If you actually need a car, this one is the most important cost saving measure:
- Drive a reasonably sized car which isn’t optimized to exploit laws made for trucks.
Fuel efficiency rules are idiotic now. The automakers used to classify everything as a truck to get around fuel efficiency regulations. The PT Cruiser being classified as a truck was the last straw, so the regs were changed beginning in 2012 to base fuel economy off of vehicle footprint to keep automakers from reclassifying vehicles. But that change had the consequence of effectively outlawing small trucks. Suddenly a sedan has less-strict economy standards than a compact van or truck.
Notice how the small truck segment disappeared in 2012, and when the Ranger came back in like 2018-ish, there were models of it larger than older F150s? It’s because the manufacturers learned they could just make the trucks bigger to get around standards.
It’s also why around 2021/2022 all the compact cargo vans (NV200, Transit Connect, ProMaste4 City) were discontinued. The regulations essentially outlawed small vans designed to haul heavy loads.
It’s really good we are still talking about the Epstein files but I need to emphasise that THE WAR ISN’T TO DISTRACT FROM THEM, but is Israel’s plan to colonise the Middle East. This is a bigger deal imo.
“two things definitely can never be true at the same time” strikes again. Lemmy’s favorite take.
I got my first car in my mid forties
Before that, I lived somewhere with great public transport, which I used all the time
My car is electric. A little BYD dolphin essential
They’re coming to 'Murica eventually, and they’re great
I’m extremely happy that I’m not paying for fuel, but yanks can eat dicks, because your fuel is still incredibly cheap and you choose stupid cars.
Last one saves on the cost of gas, but the war itself saves on the gas itself due to the increased price and on the long run saves on the gas by accelerating the green transition.
Obviate your need for owning a motor vehicle
You were making sense to the Americans up until that last one
