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[โ€“] RedSnt@feddit.dk 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Almost all our cars and all our major manufacturers are awful, any American that knows anything about cars knows this.

You're on "buy european", so when you say "our" do you mean Europe or..?

[โ€“] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Sorry, I mean American.

I am an American agreeing with ya'll that our American cars are ridiculous.

... I didn't even mention that a whole bunch of our cars are also gigantic and can likely barely fit on or navigate most older, more dense, less car-centric Euro cities and their road systems.

[โ€“] bier@feddit.nl 2 points 2 days ago

I wouldn't buy an American car because I don't want to support the current regime (and mileage).

But having said that, those minivans look like they would be awesome for family road trips. I hate trucks but wouldn't mind seeing more minivans in Europe. I saw a review of a minivans that came with a vacuum cleaner build into to car (just pull out the hose).