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The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s
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along_the_road beehaw.org along_the_road@beehaw.org
Joined: 2023-06-24
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realitista lemmus.org realitista@lemmus.org
Joined: 2025-07-19
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I hate this trend and it's causes so much.

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rabber lemmy.ca rabber@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2024-07-03
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i wish we could just buy a suzuki jimny in canada but it will never happen because it would make all other SUVs irrelevant

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Vodulas [they/them] beehaw.org Vodulas@beehaw.org
Joined: 2023-06-13
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i wish we could just buy a suzuki jimny in canada but it will never happen because it would make all other SUVs irrelevant

Isn't that the one that is very top heavy?

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rabber lemmy.ca rabber@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2024-07-03
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Isn't that the one that is very top heavy?

not sure about that...i rent them in iceland quite a lot and it's a near perfect vehicle in my opinion

quick search says that just 40kg+ on the roof will make it unstable, i didnt know this

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t3rmit3 beehaw.org t3rmit3@beehaw.org
Joined: 2023-06-16
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I hate this trend and it's causes so much.

Toxic masculinity and using car size as a pseudo-proxy for wealth?

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t3rmit3 beehaw.org t3rmit3@beehaw.org
Joined: 2023-06-16
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As a Mini Cooper driver and motorcycle rider, people in giant personal vehicles are dorks.

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realitista lemmus.org realitista@lemmus.org
Joined: 2025-07-19
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Toxic masculinity and using car size as a pseudo-proxy for wealth?

Women are just as bad or worse here with their mega SUV's. But the government are the ones who facilitate this by giving tax breaks for giant vehicles.

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Vodulas [they/them] beehaw.org Vodulas@beehaw.org
Joined: 2023-06-13
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not sure about that...i rent them in iceland quite a lot and it's a near perfect vehicle in my opinion quick search says that just 40kg+ on the roof will make it unstable, i didnt know this

That is better than what they used to be. They used to rollover without weight in top. They were sold as Samurai in the US.

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Water&Wings beehaw.org RivverRavven@beehaw.org
Joined: 2025-11-07
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As a Mini Cooper driver and motorcycle rider, people in giant personal vehicles are dorks.

As a driver of Mazda's smallest car and a cyclist, I completely agree.

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ranandtoldthat beehaw.org ranandtoldthat@beehaw.org
Joined: 2023-06-14
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I will always advocate for a higher hood height requiring a higher class of license.

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ɔiƚoxɘup beehaw.org Quexotic@beehaw.org
Joined: 2023-06-16
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I hate this trend and it's causes so much.

Drunk Republicans?

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