dawg what do you mean you're paying 25k for a used skoda kodiaq that is neither fun nor really practical for hauling people or stuff. you've got a 5km commute. the public transport is bad but it's not "spend 15k more every few years to not have to take the bus for a week while your slightly older car is in the shop" bad. What the fuck.

And that's carbrain costs, that doesn't even include like biweekly washes or the yearly inspection because they're "trying to preserve value". Dawg just buy a perfectly serviceable toyota aygo for like 8k and run that fucker in the ground. What do you mean you pay like 400€ a month for 60 months at 7% APR before the thing is even insured or moved a single meter.

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[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 22 points 2 days ago (7 children)

SUV brain shit. People really think they need a giant tank in order to get around. "But what if I need to move an 80 inch TV?"

Uhh idk, how often are you doing that? Never. You got it delivered.

"How else am I supposed to move my wife, 4 kids, and giant dog?"

My man, you are single and allergic to dogs.

[–] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

“How else am I supposed to move my wife, 4 kids, and giant dog?”

in a minivan like a normal person

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 10 points 2 days ago

And then they never do any of that shit, it's just one passenger carrying at most a couple bags of groceries.

[–] InexplicableLunchFiend@hexbear.net 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

minivans are a dying breed

[–] lilypad@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago

The last minivan will be a previa, its odometer rolled over so many times its lost count. It will stand, lonely, last of its kind, carrying on as a testament to a less killkillkill age.

[–] erik@hexbear.net 11 points 2 days ago

It is honestly worth it for a lot of people to put together how often they fully use a motor vehicle and look at car payments versus delivery or car rental these days. Cars are so expensive now, even used ones. And insurance is crazy. I personally haven't owned a car in almost twenty years. Do I benefit from others having cars? Certainly on occasion. But like, I don't need one daily or even weekly. I get around with a bike and public transit just fine.

A lot of folks in my city are replacing the "second" car in their family with a cargo e-bike. It makes so much sense.

[–] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 7 points 2 days ago

I think that's truckbrain which, honestly, makes more sense to me than this bullshit. I mean it's still dumb but the skoda kodiaq doesn't even do any of that

[–] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

But what if I need to move an 80 inch TV?"

You rent a van that day.

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I fundamentally believe that it should be illegal to sell or register pickup trucks, vans, and SUVs to individuals. Like, you should have to be a business and apply for a business truck license that explains why you cannot get by with a hatchback or station wagon.

For the rare occasions when you do actually require the use of a truck, then you rent one from a licensed business, ideally a local hardware store that rents tools.

[–] CocteauChameleons@hexbear.net 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Theres cars with hatchbacks that makes transporting stuff easier, like the prius

[–] Feed_el_Castro@hexbear.net 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

"But what if I need to move an 80 inch TV?"

My 7-seater Renault Grand Scenic I bought for 2000€ has a lot more cargo capacity than any of those monster trucks running in 'Murican roads, I've carried 2.5m long boards in that car.

Also, it only drinks 4.8L/100km. I've taken it on trips with 5 friends (so 6 people in the car) and I even made it camper!!

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 3 points 2 days ago

The last time my dad went to go pick up a new TV (in his big truck that he definitely needs), they didn't have any in stock and it had to get delivered anyway lmao.