They should bring back Transatlantic ferries and cruises where people can bring their cars, trailers, and pallets of personal belongings across the ocean at affordable rates. I guarantee it would be popular at the moment, at least in one direction.
I think currently Freighter travel isn’t allowed for such purposes but it used to be in the USA?
They could always send the cars back or leave them behind, I guess, but I was just thinking as a method to make moving to Europe easier for the average american, to load all of their things onto the boat.
Public transit exists in nearly every Eurpean country. It is certainly not great everywhere but it will run miles around anything Americans call public “transit”.
Plus if you intend to migrate you will probably need to transfer your driver’s license which may require a theoretical and/or practical exam.
If you’re moving across the world, you should try to sell most bigger stuff and only transport your valuable and more mobile belongings. There is no reason to transport your oven, your sofa or your IKEA wardrobe over several thousand kilometers. Just sell them and buy something local at your destination. That also applies to your car.
American here. Cars that size are a available here, but most of them are getting phased due to people buying crossovers instead. It’s true that if you count sales by vehicle nameplate trucks come out on top, but trucks as a share of market are far outpaced by smaller SUVs.
I totally agree that there is an American preference for larger vehicles than Europe, and that the bigger size often isn’t justified. It’s just not quite as stark as that picture shows.
It could also be that the average American is just fat as fuck and needs the extra space inside.
A full 2/3 of us are obese or overweight. Contrast to just 30 years ago, when most Americans were fairly thin. This ain’t normal, but it’s been normalized.
They should bring back Transatlantic ferries and cruises where people can bring their cars, trailers, and pallets of personal belongings across the ocean at affordable rates. I guarantee it would be popular at the moment, at least in one direction.
I think currently Freighter travel isn’t allowed for such purposes but it used to be in the USA?
Keep your fucking cars to yourself. We don’t want them here.
They could always send the cars back or leave them behind, I guess, but I was just thinking as a method to make moving to Europe easier for the average american, to load all of their things onto the boat.
You don’t need a car in most of Europe.
Public transit exists in nearly every Eurpean country. It is certainly not great everywhere but it will run miles around anything Americans call public “transit”.
Plus if you intend to migrate you will probably need to transfer your driver’s license which may require a theoretical and/or practical exam.
Yes but many people in America
Own a car
So the cars are going to end up somewhere…
Sell it to pay for the transportation fees, then buy a better, less wasteful one wherever you choose to move.
Just how dense is the average American?
You know what, don’t answer that. We wouldn’t be where we are if the answer wasn’t a thoroughly depressing one.
Yeah I said that already, “leave it behind or send it back”
Reminds me of that George Carlin quote: “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.”
If you’re moving across the world, you should try to sell most bigger stuff and only transport your valuable and more mobile belongings. There is no reason to transport your oven, your sofa or your IKEA wardrobe over several thousand kilometers. Just sell them and buy something local at your destination. That also applies to your car.
found the fuckcars lemming!
No us cars are just bad. They literally had to ban other cars to save their domestic market.
And since it was america it was thanks to lobbying from chrysler-bens. Aka something we call “corruption” in europe.
I don’t know where ridoro1 is from, but American cars differ from European cars differ quite a bit in their focus. Here’s an image of the two best selling cars in 2022: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FWON9QYUUAAGHtd?format=jpg&name=large
American here. Cars that size are a available here, but most of them are getting phased due to people buying crossovers instead. It’s true that if you count sales by vehicle nameplate trucks come out on top, but trucks as a share of market are far outpaced by smaller SUVs.
I totally agree that there is an American preference for larger vehicles than Europe, and that the bigger size often isn’t justified. It’s just not quite as stark as that picture shows.
It could also be that the average American is just fat as fuck and needs the extra space inside.
A full 2/3 of us are obese or overweight. Contrast to just 30 years ago, when most Americans were fairly thin. This ain’t normal, but it’s been normalized.
American cars have been big since the 50s