decryptionstill amuses/scares me that this giant thing is considered "mid-size" in the usa
I love this, so I@decryption imsorrywhatthefuck? 10 years ago my Volvo XC60 was considered mid-size, and it doesn’t look that big anymore compared to a VW Tiguan which was a “small” at the time…
@jpm the cars keep growing!
Daniel Carosone@decryption @jpm maybe we should stop feeding them so much?
Kevin Collas-ArundellNeed to start taxing them based on weight and bonnet height.
And probably reform the ancap\adr stuff
Can almost guarantee the scaling on it will get capped at some wonderfully low point like 1800 kg
Much like nves has the LCV silliness expanding the definition of LCV.
It's alright i'm sure the ADRs and ancap testing will take in to account the growth in size of vehicles and how they endanger other road users....
Oh... i guess not.
Meanwhile, goget just leave little Kia Picantos all around the neighbourhood that you can just use, and they're great.
I needed a hire car on a recent work trip. I got to the service desk, and the guy looked at me (tall) and the corporate travel booking. I'm sure he's trained to try an upsell, but he put genuine empathy into the "I'm sorry, it looks like they've booked you a very small car, would you like an upgrade?"
I played cagey (I made the booking myself).. are you offering a free upgrade? what have they given me?
"It's a Kia Picanto currently."
"Hell yeah, they're great!"
That got a big smile, he likes them too.
Turns out, it was brand new and had ~160km on the clock. Also, I drove something like 80km and returned it still showing full on the gauge without adding fuel.
Speaking of small nice cars. Atto1 is really nice inside and goes so well. Kinda wish they had a version with nicer options but for what it is it's super comfy\tiny and drives better than my gti ever did.
Malcolm Herbert