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This community exists as a sister community/copycat community to the r/fuckcars subreddit.

This community exists for the following reasons:

to raise awareness around the dangers, inefficiencies and injustice that can come from car dependence.
to allow a place to discuss and promote more healthy transport methods and ways of living.

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Be nice to each other. Being aggressive or inflammatory towards other users will get you banned. Name calling or obvious trolling falls under that. Hate cars, hate the system, but not people. While some drivers definitely deserve some hate, most of them didn't choose car-centric life out of free will.
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I see one truck and one blue minivan with a covered cargo area.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Note how the kei truck is still taking up a parking space, and that the "need" to provide such spaces makes the entire street wider than it otherwise could be.

I say that not to excuse the "full size" monstrosity in any way whatsoever, but to remind us all that this is "fuck cars," not just "fuck big trucks." ALL cars ruin cities, not only the big ones!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I would argue that the guy with the small truck is there to do a job for someone, and you'd be utterly fucked if you had a burst pipe and he wasn't allowed to drive in the city. They are the one exception to the rule

The guy with the big truck most likely just uses it to make up for his micropenis, right enough

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

And they look to have the same/comparable ride height/total height

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (22 children)

It's wider though right

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Kinda, Not really.

The Suzuki Carry has a bed width of 1585mm (62.4") the Silverado has a max bed width of 64.8" (1646mm) so 60mm/2.5" wider. But the Silverado's bed isn't rectangular, ie if you want to lay something flat, the widest it can be is 50" (1270mm). That's a foot narrower than the Suzuki.

The Silverado has higher walls which imo isn't really a plus or minus. (More bulk materials, and less need to tie things down, but harder to access the things).

There are a lot of other differences in available configurations. I think the reason a lot of people prefer Silverados boil down to esthetics, and the perceptions of others. I think that for a lot of men, pickup trucks are an expression of their masculinity. They want something big and powerful that they can take into the woods and be manly^tm^ with.

A Carry is very practical and if I owned a landscaping business I think that's what I'd want my crews to be driving.

But also, I'm not a business owner. I'm a man and I get it. Honestly I'd way rather own that enormous impractical pickup. I'm more likely to be hauling hockey gear than lumber and drywall. I'm tall and girthy, I appreciate a spacious cab. I have child seats in my car.

Maybe men should stop pretending they don't care a lot about fun.

Edit to add: but I do agree we need society to be less car/truck centric.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

The Suzuki Carry, like many kei trucks has foldable bed sidewalls, like those home Depot trucks. So Americans would never go for it as it's not sexy.

At $14,000 for a used 94 variant, not sure if it's worth it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

It's not about what you have, it's what you do with it. I have carried things in my small sedan that you would never believe. You are just underestimating japanese tech and Mexican capacity for not giving an f.