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I don't understand Americans obsession about the ability to tow stuff. I've been driving a Peugeot 107 the last 14 years, with no hitch. Most things fit in the back, if the rear seats are folded down, we can even fit a washing machine in it. We have a roof rack for things that don't fit. It's only been a handful of times we either had to borrow my in-laws car, or pay to have something delivered.
Yeah, the Slate is probably not for a construction worker, nor for you, but I would love to have one
Speaking for myself, I like to trailer my horse to different places to go riding. Other people take boats/RVs/motorcycles to local, but not close, recreational areas. It also trivializes being able to move, and when you live in an apartment (the amount of Americans that own a house is definitely not increasing), being able to tow is fantastic as an option. The US is simply just very spread out, and because our government doesn’t subsidize much to be built across all communities, you kinda are forced to travel to what you like to do. Forget being able to move somewhere outdoorsy while maintaining a high degree of quality of life (high paying, easy, fulfilling jobs, not living in an assbackwards red state).
A horse definitely necessitates towing capabilities, that will never fit in my car!
Where I live the coast is rarely more than 60 minutes drive away, so boats are just moored at the harbours, as we have no lakes to speak of
Also, American appliances are much bigger than in Europe. My pedestrian washing machine at home holds more clothes than the washers I use at laundromats in Marseille when I visit.
Towing is just an excuse for fat people to buy a pickup.
Not really. Many of us really do tow things quite often. I personally have probably 150000 mi of towing trailers in the past 6 years. All over the intermountain West. On top of that as a work truck under 200 miles is also ridiculous. As I mentioned in one of my other comments there's times where I fill up my gas tank four times a week. Just locally. That doesn't include when I'm working out of town. Most of my trips even to the nearest state are almost 200 mi. And most of them are well over 200 mi. If I were to add in time on top of my travel and work for charging that would be extremely prohibitive.
Most people buy trucks to commute to office jobs, or construction workers who commute to job sites where they then use company trucks.