Honestly, it just feels like a matter of time before we’re gonna see tractor sized vehicles around in cities and people are still gonna say they NEED them for groceries. Yet when I actually visited America and we went grocery shopping with a pickup the size of my room back home, I got the experience of having shopping bags on my lap in the passage seat for the first time ever. Like where else you gonna put it? The trunk? The back seats??? Oh you jokester! There’s like legit no space inside these things.

  • CrowAirbrush@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    20 days ago

    These absurd large cars (factory setuo tho, no lift kits here) have been increasing on our roads in the Netherlands.

    I was told we pay some hefty taxes when importing these gas guzzling beasts from american origin.

    But it seems when a company does the importing it doesn’t count for some reason? These big built beasts with crawling tires the ones with treads running up the sidewalls cost a mere €50.000 when a regular old vw golf starts at €35.000.

    And the fuckers are so tall you can’t even reach the bed without a damn step.

    We don’t need those cars here because we can’t fit them. I wish all these contractors would just get vans like normal contractors do, where you can lock your shit and fit loads more in an enclosed space.

  • WoahWoah@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    20 days ago

    …I honestly don’t understand this meme. Where do you live that people are using huge vehicles to fit all their groceries? I guess I’ve seen it visiting a friend’s family that lives out in the country. The “big” grocery store was an hour away, so they would get like several weeks of groceries at a time. Maybe I’m just not understanding the point of the meme.

    • LANIK2000@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      4·
      20 days ago

      The Americans I visited live in Indiana. Tho it’s less about them actually buying a lot (about a week’s worth), but rather that when talking about cars and how ridiculously huge their’s is, they always say that they need it for hauling and groceries. Meanwhile the rest of the world doesn’t experience this problem.

      And on top of that you can’t put anything into the trunk (or bed I suppose…) and the back seats are just barely spacious enough to fit a rifle case. So if you have around 6-8 bags of stuff, you’re gonna put some into the passenger seat. It’s especially funny, because even my mom’s tiny 3rd gen Clio fits more inside. Picking me up from the airport with barely space for my luggage was another fun one. But they insist on buying these expensive awkward vehicles.

      • WoahWoah@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        20 days ago

        Ah, I see. Well, let me say this: seeing a grocery store parking lot filled with giganti-merican vehicles is always obnoxious.

        But why couldn’t you use the truck bed?? It’s like the one time they could have actually put it to use! You’d think they’d be all about it. Like guys (and it’s always guys) that carry a pocket knife and someone actually needs a knife for once. They practically cry they’re so happy.

        • LANIK2000@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          1·
          19 days ago

          There wasn’t really a good way to secure things back there. At least not something small and squishy like a grocery bag. Besides, the bed is so high up and huge, it’s awkward putting anything up there anyways. The one time we actually hauled something, a Gokart, it was a massive pain getting that thing up there. It’s too high for a ramp so better get to lifting.

          Just for fun I’ve quickly looked online, and there actually exist accessories that make the bed smaller with little boxes for such things. Just buy a roof and it’s almost as convenient as a regular car xD

          My favorite is this one tho, someone had enough brains to develop an actual trunk (if a bit awkward to reach and a bit small) but understood the need for a much larger bed for the fragile ego xD