Lars Wilderäng is a Swedish author and blogger. Quick overview: his topics generally revolve around defence policies (Russia bad, moar defence), economics (low interest rates bad, housing market speculation bad) and since the war started, the war in Ukraine (send Ukraine moar weapons). He hates Elon Musk but loves his Tesla. He hates ICE cars.
He’s unfortunately one of the “EVs will solve everything” people, which annoys me greatly, but today I saw a small car-related comment on his blog that actually made me laugh.
Oh and sorry for the misspelled “cyclists”.
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Yeah I find it hilarious that rather than work to lose some weight (for their health, but also their dignity) these same folks go and buy SUVs to maintain their dignity and comfort.
Unless you are genetically predisposed to such things, obesity is a choice (or a long line of poor ones).
I am the first my family has seen that isn’t borderline obese(in generations) the only difference is I eat a balanced diet and exercise.
I’m absolutely disgusted that the obesity rates have been climbing to a shocking degree for decades, the fatdemic has even begun to spread to Australia.
I can understand and empathize with the elderly aspect of SUVs, however regarding obesity it’s just an enabler. The amount of times I’ve nearly died on the road here, to some fucking SUV with a fat fuck driving (while eating no less, also a crime here as it counts as distracted driving) are incalculable.
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Lmfao
Weird phrasing, yes. Probably makes more sense in the original.
it’s a fairly normal expression in swedish
yeah he’s basically saying “who knows?”
There are tons of hilly or mountainous regions in the US with terribly rutted unimproved roads where you need a high-clearance 4WD. Does it need to specifically be an SUV? No, but if you were in a car it would need a lift and bigger tires. Battlecars. A lot of the crossovers are just lifted wagons anyway.
My sister used to live in a rural area with a very bad dirt road. She had 2 SUVs and insisted it was the only way to drive there.
I visited her often with my estate and countless tradies would reach the area with vans
Getting into the car, driving position, visibility, ground clearance…
SUV is the best car format for many, if not most people. My last car was an SUV. If you need a car at all, those are good properties for the car to have.
Currently, I don’t have a car at all and I’m very happy because of that. But if I really needed one it would be an SUV.
Worse aerodynamics, worse stability, more prone to roll over, will more likely kill the driver of another car in a crash, will more likely kill a pedestrian. Etc etc.
It comes with a cost.
