The overland craze is out of control

[TheGreatAbyss]

Why on earth do you even give a F what these people drive. I don't get it.

 

[Campgottagopee]

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A graph? Oh, great.

Do you realize that big scary truck you took a picture of has both forward and reverse automatic braking systems? I'd be more concerned about the older POS running around. Jesus.

 

[Campgottagopee]

The problem with "...shouldn't be there to begin with..." is that in most cases you have no other choice but to travel by car, and if you walk it's even more intimidating. Most roads around here are not safe for walking, and even where there are sidewalks it's difficult or unsafe to cross the street. More than once, I've had drivers change direction to pass closer to me when legally crossing an intersection on foot. Cycling often involves hostile interactions with traffic, and strictly following traffic rules doesn't prevent that. Zoning for 15000 square foot building lots and mandatory parking at commercial sites makes it impossible to build walkable neighborhoods. The built environment in almost all affordable neighborhoods is designed for cars, not pedestrians, and government zoning is forcing it down our throats.

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You better stay inside, old timer.

 

[witch hobble]

Why on earth do you even give a F what these people drive. I don't get it.

Camper, we live in a consumer society and as such we judge and are judged by our consumer choices (or lack of them in the case of telemarkers on 75mm gear in 2023).

 

[Campgottagopee]

Camper, we live in a consumer society and as such we judge and are judged by our consumer choices (or lack of them in the case of telemarkers on 75mm gear in 2023).

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Maybe, but judging people soly on the vehicle they drive is, at best, bush league, imo.

 

[MC2]

Maybe, but judging people soly on the vehicle they drive is, at best, bush league, imo.

This seems like a wild thing for a person in the vehicle industry to say. Especially someone with a sales background.

Doesn’t Subaru (or Tesla, or Jeep, or whatever) market to people who, at some level, want to be judged by the car they drive?

 

[Brownski]

judging people soly on the vehicle they drive is, at best, bush league, imo.

Doesn’t Subaru (or Tesla, or Jeep, or whatever) market to people who, at some level, want to be judged by the car they drive?

I think both can be true at the same time

 

[Campgottagopee]

This seems like a wild thing for a person in the vehicle industry to say. Especially someone with a sales background.

Doesn’t Subaru (or Tesla, or Jeep, or whatever) market to people who, at some level, want to be judged by the car they drive?

I'll disagree.

Vehicles are expensive, so folks should be happy with whatever the choose to drive, and not judged by their choice.

 

[Peter Minde]

Camper, we live in a consumer society and as such we judge and are judged by our consumer choices (or lack of them in the case of telemarkers on 75mm gear in 2023).

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Ah yes, with a cover over the bed, no less. My mind drifts back to the early 2000s and a spring trip to the garden center. I loaded, like 16 bags of topsoil and manure into the back of the Subie. Meanwhile, dud and his girlfriend walked out to his F-350 duallie with one stinking potted plant. Not quite as lifted as this.

 

[Campgottagopee]

One thing sales teaches you is to not judge. As soon as you do that, you're done, doesn't matter what you're selling.