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Move over, Ford and Chevy: Kei trucks are pulling up as customers opt for smaller, cheaper vehicles (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm 6'4" and 250 lbs and I drive either a small Volvo station wagon or a VW GTI. I fit in them just fine and my knees aren't a problem. Hell, the seats in my Volvo are so good I sit in them when my back hurts.

I want to climb into my vehicle and not damn near tear my knee

More evidence for my theory that the prevalence of SUVs and trucks is because old people can't handle low cars, and old people are the only ones buying new cars at the moment.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Damn son, I'm not old haha

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You're buying a bigger car because your knees hurt, which is pretty old.

[+] [email protected] -6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Well for a few reasons. Bulk groceries (Sam's club / Costco), we use the van for that. Same thing when I need to purchase large items from hardware stores. Or even transport large items. But yeah, the way I get into my car, I have to bend my left knee in such a way that it sometimes produces a sharp pain in the inside of my knee. If I try to get into the driver seat like a woman, which is butt in first rather than right leg in first, I end up hitting the top/back part of my head on the top door frame.

If it was an integrity issue with my knee(s), I wouldn't be squatting 500lbs+.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

All of that is a pretty boomer mentality, my dude. I can fit tons of stuff in my two small cars and if there's something huge I get it delivered or rent a truck.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Your knees sound 65+