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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!

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[–] Konlanx@feddit.de 143 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Both of them are used to transport mostly a single person at a time. Even the small one is too big.

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 62 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The golf will also get farther with the same amount of fuel. Way farther.

[–] Onionizer@geddit.social 17 points 1 year ago

That's a Polo, the Golf is a tad bigger

[–] erebus@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

In the States, the same choads that drive tankmobiles tend to complain about fuel prices and how it’s all big gubmint’s fault for stealing their fun (fun being defined as the ability to do 95 mph on the interstate and still pay under $50 for a tank of gas).

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[–] Odd_so_Star_so_Odd@lemmy.world 60 points 1 year ago (3 children)

headlights shouldn't be allowed that high on road vehicles, blinding menace on wheels.

[–] MrNobody@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago

Especially when they aren't the normal yellowish ones and they have the strong, eye piercing white-blue ones. Fucking hate xenon headlights.

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[–] karpintero@lemmy.world 60 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (10 children)

I'd wager a sizeable number of half-ton pickup trucks are used solely as people movers, i.e. the bed and towing capabilities aren't utilized. In many countries, trade workers more than manage with light vehicles, like kei trucks in Japan, so I think they'd work for the average weekend warrior too.

[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 32 points 1 year ago (18 children)

What always gets me is how shitty pick-ups are at transporting things.

[–] Shieldtoad@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

A percussionist I know has a double cab van, I think it's a Ford transit. It can haul 3 timpani, a drum, tubular bells, a bass drum and other smaller stuff all in one trip. And then it still has space for 5 people. Try doing that with a pick-up.

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[–] wqx@lemm.ee 55 points 1 year ago (15 children)

I also started to see more of these in urban areas of europe. Not a huge amount but still recognizable. I dont get why one would buy something like this. You wont even be able to find a proper parking spot for these.

[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.de 22 points 1 year ago (4 children)

100% they are buying these to "protest" the "green agenda" or some bullshit like that.

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[–] STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes. Both cars fit the same amount of people but one driver is carrying a smaller package.

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[–] Cobrachicken@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I think the most absurd is, that even former basic cars like the Polo get bigger and bigger. Modern Polos seem to take up more space than a gen. 1, 2, or even 3 Golf - but with barely more space inside.

Effects are, they take up more public space when curb parking, perversely hindering their brothers to get through. Some just barely fit single garages built in the 50ies, totally inconveniencing the driver trying to get out. One'd thing people buying these would see these self created problems, but apparently not.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I hate how not mini the Mini is now.

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[–] InternetUser2012@midwest.social 34 points 1 year ago

How else are you going to let people know you lost the genetic lottery?

[–] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 32 points 1 year ago (5 children)

But you forgot that the truck can be used to haul 4 pieces of lumber twice a year!

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And only costs 1000x more than it would to rent a trailer for a day twice a year.

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[–] MixedRaceHumanAI@lemm.ee 29 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Can you store up to 10 corpses on that Polo?

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[–] Mtrad@lemm.ee 28 points 1 year ago (9 children)

It seems like a lot of people here don't understand that circumstances might be different in different places. This post itself assumes the only reason is to transport people, but the truck can do more than that.

If I lived in a rural place and needed something that could tow, transport, and go over tougher terrain, I could see the usefulness of having a truck around. Not everything is in a comfy city where everything is within a couple miles.

Now where I currently live, I'd never dream of getting a truck like that. So much hassle and the roads are too small. But I could see it being useful for someone else.

[–] Liz@midwest.social 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The truck still doesn't need to be that big. Trucks have gotten absolutely massive with no appreciable difference in bed size. Yes yes, of course, bigger truck = more towing and load capacity, but honestly there's got to be a reasonable limit where something becomes a commercial vehicle, and the limit needs to be much lower than the current standard.

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[–] eierkuchen@feddit.de 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Get the Ordnungsamt involved, it's illegal to park like that. It's too heavy and big to try to park like a car.

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[–] flossdaily@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's about bumper height more than anything else

[–] Ubermeisters@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What do you mean? They've specifically designed it so that when it ruptures all of your internal organs you don't have to suffer through living any longer

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[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

However, only a single car possesses the ability to signal your fellow drivers about the astonishingly delicate nature of your masculinity.

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[–] Prandom_returns@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago (9 children)

In most of the EU, you'll get a hefty fine for parking on the pavement. Take a picture wirh the license number and report anonymously.

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[–] Darkblue@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Well, not the same amount of people. The truck can only carry the same number of people, but only guys with small dicks.

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[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Depens if they are dead or alive. That truck could hold a lot or corpses.

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[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Only one of them fits a man with a small dick

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[–] johnlobo@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

the red one can haul so much more corpse at the back though. yours can't.

[–] schwimmbux@feddit.de 16 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Polo but yeah. The size difference is crazy. Who actually needs such a vehicle?

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[–] sucricdrawkcab@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Bro what? They had to pull up on the curb to fit in a space. That's ridiculous .

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