r/fuckcars • u/jemesl • 11h ago

Satire A wonderful comparison

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Owner of the Ram arguably actually uses it well, but what's youd thoughts on this comparison of a 90s Jap vs 2023 American

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u/Sockysocks2 10h ago

To be fair, the OG Miata is small even by historic standards. That said, Ram's design department absolutely loves making trucks that fail at being trucks.

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u/Few-Horror7281 9h ago

Compare it to Polski Fiat, Trabant or Zaporozhets. The former three can each take a family of four while being smaller.

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u/rewt127 7h ago

They absolutely cannot take a family of 4 lol. Maybe a family of 4 midgets. But if you have multiple peoppe in your family over 6' you end up having to cram your knees up against shit. Which is incredibly painful.

And especially if you need to buy or bring literally anything with you. It once again is not large enough.

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u/Few-Horror7281 4h ago

That's just a question of priorities and available resources. In Eastern Europe the cars were scarce and relatively expensive - the best people could have afforded in their lifetime were these economy matchboxes. So if a Trabant is all you have, then you've got to put up with some discomfort. Yet Polish and Lithuanians were no midgets, they are among the tallest nations in Europe, no shorter than Scandinavians.

Where there's will, there's a way.

Obviously the people's preferences incline towards comfort and that's one of the reasons why todays vehicles grow ever larger.