Comment on The average car purchased in 2023 emits higher levels of carbon dioxide (CO₂) than its 2013 equivalent. This is due to the large proportion of SUVs in the mix, which tend to be bigger and heavier.

• M0oP0o@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Subaru hatchbacks are great off road and have about the same capacity as most SUVs.

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  • ur_dad@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    100% agree. I’m a handyman and drive an outback. People are usually surprised when I open the hatch and it’s full of my tool boxes.

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  • mob@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Pretty low clearance but maybe we can get some beavers in there.

    I was being snarky originally but you could have a point there.

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    • gulasch_hanuta@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You are literally the only reason they should exist. One does not need such a car in suburbs or cities.

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      • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Just require a commercial license/insurance for vehicles that large (and up)

        You’ll have a lot less people who don’t need them

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    • M0oP0o@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The older (until 2003 ish) Impreza can hold a whole ass washer/dryer/oven/dishwasher in the back no issue then they made it to round. I remember helping someone move and they had a stupid “truck” but could not get the bed cover off so me and my snoopy looking car moved all the appliances (3 trips) while the “truck” moved boxes and flat furniture.

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• Number1SummerJam@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Even an older model SUV like a Honda CRV will take up a lot less space than its modern counterpart. Station wagons can be sexy too if that’s your style.

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  • greenmarty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Don’t let me start about my station wagon. I can get them back seats perfectly horizontal connecting the back space with middle and it makes comfy double bed. Not to mention that under the floor there are tons of storage spaces to keep all the tools and food or whatever out of the way.

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  • mob@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Emissions make sense to me, but does conserving space actually matter?

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    • cosmo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      In cities it does. Here where I live there’s being made a point of existing parking spaces being too narrow for modern cars. They are so much wider these days.

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• BlackVenom@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  While parent is extreme and minimizes that some people have legitimate needs… You do raise another interesting point… You have an SUV and a Fullsize Sedan. I’m sure you have your reasons but it’s an amusing anecdote.

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  • mob@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    yeah. turns out animal rehibition isn’t very profitable and I wasn’t really expecting to end up in a responsible/respectable life. We bought what we could afford.

    I take my electric skateboard to school when I can(weather permitting) , but I will choose shitty emissions for a 10-50 mile drive to save an animals life over letting it die or live in a cage. and honestly, I am only going to school to get money to expand the rehabilitation… I will try to get a vehicle that is better for the environment when I can afford it though.

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• bigschnitz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  A station wagon is easier for moving animals, more space than a small SUV - it’s lower to the ground (huge plus if you have to lift them in, easier for them if you are leading them up a portable ramp).

  The trade off is you can’t do soft sand, cross deeper streams etc, but IMO animals don’t need to be released far off track, to me it’s worth the trade off.

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• greenmarty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  People driving heavy terrain in wilderness around here use jeeps and jeep like cars. Even US army used use them back in the day before monster trucks became a thing.

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  • mob@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    A jeep is definitely a SUV

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    • random65837@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Depends on which model you’re talking about.

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    • greenmarty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      But it’s not huge ass truck like vehicle. One is parked right next to mu European sized car and Jeep’s smaller overall even if bit higher due to being offroad vehicle.

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    • M0oP0o@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      A four door jeep is very much a SUV, a two door jeep less so.

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      • mob@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I don’t think I agree. Pretty sure a 2 door jeep is still a sport utility vehicle

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