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We Love Our Cars Here in America...
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Rain6637
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#21 - 2014-03-10 03:40:39 UTC
los angeles is bad. 2.5 hours a night, easy. i've been caught in it a couple times, I don't know why people do it to themselves. it's much better to move than commute here.

64h per year is light, it should be 15-20h/week

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Black Panpher
CastleKickers
Rote Kapelle
#22 - 2014-03-10 14:02:45 UTC
So if Americans spend this long sitting in cars all day, why are they so terrible at making them?
Not looks wise mind there are plenty of beautiful looking American cars, but they are all so so terribad!
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#23 - 2014-03-10 14:27:32 UTC  |  Edited by: Krixtal Icefluxor
Black Panpher wrote:
So if Americans spend this long sitting in cars all day, why are they so terrible at making them?
Not looks wise mind there are plenty of beautiful looking American cars, but they are all so so terribad!


Have you seen or driven the cars made by the Soviets and Eastern Block countries "back in the day" ??

If American cars were all so terribad they would not sell, so maybe your idea of terribad is different from other people's idea of terribad. Care to elaborate ?? Just saying something like that without even one demonstrative reason comes across as.......meaning nothing.

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Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#24 - 2014-03-10 14:29:13 UTC
Yes, that's a mystery. Even more mysterious is why our auto industry can make police cruisers (Ford Crown Victorias) that are solidly built and perform great. When the cops retire them, taxi and limo companies by them and drive them around for several more years. But the same industry can't make a consumer car that doesn't break down or just fall apart. Why is that?
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#25 - 2014-03-10 14:33:02 UTC
Khergit Deserters wrote:
Yes, that's a mystery. Even more mysterious is why our auto industry can make police cruisers (Ford Crown Victorias) that are solidly built and perform great. When the cops retire them, taxi and limo companies by them and drive them around for several more years. But the same industry can't make a consumer car that doesn't break down or just fall apart. Why is that?



Everything breaks down and falls apart, even our very selves. What's the exact issue here ? I have heard nothing dramatic as far as quality statistics in years, except for the Teslas that keep catching fire, that Tesla keeps denying ("OK, we just imagined the fire then. Right). Lol

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Black Panpher
CastleKickers
Rote Kapelle
#26 - 2014-03-10 15:30:46 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Black Panpher wrote:
So if Americans spend this long sitting in cars all day, why are they so terrible at making them?
Not looks wise mind there are plenty of beautiful looking American cars, but they are all so so terribad!


Have you seen or driven the cars made by the Soviets and Eastern Block countries "back in the day" ??

If American cars were all so terribad they would not sell, so maybe your idea of terribad is different from other people's idea of terribad. Care to elaborate ?? Just saying something like that without even one demonstrative reason comes across as.......meaning nothing.


American cars are ******* awful, in almost every way, **** chassis, massive engines that are neither powerful or economical not to mention notoriously the poorest handling cars in the world, I did not think this would need clarification its common knowledge.
For example Mustang will no longer let Top Gear test there cars, they have to travel to the states hire one then review how bad it is.

I'm only 30 so no I never drove a Skoda or a Lada before they became "decent" besides the fact that saying "This country's car is bad as well so it cancels out our bad cars?" doesn't work lol.

I don't know why Americans buy **** cars it must come down to cost or the fact that fuel is still so cheap and the country has only just started believing in global warming, but to be honest I don't know why Americans do a lot of stupid things, I do know the clever ones go for Japanese cars for cost/perfomance and I'm not talking about the people who still believe the Prius is economical and environmentally friendly...

My family is into cars and I grew up in LA, still more than half my family is there so I do get to experience American cars first hand so i'm not just talking unfounded ****.

I don't mean to twist your panties.... it's just the truth. Roll
unidenify
Deaf Armada
#27 - 2014-03-10 15:43:24 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Khergit Deserters wrote:
Yes, that's a mystery. Even more mysterious is why our auto industry can make police cruisers (Ford Crown Victorias) that are solidly built and perform great. When the cops retire them, taxi and limo companies by them and drive them around for several more years. But the same industry can't make a consumer car that doesn't break down or just fall apart. Why is that?



Everything breaks down and falls apart, even our very selves. What's the exact issue here ? I have heard nothing dramatic as far as quality statistics in years, except for the Teslas that keep catching fire, that Tesla keeps denying ("OK, we just imagined the fire then. Right). Lol


5 out of 25,000 cars is pretty extreme low

it is just Media went frenzy on cars that win 99/100 award.

do you think anyone care when gas car caught in fire?
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#28 - 2014-03-10 15:54:40 UTC
Black Panpher wrote:
but to be honest I don't know why Americans do a lot of stupid things....




We have no exclusive contract for stupidity. Not by any means.

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#29 - 2014-03-10 15:55:44 UTC  |  Edited by: Krixtal Icefluxor
unidenify wrote:


do you think anyone care when gas car caught in fire?


Yes. The owners.

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Brujo Loco
Brujeria Teologica
#30 - 2014-03-11 02:30:33 UTC  |  Edited by: Brujo Loco
But, but ... Imagine Traffic if you were inside one of these Becker JetVans ... Bear

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stoicfaux
#31 - 2014-03-11 02:44:15 UTC
Black Panpher wrote:
So if Americans spend this long sitting in cars all day, why are they so terrible at making them?
Not looks wise mind there are plenty of beautiful looking American cars, but they are all so so terribad!

The US is as big as the EU. Our roads aren't based on Roman roads. Which means our roads are wide, long, and straight that can be driven on by speeding barns with plenty of leg, head, and nowadays, butt room, whereas European streets are twisty mazes of little corridors that require a tiny, highly maneuverable clown car to get around in.

Duh.

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unidenify
Deaf Armada
#32 - 2014-03-11 20:41:43 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
unidenify wrote:


do you think anyone care when gas car caught in fire?


Yes. The owners.


good point.
Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
#33 - 2014-03-12 01:07:02 UTC
Khergit Deserters wrote:
Dersen Lowery wrote:
Khergit Deserters wrote:
NYC doesn't have a very good excuse for all of the cars on the street. There are a lot of public transportation modes feeding into the city, and once you're there, you have a good subway and bus system. Maybe it's because of the expensive train tickets. Buying tickets for 2 adults and a kid over 12 can cost as much or more than just driving directly to your destination and paying for parking.


That's not completely true. Robert Moses made it easy to get to and from midtown. But when my brother lived in Astoria and taught in Brooklyn, even though the commute was only a few miles as the crow files, he had to take a train to midtown, and then take another train all the way back out to get to school. He got around it by doing all his class prep on the morning train, and his grading on the afternoon train.

NYC could do with a lot more cross-borough trains, and trains from e.g., Penn Station to JFK and LaGuardia would take a fair number of cabs off the streets as well.

Yeah, that's very true. There's no easy way to go north-south or vice versa in Brooklyn and Queens. The company I work for moved from Manhattan to Forest Hills, Queens, and some employees who live in Brooklyn just quit rather than do the commute. The Brooklyn people who didn't spend 1 to 1.5 hours commuting one-way. The distance is just about 12 miles as the crow flies, but it takes that long, either by public transit or by car.




Yeah I worked in New Hyde Park in the late 90s and from Port Washington to there was 11.5 miles and that still took 40 minutes.

When I worked in Melbourne FL and lived in Orlando it was 70 miles to work and I managed that in an hour.

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