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I occasionally write long posts but you should assume I'm talking out of my ass until proved otherwise. I do like writing shit sometimes.  

 

50/50 chance of suit pictures end up here or on the Art Directory account. Good luck.

 

Be 18+ or be gone you kids act fuckin' weird.

 

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I tag all of my posts complaining about stuff #complaining, feel free to muffle that if you'd like a more positive cohost experience.

 

 
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ValerieElysee
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dzamie
@dzamie
A white Nissan Clipper, a kei-class truck featuring a short, compact cabin and a covered bed relatively low to the ground.

A friend. A gentle pal. A little beep-beep.

A Tesla Cybertruck, an angular vehicle which claims to be useful for some things.

A GMod mapmaker's first func_vehicle, and just as hostile to human life.

erica
@erica

Taking the opportunity to (again) share our car, which is 2005 Daihatsu Atrai Wagon. It cost us CAD$15k w/ a 5-year warranty and is so economic on fuel that I only refill it once every 2-3 months. A full tank is about CAD$60 despite putting 93 octane in it cuz it's turbocharged and I want it running smoother.

Our neighbor has a 2023 Range Rover Sport, which has an MSRP of minimum USD $80k. A full tank of gas is USD ~$120 on the cheapest octane.

From the spec sheets I've found, our van at maximum stowing capacity (passenger and rear seats down, which create a flat surface because the seats fold into the floor) has about 15-20 cubic feet more storage space than the Range Rover.

plumpan
@plumpan

The only reason we're not all driving tiny, cute, efficient, dirt fucking cheap cars like this around is because car size has become an arms race again like it was in the 60s and 70s except instead of getting longer they got taller, which is much more dangerous for everyone involved.

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plumpan
@plumpan

I fucking love kei trucks but even if given the chance I don't know if I'd own one in the US, because... well, safety.

But I don't think they should be prevented from being sold or owned for that reason. If we're going to start actually legislating unsafe vehicles, let's start with the oversized shit that makes everything else unsafe to begin with.

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antimu0n
@antimu0n

reminds me of a recent twitter thread of a truck bro losing his mind at the sight of a kei truck at the home depot. Impossible to convince him that it's a vehicle that actually fits people's needs, nope, you drive one of those you must be a hipster weeb. His argument was "just buy a cheap used truck it's what I did" despite having to admit that his $3000 "cheap" work truck is a clapped out POS rustbucket that took more money to fix and keeps breaking down all the time

edit: repost because I replied to myself like a dumbass

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erica
@erica

It's imported. British Columbia has much kinder restrictions on imports and cars only need to be a minimum of 15 years old to be imported and sold here, unlike the standard 25 elsewhere in North America.

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plumpan
@plumpan

That helps a lot!

I'm always grateful that instead of having some "cool" car or "fast" car, I have a really basic car that is exceptionally cheap to maintain. I brag about having paid $200 USD for a full set of tires like people brag about having 500hp.

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