and storing tens of thousands of lbs of load every day. And if they are they need to register their damn business.

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        9 months ago

        Every car segment has grown. Each size tier grew to the size of the next tier. Small cars are pretty much extinct and the cars that are marketed as small are the size of what used to be a medium car.

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        9 months ago

        Compact cars can reasonably tow 1,200lb loads.

        Assuming your trailer has brakes some can easily do double that.

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          9 months ago

          Yep. Toyota Corollas since 2002 have braked towing capacity of 1300kg. What do you fit in a normal trailer that’s heavier than that anyway? Unless you’re an incompetent landscaper that’s constantly hauling gravel and dirt to and from job sites I can’t think of why 1300kg wouldn’t be sufficient.