Are these people obese? I don’t judge. It’s sad really, the way corporate interests have so profoundly shaped the fabric of North American cities towards car dependence, and hijacked our proclivity for calorific foods to the point of widespread overconsumption.
I'm a taller guy with wide shoulders. Not obese at all. Most cars are uncomfortable to me because the bucket seats aren't wide enough. I own an 2007 Tundra and it's the most comfortable vehicle I've driven. It's also the smallest truck that can tow my boat. I don't think corporate interest shaped my desire for an old truck and even older boat, but who knows.
In that case, I beg your pardon. Although, I’m curious where the desire for a truck and a boat comes from.
I know when I bought my car it was the sense of freedom it granted me that appealed, and some vague sense that cars are what “real” adults own. Now I look at it as a tool for our collective self-annihilation.
I would sell it, but then someone else would presumably actually use it. So instead, it sits there in the drive.
>I would sell it, but then someone else would presumably actually use it.
They would use it and reduce the need for carmakers to make a new car. Making a new car emits co2 as well. So unless your car has a bad enough mpg that the better mpg of the new car outweighs the manufacturing co2, it's better for the environment for you to sell your car. Reduce, reuse, recycle.
"Although, I’m curious where the desire for a truck and a boat comes from." is this a serious question or a comment for you to grandstand on your perceived superiority and 'green cred'?
"I would sell it, but then someone else would presumably actually use it. So instead, it sits there in the drive."
It sounds like it could be, but seriously? a) who talks to people like this and b) would actually do something that silly, spend money to keep something to grandstand on the fact that you are saving the earth by owning something to prevent others from using it.
Surely you could do something else with your time and money to further your goals and 'values' that would be far more productive. Such a strange mentality.
Not grandstanding, given that you’re all strangers and this is a pseudonymous account.
In truth, I stopped working and gas prices are real high. That was the initial grounds for the car to sit idle. Then I got to thinking whether I should keep the thing or not — whether I actually need it. I happen to live in a place with extremely good public transport, so there’s that.
And the question was meant in good faith. With time on my hands, I’ve been scrutinizing my own life choices up to this point, and it’s honestly hard to discern what influenced them.
I’m genuinely curious about people’s motivations. I can surely understand the desire to relax on the water :)
I sat in the back of a model 3 last week and my feet didn’t even fit straight under the drivers seat. I had to twist them both to the side for an Uber ride. I’m not small but not excessively large either. Sedans just don’t move groups of adults around very comfortably
