I took this awhile ago and thought maybe someone would be amused by it. I miss that car.
I once parked my mk4 GTI at a Texas Walmart parking lot
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How long do they take to grow to sexual maturity? Is there program to help the species breed?
Oh look, it's a car worthless for a family!
I find smart cars rather worthless and lack practically fire like 6 mpg which is going to save 300miles per year.
Look of these work for you great, but they really are worthless vehicles for most adults with family.
there are a lot of adults without family.
Also a family needs a family car and not a truck.
I think, especially in remote areas of Canada, the standard family car would not be sufficient.
Why not?
This photo is taken in Toronto though, pretty much as far away from remote as you can get.
and whats the percentage of people living in remote canada in comparison to the total population?
To me, a Jamaican, anywhere with snow or ice.
Maybe not a Civic or Altima but I’ve seen many a Subaru go to places that a “standard family car” wouldn’t be sufficient. Without needing to be an oversized.
Hell old jeeps are a fraction of today’s trucks and SUVs in size and could go deeper into rural territories.
Yeah, is almost like shaming people for driving larger vehicles is dumb. Turns out there are a lot of different needs.
TBH I don't think we have to read these posts as shaming the driver of these cars, necessarily. We could read them as indictments of all the choices we've made as a society that result in poor transit options & large vehicles.
Choices like:
- under investment in public transit and rail
- Regulations that encourage/subsidize SUVs
- low density housing policies
- And, if we're being really honest, the racism that drives so much of American public policy
All of these are worthy of critique and fair targets
You have a far more positive outlook than me. I've seen quite a bit of shaming at drivers. ESPECIALLY truck drivers.
Yeah, is almost like shaming people for driving smaller vehicles is dumb. Turns out there are a lot of different needs.
Where did I shame anyone? We've really gone full circle here.
Fuck that shit, they're tailoring a product to someone who is not ME. This is the most grievous of sins.
I agree. I find my Mercedes-Benz holds my family really well. I can also take extra friends with me and they always fit. Yesterday we fit 6 adults and 4 strollers in my Mercedes-Benz!
My Mercedes-Benz is a bus.
Just a question, is this a joke or do you actually own a bus?
If so, where do you park it?
I do not own the bus, the city's transit authority owns the bus and it chauffeurs be places.
Oh more of this bullshit 🤣
Just make your life impossible and sell your car regardless of infrastructure!
I mean, this once specifically says Toronto Hotel parking lot.
I’ve got a question for you, you’re an expert in these matters: Does it hurt to be an idiot?
Pretty sure they meant this source
Yes. I understand.
Turns out bus infrastructure and routes sucks in most places.
I see one car and a dozen vans in this pic.
^car
That's the kind of csr that demands to have its cheeks chubbed and hair rustled.
I'm sad new Smart Cars are no longer sold in the USA.
I only test drove a Smart Car once many years ago and right away I felt like it was a very cheap build quality. Maybe it was just that car and I should have tried some others, but I was looking forward to trying it out and remember being disappointed by it. Ended up leasing a Scion IQ, almost identically sized, but felt way better to drive. Still funny to me recalling my friend's reaction when realizing his arm rest in the back seat was the rear wheel well. Such an efficient use of space and absurd turn radius. That's the car I miss.
There's subcompact cars at least, maybe not as tiny and efficient but still way better than the massive SUV pileup you see where I live
Even in Europe, they’re not really popular. Plus Renault decided they won’t be making a next generation Twingo (which shares its platform with the current Smart car).
Always thought this was a really weird decision since it’s an extremely popular car here in France, but apparently it doesn’t make them enough money.
They’re getting rid of the Twingo? Boooooo.
I rented a Twingo once in France (during a rail strike so we couldn’t take trains for a few days) and it was shockingly comfortable and spacious inside. Even though it looked smaller than basically any car sold in North America, it made excellent use of interior space. Two adults (one of them tall) and luggage had plenty room to spare.
I would drive a smaller car in a heartbeat, but everyone around me drives stupidly huge things like F-150s, Defenders, etc. and if one those hit me—through no fault of my own—I’d be a goner. We really need to tax based on the size of the car and require commercial licenses and insurance for anything this pointlessly huge.