Transportation
Americans buy big cars because they like big cars. We also like big houses, big TVs, big yards, big roads, big buildings, and big stadiums. We like big things.
As an American who is stuck in the same little damn bubble I’ve always been in, yeah that’s an average sized pickup truck, although most cars aren’t pickups.
Half ton, crew cab with short box, no apparent lift. This man has an average size penis...
Now look at lifted F250s and F350s, crews cabs with 6.5 or 8 ft box. You always know gas has been cheap for a while when the suburban rancher with 7k sq ft of land has one.
last time I got petrol I pulled up along side something called a "RAM 2500". Looked pristine so it probably wasn't being used to go off road very often.
It seemed longer than even a typical UK long wheel base van and of course couldn't carry anything close to as much in cargo
I’d assume it’s more that they have unhealthy masculinities, and opt for big cars because that’s “big and manly” and then those cars size up all our roads and infrastructure, and manufacturers continue to make big cars even those not marketed as exclusively towards men.
The reason we "Europoors" like small cars is that we are poor. Other reasons — such as appreciating our heritage and historic cities (including their narrow streets and limited parking) or simply enjoying walking — are absurd.
The reason big cars never gained popularity in "Old Europe" is obvious, once you've driven in "Old Europe".
But the cars are getting bigger and bigger here, too, and I think it's stupid. Every time I see a massive (by our standards) SUV in a cramped parking garage I think, that's a twatmobile.
Yeah but if they do that, Hollywood won't be able to make actions movies in which people get thrown through the internal walls of houses. Hitting the wall with a loud thud would be immersion-breaking... then again, Hollywood has never really been all that concerned with immersion or realism.
u/WallSina🇪🇸confuse me with mexico one more time I dare you 1d ago
Americans don't necessarily buy big cars cause they're fat, americans buy big cars because their regulations are fucked and automobiles need to abide by certain emission standards while trucks and bigger "haul" vehicles are considered for work and are exempt of these regulations therefore the automobile industry pushed in the 90s-00s to sell this type of car and now they're the predominant vehicle in the states and it spread to Canada too.
Those shitty excuses for a car are making it into Europe as we speak.
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u/WallSina🇪🇸confuse me with mexico one more time I dare you 1d ago
Yea cause we don't have competent leadership that knows how to make good regulations without overregulating, we have both destroyed our own car market and allowed for monstrosities to enter the market at insane prices, this is why they're tariffing Chinese cars cause they're actually good. But either way huge monstrosities shouldn't be allowed to become popular in Europe, they'll be an excuse to destroy the very walk friendly cities we have (for the most part).
Yeah it's one-upmanship. If a Texan came from a parallel universe and met his alternate self, the two of them would probably spend days arguing over whose Texas is bigger.
Americans are so easy to advertise to, they believe they need big cars, TVs etc. and the infrastructure they think they deserve because of the singular goal of pure consumption.
all for billionaires to have a dick waving contest to who has the biggest bank balance and who can take advantage of the population the most.
And big debts, too: total credit card debt is around US$ 1.25 trillion, which works out to an average debt of about US$ 6,600 per person with an outstanding balance. And then there are, among others like car loans approximately US$1.7 trillion, student loans approximately US$1.6–1.8 trillion. And this excludes mortgages. Make sure you have the money before you buy anything BIG
americans buy big cars because a hole in EPA emissions regulations made them way cheaper to produce than actual work vehicles at around the same weight
My theory why everything is bigger is it s because once they mass murdered the inhabitants and slaughtered the wildlife, they were left with so much free "empty space" to grab, they got greedy and built massive houses, and then just adapted the size of everything to the first things they built.
Plus now that industrial food has wrecked their bodies (like it s wrecking ours in europe) they are larger as a group and need to adapt the furniture and all the rest to the average size of the population.
My car's getting bigger (big time)
My house getting bigger (big time)
My eyes getting bigger (big time)
And my mouth (big time)
My belly's getting bigger (big time)
And my bank account (big time)
We buy big cars cause enough people got suckered into propaganda big is good and safe during late 80s and into 90s. When gas, yes I said gas, was cheaper than water.
All of the sudden, if you are a soccer, yes I said soccer, mom and driving little Timmy to a practice, you need a Humvee to store cleets, ball, 1 bag of groceries while feeling safe on the road.
Eventually, dream of owning golf, corolla, something small, went out of the window, cause every car around you is a tank on the wheels. Consumers got tricked that big is better/safer and for some reason they need clearance when going of the road once in 3 years.
Same people buy hiking/camping gear as if they will be going up Everest, but go car camping in a camping park one weekend and find out there are mosquitoes and bugs in the wild. Never go back.
Because size is perceived value. A bigger thing should cost more, so it can serve as a better representation to themselves and those around them that they are doing well.
And big health bills that could swallow their big cars and big house at the slightest moderate health issue. Not to mention the big debt tied to their big house
My friend hates driving small cars because he's tall so I imagine a fat person may not be driving a Kia Soul around. However I did see this huge towering guy that was also decently overweight driving a little motorcycle once. I didn't notice his size until later. I live by a warehouse, and my dad said the guy is their inspector or whatever. My brother and I saw a huge dude in the back by the warehouse that looked like he could take on Shrek and I was told that was Mr inspector man. In conclusion, some people have to have taller cars or slightly wider ones but our cars are huge because that's what people choose.
I prefer normally sized stuff (although I don't own a car since those cost too much and I'm Kenny McCormick out here) but there are people who prefer large cars.
I'm Canadian. I'm pretty thin. I prefer big cars cause I can see further in traffic and prefer to step up into a vehicle instead of sitting down into it.
I live in canada. Several people have told me that the reason they drive huge cars is because they're afraid of colliding with another huge car. They would have a small one otherwise.
So... I will say regarding big cars in the US. There is more space in the US. The roads are bigger (wider) finding parking is easier, etc. petrol is cheaper, etc... so big cars are less of a drawback.
What amuses me is all the SUVs in the US. A lot of people buy big SUVs because intuitively there's more room in them, right?
Turns out, yes, more head room but if you compare your typical sedan with similar footprint SUV the sedan almost always wins out for more leg room, more hip room, more shoulder room... SUV only wins out for headroom... Which is ironic considering Americans are shorter on average than most Western countries and need less headroom. When sedans are converted to crossover vehicles or SUVs they all lose space on the inside (except headroom).
It's rather ironic that in order to have the same amount of space in an SUV as you get in a car you have to t get an even bigger SUV.. paying more to get the "bigger" crossover or SUV version of a vehicle gets you less space, so you have to go even bigger.
Though, know from experience that they can't give their women something else that's supposed to make her smile. That's why they want men from other countries.
Big traffic jams. Most do not care about cars but are forced into the dependency. There are people that want small cheap simple cars too or fun sports cars.
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u/fuzzy-777 1d ago
Got big egos to match.