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How is the financial penalty of them costing a shitload more to buy and run not enough, why do people want these?
Conspicuous cuntsumption maybe. They can tell people how much they pay for it?
I love doing the opposite of that. Tell people how little I spent on something.
Around 2020, manufacturers all but stopped making small cars since it's easier for them to make SUVs and trucks with weaker emissions standards. It's almost impossible to find any compact that was made after 2020, especially in the US. I'm sure it's only a bonus that they're typically more expensive than small cars.
There's also the problem that the more SUVs and trucks dominate the streets, the more dangerous they become for everyone. Your average car weighs as much as a damn elephant nowadays. I own a compact but hate driving because it's like being in the middle of a drunken stampede.
At the end of the day, fuck cars.
This only applies to US brands
But also in Europe: Ford has phased out the Moneo in 2022, the Fiesta in 2023, and the Focus in 2025.
False
That's not a car.
Right, they make things so small they are not even cars anymore.
I think a lot of people don't want them. But in my case there wasn't any normal car that had the features I wanted. I'd rather not need it but I really do if I'm gonna be able to work full time.
What features did you need that couldn't be offered in a sedan or small hatchback?
Any who lives in snowy conditions could want the additional ground clearance or weight for traction.
Ground clearance, all wheel drive, and winter tires are all available on more reasonably sized vehicles.
Unnecessary; roads get salted or cleared by public organisations.
Never lived in northern new england i take it? Maybe in your neck of the woods they get plowed early and often. In some parts of the country you won't get to work until noon if you wait for the plows.
Then fix the incompetent government, it's cheaper than everyone buying tanks.
So then the issue is the lack of plowing. How does a big car solve that? Is there no work from home option?
Do company employers not try to take the weather into account? Are there no work from home options?
I wanted a car that was relatively quiet and a plug in hybrid. Not a big list of demands by far.
But so many of the PHEVs are SUVs nowadays.
Why do you want a plug in hybrid? Haven’t they been shown to be useless for the climate?!
Because the vast majority of my traveling can be done using electricity and not gasoline.
It is way cheaper to charge it and I frankly like to drive it more, when it is using electricity. Sometimes I do longer trips and need to use gasoline and I do not have the option of charging it at home.
Youre ignorant beyond belief, and you definitely shouldnt be behind the wheel of an SUV, fuck
How so?