We really should put a limit on car sizes.
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There is one, but it's outrageous. RVs like to push that limit.
Or - hear me out - have pollution regulations that become more and more lax the bigger the vehicle is.
Didn't the people of Paris vote in favour for charging triple car parking chargers for SUV's? I'd like to see this more.
SUV sales have been crazy the last few years in the UK (I assume the rest of the EU too given every manufacturer starting making many different models of SUV's). They stopped making people carriers in favour for SUV's :(
They did, but sadly only for non-residents.
That's a shame. Still, it's a start.
12 yards long, 2 lanes wide, 65 tons of American pride! Canyonero! Canyonero!
I long so badly for a time where I can walk or train anywhere I need to go, and be rid of these monstrosities.
Don't give them ideas!
That squirrel's nicked someone's help sign!
That's a huge squirrel. Of course I'll support degrowth wtf.
SUVs are a new plague :(
The 6000 SUX. Because bigger is better.
I heard the next gen EV Wagoneer is gonna be over 10,000 lbs, the battery alone is almost 3,000.
Idk, it'll be close, but the ice version is only 6000lbs.
Oh good, for a second I thought I was going to hear more about degrowing the economy to save the environment or whatnot. Yes, this degrowth I can get behind.
The only huge vehicles I'm really seeing now are all trucks, not SUVs.
I see tons of big SUVs but I haven't noticed them getting that much bigger. Maybe they are and it's a trick of perspective. But trucks appear like they are getting MUCH bigger. It's obscene and disgusting. Compact cars can reasonably tow 1,200lb loads. These gigantofucking trucks are not needed. People aren't pulling and storing tens of thousands of lbs of load every day. And if they are they need to register their damn business.
Every car segment has grown. Each size tier grew to the size of the next tier. Small cars are pretty much extinct and the cars that are marketed as small are the size of what used to be a medium car.
Compact cars can reasonably tow 1,200lb loads.
Assuming your trailer has brakes some can easily do double that.
Yep. Toyota Corollas since 2002 have braked towing capacity of 1300kg. What do you fit in a normal trailer that's heavier than that anyway? Unless you're an incompetent landscaper that's constantly hauling gravel and dirt to and from job sites I can't think of why 1300kg wouldn't be sufficient.
I guess most people have a second job as a landscaper, floor tiler, stone mason or plumber. /s