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[–] Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 38 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I also hate driving vehicles like this. It’s not comfortable to know you can’t see around you properly. They’re hard to park too and get terrible mileage.

I had a gf with a full size Chevy, a Silverado or something, and basically hated driving it. We’d go mildly off roading on some dirt roads and when you were going uphill you couldn’t see the road ahead of you. Just awful. I had to stop and get out a few times to ensure we weren’t about to drive off a cliff. That never happened in the normal sized Subaru I had.

[–] PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Having driven modern Unimogs, I can say with certain that you can absolutely design a vehicle to carry heavy loads, go almost anywhere, be a truly multi-roll vehicle, and have virtually no blind spot. Has virtually no bonnet though, and no chrome wheels, so won’t compensate for having a tiny dick in the same way as a giant pickup though

[–] Damage@feddit.it 3 points 1 month ago

Don't multi-roll Unimogs, they're expensive!

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

And so weirdly unnecesary, A relative of mine lives in the countryside and genuinely has to use a lot of really beat up tracks, their landrover doesn't have incredible frontal view but easily better than every single thing in this diagram.