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[–] realitista@lemmus.org 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I hate this trend and it's causes so much.

[–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Toxic masculinity and using car size as a pseudo-proxy for wealth?

[–] realitista@lemmus.org 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Women are just as bad or worse here with their mega SUV's. But the government are the ones who facilitate this by giving tax breaks for giant vehicles.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

and usually its 2 types of people that drives, and you always guess the skin color of both.

[–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As a Mini Cooper driver and motorcycle rider, people in giant personal vehicles are dorks.

[–] RivverRavven@beehaw.org 5 points 1 day ago

As a driver of Mazda's smallest car and a cyclist, I completely agree.

[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

i wish we could just buy a suzuki jimny in canada but it will never happen because it would make all other SUVs irrelevant

[–] Vodulas@beehaw.org 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Isn't that the one that is very top heavy?

[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

not sure about that...i rent them in iceland quite a lot and it's a near perfect vehicle in my opinion

[–] Vodulas@beehaw.org 1 points 1 day ago

That is better than what they used to be. They used to rollover without weight in top. They were sold as Samurai in the US.