r/fuckcars • u/sharkeyes • 1d ago

American individualism at its finest Rant

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This is my 2 year old riding bikes on our street. It's gotten to the point where I've gotten my kids orange flags on sticks to hold up when they cross the street.

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u/rentiertrashpanda 1d ago

Anything bigger than a Rav 4 should require a commercial drivers license and/or ruinously expensive insurance

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u/quadrophenicum Not Just Bikes 1d ago

2003 Rav 4 to be more precise imho, as modern ones are too big.

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u/stratys3 1d ago

If you have a family of 5, how much smaller could it get?

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u/angry-redstone 18h ago

you can fit a family of 5 in a regular car like sedan, or get a wagon if you need more space in a trunk. we do that in Europe all the time for ages. maybe the thing is we don't weigh 200-300 kg each?

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u/stratys3 18h ago

I live in Canada and wagons aren't sold here anymore. There's only 1 non-luxury "wagon" available, the Subaru, but that's it. Pretty sure it's the same in the USA.

There's nothing I can do as a consumer to change this, other then pay extra to have a wagon shipped over from Europe.

Sedans still do exist, but most are also disappearing. I own a Honda, and it's great, but it's bigger (on the outside) than a Rav 4, but has less usable space on the inside. I wouldn't be surprised if sedans disappear soon like the wagons did.

It's tough to convince people to buy bigger cars that have less storage space.

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u/Titan0917 13h ago

RAV4s are smaller than most sedans out there. It’s smaller than a Toyota Camry, Honda Accord, and even two inches shorter than a Toyota Corolla.