MilesMcBainMar 9, 2023

Oh my @notjustbikes latest video on SUV's is quite the cathartic experience.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN7mSXMruEo

Once a younger and dumber version of me upsized from Honda Civic to a Suzuki Grand Vitara for camping and off-road stuff that I used like twice. The rest of the time it was a pig to drive in the city and I hated it. And it's SMALL compared to modern SUVs and Utes.

It was a really happy day when we got rear-ended and had it written off. We bought a Honda Jazz (Fit) and haven't looked back.

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Show threadElio CampitelliMar 9, 2023
@milesmcbain I will never understand people's need for bigger cars. If I ever have a car I'd want the tiniest car I can get away with, so I can park it wherever I want and also spend less on fuel. Something like the Renault Twingo, which is relatively tiny but weirdly spacious.
Show threadMilesMcBain

@eliocamp Over here in Australia large vehicles have kind of been surfing this wave of enthusiasm for camping and road tripping that has come post-COVID.

It's all marketing, of course. *Somehow* people managed to tour this country with sedans and wagons in times gone by.

Mar 9, 2023 at 12:35pmWeb
Show threadElio CampitelliMar 9, 2023
@milesmcbain Also, you can always just *rent* a big car for your once-a-year camping trip. It will probably be cheaper than lugging the damn thing all year through city streets.
Show threadMilesMcBainMar 9, 2023

@eliocamp Yeah I think to some degree people think that buying the car is buying the lifestyle. They imagine they'd do these idyllic things more if they just had the access pass the car companies tell them the large car provides.

I think this was a factor for me. But as I found out, I still had to work 5 days a week, and didn't have the time / energy for trips every other weekend amongst all the other things I had going on.