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Honestly this is absurd. These death machines shouldn't be legal in europe. That thing doesn't even fit in the parking space, even though the parking lot has the biggest spaces in the whole city. The ~~Golf~~ Polo is so small in comparison, it could even hide in front of the engine hood of the truck.
EDIT: It's a Polo and not a Golf, I don't know my cars, sorry for that!
Only one of them fits a man with a small dick
Might just be my experience but in the UK at least, it’s almost exclusively women who drive cars like this. Men more commonly drive vans and super large vehicles to be fair, but specifically larger than necessary, non-tradesman style cars (Land Rovers, very clean, empty pick-ups etc.)
Yeh because they want to feel safe. All it is. And it's not safer at all.
I'm sure it's safer for them, but not for the kid they'll accidentally run over because they simply couldn't see it.
But it's not safer at all. They handle like shit.
By safe I meant they won't be the ones killed in an accident. They won't feel the impact cuz their car just keeps going.
God forbid somebody drives a pickup truck. There's never ever a necessity to haul anything weighing over 500kg or to ever pull a large trailer. It's safe to assume anybody driving one of these big scary machines is a sadist with a micropenis and a threat to society.
Do you realize that whoever grew the food you ate today likely owns and utilizes a pickup truck? Do you realize that your convenient city life would be impossible without rural people transporting goods to your little concrete paradise?
That's funny. This might shock you but I don't actually live in a concrete paradise. I live in a rural area in Europe in a small village with a lot of farms. Take a guess how many pickup trucks there are here? Close to none. That's because nobody actually needs a pick-up truck.
And comfortably fit 2 rear facing seats. Fuck having kids amirite?
I could comfortably fit two car seats in my Prius. You’re delusional if you think the truck is required for that.
The Prius isn't a particularly small car though.
Imagine comparing a mid size to compact. I also said comfortably.
Why would interior space affect the comfort of a small kid in a rear facing carseat? It's not like they care about the legroom.
Because you have to move the front seat forward to safely not have the two seats touch. It's uncomfortable for the passenger and worst case can cause it to be difficult to quickly slow down cause the pedals are so close.
There is a reason mid size SUVs (formerly the accord) are the king of suburban vehicles. My accord was only like 4.5 inches shorter than our outback.
I wasn’t comparing a midsized to a compact, I was pointing out that you’re full of shit for thinking that only massive SUVs can fit two car seats, because you absolutely are. Have you been inside a Prius? It’s just as long as a RAV4. The main loss of interior space is in the headroom. Not sure if you realize, but children in car seats don’t need that headroom. Not that most people do. I’m 6 feet tall and I fit in the backseat with a comfortable amount of headroom and legroom. Plenty of space for two car seats to fit comfortably.
I never said anything about any SUV. I just pointed out a polo is a shitty car if you have kids 🤷♂️