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!

  • SwedishFool@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    You might be right about the passengers, but from a relatives point of view, only the pickup works for his line of work. I won’t go into details, but it involves transporting machines from site to site and using them there. His pickup is only used for work, he has a Volvo V60 as daily driver.

    I see no problem with large cars as long as there is justifications for that specific vehicle.

    • JaN0h4ck@feddit.deOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I fully agree with you. These kind of vehicles can be quite practical for quite a lot of usecases!

      The one in question from the picture however, seems much more like what we germans call “Stadtpanzer” (City Tank) - a utility vehicle made for transporting heavy loads in uneven terrain being used for commuting in a City, whichs is in my point of view very much not justified.

    • Tavarin@lemmy.caEnglish
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      1 year ago

      You can get smaller pick-ups with the same size bed that can easily haul the machines he needs. These giant monstrosities are just useless overkill.

        • yetAnotherUser@feddit.deEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Where this photo was taken:

          • you need a special license to tow more than 750kg (1,650lbs), unless the total weight of car + trailer is lower than 3,500kg (7,700 lbs). This includes the weight of fuel, driver and passengers.
          • even the special license doesn’t allow you to tow anything more than 3,500kg (7,700 lbs again).
          • if you want to tow even more, you need a truck license (truck as in lorry, not pick-up truck) which has to be renewed every 5 years with an accompanying medical report

          How many people do you think are willing to spend this much time, effort and money to do any of that, unless it’s for a job?

            • yetAnotherUser@feddit.deEnglish
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              1 year ago

              And they’re from Sweden, this picture is from Germany. Ya know, a country with significantly less rural terrain. In addition, this car has no company markings and one of those covers over the bed no one needing to haul large machinery needs.

              No one person needs a truck and 99% of campanies needing to haul large machinery just use a Mercedes Sprinter or similar.

              • MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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                1 year ago

                I’m from the US, living in a major city, and regularly use both Pickup Trucks and Trailers, so …

                Also, congrats on saying “dude in Sweden’s friend may need a truck, but really no-one needs a truck”. These things don’t exist because no-one needs them, and crew-cabs can allow for car-pooling, but I get it; Blindly hating that they exist at all is super important.

                Would you believe they got so big because of EPA mpg requirements(also, airbags & crunch zones)? I can link you an article if so. Otherwise I’m not wasting my time.

                • yetAnotherUser@feddit.deEnglish
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                  1 year ago

                  Firstly, this comment is 3 weeks old - how did you even find it?

                  Secondly, approximately 99% of what a pickup is able to do can be achieved by a van, with better fuel economy, significantly better views and therefore a reduced child-killing rate and more capacity than a bed mounted way too high in the air. Nobody living in a city needs a truck. And car pooling? Yeah, I’m sure this happens all the time. How often are you participating in it?

                  And about the EPA requirements: I’m sure you’re campaigning to have them adjusted, right? Clearly trucks don’t need to be thrice as large as cars from the 60’s. Also: Why should cars protect the inside more than the outside? Pedestrian impacts happen all the time due to bad drivers and large, heavy cars significantly worsen injuries. Don’t they deserve protections too?