I had an suv for most of the 90s.
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Smart fortwo is all most need. 4door is for afyer kids
Not with those crash safety test results. I’ll take a modern sedan if I’m going to have a car
As a full time walker and bicyclist, what I have learned is that virtually no one is up to the responsibilities of operating a car or truck. Humans do not deserve to drive, and the sheer volume of traffic accident deaths every year is a reminder of that (let alone the far greater volume of traffic related animal deaths).
The solution to cars being shit isn't old cars. It's bicycles and trains. Lots and lots and lots of trains and bicycles.
Not everyone can ride a bicycle. I propose a shitton of tricycles, too, maybe some powered by solar-battery assist for those that have other physical issue with pedaling.
It can probably be assumed that by "bicycle", they meant the full array of pedal-powered vehicles including variants with all the kinds of accessibility options.
Correct!
Well that's not going to work either. Am I going to take a train to the grocery store? I'm not going to ride a bicycle to the grocery store I have to go up and down no less than three hills to get there. And these aren't small hills these are cardiac arrest inducing hills. So we do need cars we just need better ways to power them. And I don't mean batteries or gas.
I don't think we'll ever get rid of cars entirely but better city planning and better laws (depending on country) would help the reduction of cars in towns and cities. Make it more inviting for people to use alternative transport.
Most of my food shopping I do on my ebike. Little and often, but I happen to be in a town with nearby shops and quite good cycle route options. If we do use our car we usually do shopping at the end of a longer trip while returning home.
S-Pedelec, cargo bike, also, delivery services
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Im in love with cars in Bud Spencer movies. Small, neat. The Beatle and Bully of VW. So cute and compact
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I was hit by a car a few years ago. I actually died and needed CPR to keep my heart going a few times. If it had been an SUV, there'd have been nothing to do. I would have just been gone.
I say that, but, at the same time, I think being tall requires an SUV. Little sedans are too close to the ground, and they're too hard to get out of them. The whole world is designed around someone who is 5'5". Its a struggle to fit into that as someone who is almost a foot taller than that. Getting off of short furniture is difficult on my knees (especially as I get older), so I could only imagine getting out of a sedan that is so close to the ground like the one in the picture. The SUV (even for all its environmental wastes in its usage) is something that a tall person can easily fit into.
It's almost like the world was designed backwards: we need taller furniture (something I use more often than a car) but more efficient cars.
Oh well . . ..
it's not very Fuck Cars, but you can find smaller cars that handle taller people in the front. I'm 5 11, Chevy cruise isn't too bad. You really need to find stuff that has manual seats with height adjustment, they usually go a couple inches lower.
Also stay away from anything where the headliner has an indent on the drivers side to "make room" that already lets you know it was designed too small and made concessions.
I drive a volt (same as the cruise) and it does fine, my wife drives a monster 2010 Pilot whenver i'm in the thing, I wish it has a front facing camera so i could see what's below the hood.
Also if just looking to get a lower and lighter car without necessarily wanting a shorter car, full-size sedans can fit people much taller than you or I. I could sleep in my Chrysler 300M when I had it because the seat could recline all the way back.
Currently I have an A6 Allroad (C6 generation, I like 'em well depreciated) and it fits me just fine. If we're doing imperial units here, I'm 5'10 and 280 lbs. I could still move the seat much further back and lower the backrest further if I was taller or heavier. I have no trouble climbing from the driver's seat to the passenger seat and back when I park myself into my small garage with the driver's door blocked in due to doing some work on the other side of the car.
I guess what I was trying to say was: as much as I hate cars (and I hate cars a lot because I needed CPR and to be airlifted because of one), I more dislike getting into sedans because its painful to get in and out of one, especially as I get older.
I will try out your point about full sized sedans.
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