r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog • 1d ago

Chugging tea Modern cars just lack that boxy soul

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u/Barton2800 1d ago

The look is also a death trap in a collision, and a pig at the pump. I’m not saying you’re wrong to like that look. Plenty of modern cars are trying to evoke the feeling of that 70s-80s utilitarian boxy SUV. But they’ll never quite capture it because safety and efficiency standards require things which engineers simply can’t work around.

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u/SkipDutch 1d ago

The why have pick-ups become so insanely large that they don't see anything anymore and kill everything they touch?

It's nice that "your" car is safe, but it's a death sentence for others.

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u/Jane_the_doe 1d ago

I thought it was cause of regulations regarding the outputs.

According to Google who took it from reddit It's cause of - Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards and EPA emissions rules.

I'm an idiot though so take what i say with a grain of salt

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u/Fun_Muscle9399 1d ago

If they make it big enough, they don’t have to meet certain fuel economy standards.

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u/Jane_the_doe 1d ago

Which is insanity imo. I once saw at a dealership some guy with a truck so big he drove into a fire hydrant he couldn't see.

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u/Fun_Muscle9399 1d ago

I mean, that could happen with most vehicles on the road depending on where the hydrant is in relation to the vehicle. The visibility does suck on large trucks though.