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"This is why we don't need #US #cars in #Europe"

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I’ll just ignore the Mercedes in the row behind who is parking in two spaces at once

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

People that drive cars like that aren't professionals, they're idiots with a need to show off the size of their wallet and/or peepee

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Modern day trolley problem. Do you ram the Dodge Ram?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Dodge the ram or ram the Dodge.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

The original post was on reddit, a few years ago.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's not even a big one by US standards.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Serious question: are you joking? We have a Doge Ram in my area and it's massive and it sends a lot of small pp vibes and now you are telling me, it isn't even that big.

At least I have the true freedom: no speed limit.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Why would you even do that? Give that asshole a fat ticket for doing something like that

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Trust me, if I were in charge of tramway clearance management, I would sound an annoying alarm at the vehicle, before having it be towed. Trying to tell the owner that they have until the tow truck arrives to remove the truck.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Too bad the tram havent hit his car

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

This was taken BEFORE tram went to ramming speed.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And the orange man doesn't understand why Europeans don't want to buy American cars. :\

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

hey. we zijn allemaal Van Oranje!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Great car for the first few weeks of a zombie apocalypse.

Not great for any other situation.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

How would you navigate that through streets full of abandoned vehicles and debris? A bicycle is quiet, faster than a human or zombie, easy to service, easy to navigate and even carry where it can't go, and don't require fuel. If you want something faster and fuel driven, a motorcycle would be better than any car.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh I wouldn't. The Dodge Ram would most likely serve as an excellent vehicle for transporting stuff. I'd do it as in project zomboid - drive the car to the border of the city, loot, bring loot back to the car, rinse and repeat until the car is full, then it goes back to base.

On top of that, the dodge ram has significantly more horsepower and can waltz through small and medium-sized zombie hordes without slowing down too much.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I see you've thought about this.

I've just seen one too many winters with icy roads and cars being stuck and (temporarily) abandoned making roads between towns unusable for a while.

I imagine that but worse with everyone fleeing the city and getting turned, being unprepared for a journey, running out of gas all over the place - not just cities. Maybe they can go off-road and get around a perpendicularly abandoned vehicle or two but eventually there will be an obstacle no truck can bridge.

So for me, I think two wheels for mobility. But that would also depend on what kind of zombie and what kind of apocalypse. Are they fast or slow; do they hunt by ear, sight, smell; is it almost instantaneous or after a year-long pandemic, do they travel in pack or avoid each other, how do they perish, etc.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Haven't really thought about it, it's more a "I played 600 hours of project zomboid" lmao.

But ye, depends on a lot of factors - if we assume slow moving zombies that tend to be at the same locations, a large car like a dodge ram would be awesome ngl.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

*days or even hours, until you run out of gas.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Well, if I had such a car, I'd probably make it my mission to take over a petrol station or something similar so I have a steady supply for now.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 weeks ago

There is something poetic about this image and how the USA "fits" in with the rest of the world.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

That team's going to have to pick up some speed if it wants to get through.

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