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David HoThe best-selling vehicle in France vs. the US.
einfachnurRoland@davidho Can someone make a meme for me with an escargot in front of a cow, please?
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Psittacus cafeinaCompare to the most popular vehicles in Russia and China, then. Headass.
David Mitchell 
Thanks for pointing out why it’s so much more important for the US to have more fuel efficient vehicles.
Thanks for pointing out why it’s so important for Americans to increase their use of active transport.
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This is misleading because most Americans drive smaller cars instead.
This is misleading because most Americans drive smaller cars instead.
marcus 😷🧂@mrblissett @davidho how is that misleading? I mean it clearly stated "best selling car"🤷
Bodling@mrblissett @davidho All the big pick-up drivers on our street would disagree about how many small car drivers there are in our part of America. (Granted, we're a semi-rural part of the east, and some number of the trucks are used for hauling business supplies.)
Anyway, more big pickups in our area than small cars. And the trucks are the ones that kept knocking over our mailbox with their immense side mirrors.
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@davidho I mean, they keep their non-sensical imperial system of units because measuring their height as 6ft makes them feel bigger than the SI equivalent of 1.8m.
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Steve Williams@davidho
Americans need to plant more of these on street corners.
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Attached: 1 image Catch of the day. There is a junction at Tooting that has achieved legendary status. FUVs* try to cut the turn by ignoring the clear markings and driving over the pedestrian walkway - only to meet the sharp end of a nicely placed metal bollard. Driver was ‘outraged’. 😂 I have 20 of these ‘catches’ Will post some more choice ones, when I can find them. Edit: I’ve been inducted into the #WorldBollardAssociation * FarkU #suv #waragainstcars #waroncars
Carsten Raddatz@blabberlicious @davidho Does the World Bollard Association have a US-ian office?
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Unfortunate America’s biggest ‘bell end’ is currently running for president.
Unfortunate America’s biggest ‘bell end’ is currently running for president.
Albert Hickey@davidho this article is a bit preachy but does contain some interesting facts that explain the F-150 popularity where it’s size is not required.
Spoiler: massive subsidies and tax breaks for BIG light vehicles as well as major taxes on imports so no competition.
Travis Marble@davidho I can't boost this enough.
excited for the mastodon rise@davidho does that include bikes? Micro overtook cars for transport in Paris!
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈@davidho I can imagine what a burden that wankpanzer is to a French city. Impractical for the urban environment.
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@tk @Lazarou @davidho but that's not the point of this comparison. I wouldn't want to drive a truck that big around a city either. That's also why the people who live in cities don't all go out and buy F-150s.
F-150 may be the best selling vehicle in America, but that doesn't mean it's popular in cities. Apartment dwellers in America are not all running to the nearest Ford dealership to buy an F-150.
F-150 may be the best selling vehicle in America, but that doesn't mean it's popular in cities. Apartment dwellers in America are not all running to the nearest Ford dealership to buy an F-150.
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CGdoppelpunktWell, the US is quite a bit larger than France, isn't it?
@CGdoppelpunkt @davidho this is a joke right? I just can't tell anymore 😅
Otherwise I don't know why the size of the country would matter.
You were not misled with your assumption.
pedro@davidho me big me demonstrate power with big vehicle 🤖
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@davidho but they need it to haul shit!
Laurens 🐐@NeonPurpleStar @davidho Dropping the back seat and towing a small trailer would enable you to haul twice as much shit in the compact as in the bed of the truck.
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Jeremy Mallin@davidho I prefer the French one.
RealGene ☣️@davidho
Why is this infographic not in scale with itself?
Why are there "real length/height" lines that don't match the photographs of the vehicles?
Why is this infographic not in scale with itself?
Why are there "real length/height" lines that don't match the photographs of the vehicles?
rag. Gustavino BevilacquaEcology vs. "egology".
SFborn1940@davidho And we wonder why we are considered to be stupid.
wasabi brain@davidho Biden and dems could do much more for environment by putting in size and weight limits (either hard limits or through progressively higher taxes the larger the vehicle) to cars than by pushing for EVs. Even EVs are being turned into massive tanks, making their contribution to environment negligible at best and probably worsening things once you take full cycle if mining into account
Jo Hawkins@davidho I'd be intrigued to see the weight difference as well
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shibaozi@davidho https://www.wanderingfrance.com/blog/images/143.png comparing things is fun!
Allpoints@davidho unfortunately, you can't buy what they don't sell. I understand the US consumer obsession with big pickups. But on the other side manufacturers don't offer many options for small, efficient and comfortable. (At least not the last time I checked).
It's also my understanding that US law classifies pickups as "trucks" and therefore exempt from some of the CAFE efficiency standards
Jes Moved to @@davidho bottom one looks similar to my car, I have a nissan versa note sv 2014
C.W. Smith 🇺🇲I would wonder how an F150 matches up as choice of vehicle in the more rural areas of France where it's more of a utility. Urban areas of France aren't exactly built with things that size in mind.
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EysteinSounds interesting.
I live in Granbury, TX in a very rural area and it's Pickups everywhere mostly. And most everyone using them have farms or other projects that demand the capacity.
I am probably going to have to get one because I want to tow an RV and wander around Texas on occasion, and an F150 is more affordable for that task than anything else really.
@CWSmith @davidho By a funny coincidence I have an RV as well. But it’s a converted Ford Transit van, and I doubt there’s anything like it in the US. It’s kinda an old model, so this is the best pictures I could find https://betterparts.org/ford/other/ford-nugget.html
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Michael Cook@davidho Unfair comparison. That truck isn’t lifted nor does it have the cow catcher on front.
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Klara ❤️@davidho That's honestly a horrifying graphic