@cars Bring back mini trucks! My 1990 ford ranger is everything a commuter should be. People do not need fast cars they need something reliable, fast enough to get you from point A to B, and a perfect sized bed to haul almost anything in your home. Driving is still a blast BECAUSE IT IS SLOW! If you have not driven a vehicle with less than 100hp then treat yourself to the joys of your nearest shitbox.
I want a K-car from Japan very badly.
My first vehicle back in 1997 was a 1984 Mazda B2000 pickup truck. Four-speed manual. Floor it and… well… the engine gets slightly louder[1]. heh. But I loved it.
As a below-knee amputee, having to drive a stick would be annoying these days, but my Elantras have tiptronic or whateve it is that allows me to manually go up and down gears. I don’t drive using it all the time, but I love driving with it a lot.
We really do need more small vehicles in the US. But even more, we need a massive expansion of charging support, especially in public parking - like apartment complexes, for example. I’d love to have a relatively–short-range vehicle because I travel just a few miles three days per week to dialysis, so I don’t need a whole lot of range[2].
I used to say you could get out and push for better accelleration. ↩︎
Most people don’t ↩︎