Food for thought

"Nauraushaun" (nauraushaun12) 01/09/2018 at 20:18 • Filed to: None

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My MR2 isn’t Elise-tiny. It’s not lowered either. Why are modern cars so damn big?

Points awarded for creative answers, deducted for the obvious “modern parents are dumb”.

I guess high cars are the new low cars.

f86sabre > Nauraushaun 01/09/2018 at 20:25

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Old cars live in a parallel dimension where size and mass are slightly shifted. All cars are really similar sizes.

You said you wanted creative. Your MR2 is a boat compared to my 90 Mini. All things are relative.

jimz > Nauraushaun 01/09/2018 at 20:27

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because a modern car won’t do this and turn you into splattered cherry pie in even a bad on-road collision.

Tekamul > Nauraushaun 01/09/2018 at 20:33

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Because people have become shitty drivers and manufacturers want to coddle them so that they may continue to buy cars, rather than cull them, so that society may progress.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Nauraushaun 01/09/2018 at 20:34

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Crumple zones, airbags, and other safety gear.

AestheticsInMotion > Nauraushaun 01/09/2018 at 20:38

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It’s all a conspiracy by Mazda. Hear me out.

Mazda made the general populace, and in turn the manufacturers, believe that Bigger Is Better. After years of thsi, what does Mazda do? They unveil the small, lightweight ND Miata, which because of thier previous dastardly work now has zero real competition.

Miata domination. Soon they’ll fill the roads, claim ownership over the earth and destroy any that dare challenge their fun filled regime.

The Mazdapocolypse is coming. All of you shall bow before your happy masters

Ash78, voting early and often > Nauraushaun 01/09/2018 at 20:38

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Mutually Assured Destruction

Distant second: cheap real estate

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Nauraushaun 01/09/2018 at 20:39

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Maybe your eyeballs are the convex rather than concave so that everything seems bigger rather than smaller. (I’m using the fisheye lens on my dashcam as inspiration as it makes things look farther away and therefore a lot smaller than they are :P)

jimz > Tekamul 01/09/2018 at 20:49

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Oh come on. people have always been shitty drivers. it’s why the 1960s and 1970s have amongst the highest rate of on-road fatalities despite there having been fewer cars on the road, and fewer miles traveled.

for the entirety of this country’s existence we’ve handed out driver’s licenses to anyone with pubes and a pulse. the fatality rate was much higher in decades past because cars weren’t designed with any consideration for the meatbags inside them, and in any significant collision would fold up impotently and crush their occupants. Since we don’t have the stones to make it harder to get a driver’s license (because “freedom” or “rights” or something) the industry has trended towards making cars designed to protect the occupants at all costs.

I’m OK with that.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Nauraushaun 01/09/2018 at 21:00

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Precious cargo, fear of mortality, lowered anxiety during driving (from the perspective of the buyer), stuff like that.

Nauraushaun > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 01/09/2018 at 21:03

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Must be those aftermarket eyeballs I got installed :(

Nauraushaun > Ash78, voting early and often 01/09/2018 at 21:04

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Not in this city my friend

Nauraushaun > AestheticsInMotion 01/09/2018 at 21:05

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How did they do that? By building excellent 2s, 3s and 6s? Did the SUVs really do that much work? Is the CX9 even still around? Is it really bigger than a KLUER!?!?

I for one welcome our new Mazda overlords.

Nauraushaun > TheRealBicycleBuck 01/09/2018 at 21:06

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BUT THEY’RE HUGE!

I think it’s more dick-wagging-ride-height-i’m-better-than-you-because-i-look-down-on-you sort of stuff than legit safety. Any Volvo sedan will tell that story - they’re not monsters.

Nauraushaun > Tekamul 01/09/2018 at 21:09

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Thank you!

I guess they became shitty because they stopped caring. Sad as it may be, it’s a problem that self-driving cars look like they’ll eventually solve.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Nauraushaun 01/09/2018 at 21:17

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Yeah man....you gotta get the high-quality ones, not the cheap Ebay units.

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > Nauraushaun 01/09/2018 at 21:31

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Arms race.

Moms, and men with dick size issues, only feel safe if their car (or their kid’s car) is bigger than everyone else’s so they’ll “win” an accident. So manufacturers always have to make the new generation bigger than the competition.

Nauraushaun > jimz 01/09/2018 at 21:32

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You could argue that cars were substantially less safe back then. Shit tires, shit brakes, shit interiors, no safety equipment at all. Yet people were travelling the same speeds.

They may have been better drivers in worse cars.

Nauraushaun > jimz 01/09/2018 at 21:33

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But they don’t need to be tall for that! A fairer comparison would be a 488, which is both lower than my car and substantially safer.

These cars are huge and it’s more about ego than safety.

Ps. This would’ve been killer on a post I made a few months ago regarding finding pictures of your own car wrecked. That thing’s cooked.

Nauraushaun > f86sabre 01/09/2018 at 21:33

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90 Mini! That’s amazing. Same year!

Tekamul > jimz 01/09/2018 at 21:40

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I’m happier with the old system

jimz > Tekamul 01/09/2018 at 21:45

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were you even alive back then? if not, then it doesn’t matter what you’re “happier” with.

jimz > Nauraushaun 01/09/2018 at 21:46

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I also could argue you don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about.

and it’s more likely that I’m right.

f86sabre > Nauraushaun 01/09/2018 at 21:48

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Small car is small!

jimz > Nauraushaun 01/09/2018 at 21:48

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15-17 million cars and trucks are sold every year. 0% of the people who buy them care what you think.

Ash78, voting early and often > Nauraushaun 01/09/2018 at 21:59

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Unless you’re in Oslo, Copenhagen, or London, it’s pretty cheap

Tekamul > jimz 01/09/2018 at 22:11

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70s, but not 60s. But what I’m happier with does matter, since we’re all free to express our opinions through spending choices in a free market, same way you’re free to be ‘OK’ with the current approach.

Thanks for keeping an open mind.

Nauraushaun > Ash78, voting early and often 01/10/2018 at 16:53

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WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT MELBOURNE

Nauraushaun > jimz 01/10/2018 at 16:54

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Damn them

Nauraushaun > jimz 01/10/2018 at 16:55

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Gee

Okay you’re right cars were safer in the 70s

Nauraushaun > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen 01/10/2018 at 16:55

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Moms with dick sizes too? Don’t exclude.

It’s all true

Ash78, voting early and often > Nauraushaun 01/10/2018 at 16:59

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ONE OF THE BEST SMALL CITIES IN FLORIDA

Nauraushaun > Ash78, voting early and often 01/10/2018 at 17:21

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Both Melbournes have an airport. I’ve had friends make that mistake.