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How are people still buying giant cars? (europe.pub)

submitted 3 days ago by cm0002@europe.pub to c/fuckcars@lemmy.ca

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We are in a gas crisis in all but the name, gas in my area is over $6 a gallon and even in states where it's normally "cheap" (taxpayer subsidized) it's still well over $4. Its been six years since COVID and since then we saw it peak, drop to slightly lower but still higher than ever before covid, and now this. It also appears that gas, even if it does go down, will never be "cheap" again.

and yet, even with all of that I still see new giant cars rolling off the logs. Giant Santa Fes, brand new F150s, brand new plates. People are still buying these. Not luxury "I can spend whatever I want" rich folks, everyday people buying these things.

What is going on in peoples heads? I know most never take gas into account when buying a car and then are all shocked pikachu at the pump, but seriously even now it's not an issue?

I have seen maybe, maybe one new car that was a hybrid out of my anecdotal experience. No one considering those, or an EV, or god forbid biking or taking transit. (In my area both are very viable alternatives).

I'm just so exasperated at how stupid people are being. They think 50k for a car is expensive and then never take into account what powers the damn thing.

Thanks for listening to my rant.

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[–] wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

For those who really cannot bear to live without a car: buy a used sports car (aerodynamic) from decades ago for as cheap as possible, convert it to electric w/ battery, charge it via solar or hydro or whatever makes most sense for your area. Simple.

[–] atrizzy@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

This sounds removedly more expensive than buying a new electric car.

[–] wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net 1 points 16 minutes ago

It may be. Depends how much the old gasoline-powered car costs secondhand and how much the mechanic charges to do the conversion. Converting an old Corvette would probably be much cheaper than buying a Tesla Roadster or Tesla Model S.