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I get the trucks and SUV's where you need them. I live in a rural area and without ground clearance and 4x4, I literally wouldn't be able to visit my parents. B
by Loughla 7mo ago
I get the trucks and SUV's where you need them. I live in a rural area and without ground clearance and 4x4, I literally wouldn't be able to visit my parents. But my daily driver is a Honda Civic. Because 75% of my driving is done on paved roads that are well maintained (except in the winter).
What kills me are the MASSIVE vehicles in the suburbs though. Why do you need a 3 ton suburban to drive around 2 kids on very clear, very well maintained streets? Why would you buy a 4x4 truck when the most off road you'll do is driving over wet leaves on your cul-de-sac in the fall?
- 0_____0 7mo agoCAFE regs made USian hugecars relatively profitable, and car makers got USians to demand them via savvy marketing. That's what I reckon anyway.
- rudhdb773b 7mo agoThe word "American" already unambiguously describes people of the USA. You don't need to make up a new word.
- 0_____0 7mo ago1. Synonyms exist in language. 2. You're on a site with a bunch of programmers who regularly use weird words for stuff that already has a name. Reading through HN is wading through a swamp of made up names and tech neologisms, you're just used to it already. I once told a software guy that our team's SWEs had migrated away from React and Node to Stork.JS and Blackadder. He nodded like that meant anything. 3. I like it and you can't stop me.
- mbernstein 7mo agoStork.JS is a really well written piece of software, though.
- 0_____0 7mo agodevs have really got to start using NSA style naming conventions where they use the Joycean compound with random stuff that sounds cool e.g. BANNANADAIQUIRI or FOXACID.
- defrost 7mo agoThe word "American" has many sub entries in the Oxford English Dictionary - not all of those meanings are "citizen of the USofA". So much for unambiguous.
- rudhdb773b 7mo agoHave you ever actually heard it used in conversation or writing where the speaker's intention was a meaning that included people outside of the USA? I haven't.
- defrost 7mo agoI have, yes. I note, also, that you didn't ask if anyone > " heard it used in conversation or writing where the speaker's intention was a meaning that included people outside of America? " which further explans why non-USAians like myself adopted the practice decades past of prefering clarity for precision.
- nxm 7mo agoTowing a boat or camper is quite common - not gonna get a second vehicle just for that.
- defrost 7mo agoYou can tow a boat, caravan, etc. with a smaller Holden Rodeo crew cab at 1.5 tonne (and / or many other vehicles that are not massive over sized yank tanks).
- vel0city 7mo agoSomething like 10-15% of US households own a boat or camper. Over 60% of cars sold today are SUVs, and a ton of those would not be great to tow a boat or decent sized camper. The vast majority of people I know who daily drive SUVs and trucks do not own either a boat or camper.
- trashb 7mo agoModern (suburb) SUV's spectacularly suck at most tasks, you have been falsely advertised to. A 2010 Toyota Corolla is most likely a better offroader, a 1.8t VW Passat is a better tow truck. If not for the tax benefit these SUV's enjoy they are useless.
- ExoticPearTree 7mo ago> Why do you need a 3 ton suburban to drive around 2 kids on very clear, very well maintained streets? Safety. I’m expecting and looking to get a full size SUV instead of the current crossover I drive. It will be a pain to park in some areas/situations, but the safety it provides to the child is much more important to me.