LucyLastic

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[–] LucyLastic 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bet they can do the robot though

[–] LucyLastic 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know how big a volt is, they're not sold here. How about if I likenned it to a 1995 Civic 5 door? I had one of those and it could carry nearly as much.

The discussion was about large oversize cars, so that's what I was comparing the Mondeo to.

[–] LucyLastic 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you say you have a SUV in a thread about people having huge vehicles then is it surprising anyone reading that would think you meant you had a full-time one?

Anyway, to answer your question, if what is considered generally to be a small SUV is a Volvo X40, then the Mondeo was equally long but thinner, shorter, and about 2/3 the weight. I also had a 1995 Civic for a bit, which was lighter still and could carry nearly as much, though it couldn't tow more than 500kg.

[–] LucyLastic 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Oh, I didn't own or store the trailer. I rented it when I needed it and just had a little hitch rack to take one bike most of the time. If I needed to only take two dirtbikes I'd have got a folding bike trailer which takes up hardly any space.

My point was that my midsize hatchback had the same internal space for taking things around as your SUV, just with less weight and fuel consumption. Unless your kids are larger than adult sized and you have five of them?

[–] LucyLastic 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah yes, those cheeky little chappies - Grumpy, Grumpy, Grumpy, Grumpy, Grumpy, Grumpy, and Grumpy.

[–] LucyLastic 7 points 1 year ago

Oh my, this is amazing!

[–] LucyLastic 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, the firefighters here are well supplied, it's amazing that places like Canada and Australia don't have this sorted out already ... and don't get me started on the lack of upkeep of electricity infrastructure causing fires in the US!

[–] LucyLastic 1 points 1 year ago

It's my density!

[–] LucyLastic 4 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Not the poster above, but I used to haul two dirtbikes on a large trailer behind my Ford Mondeo, and I could still fit 5 adults and about a month of groceries in the car. It cost me £350, and I sold it for £200 after 3 years and 65000 miles. Zero problems cruising at 80mph full laden without the trailer or 60mph with.

The guy I sold it to stripped it and used it as a dirt track racecar and it lasted him a whole season.

I'm slightly mystified why anyone would want to throw extra money at SUVs, there's so much more to life.

[–] LucyLastic 3 points 1 year ago

Brain fart, I was thinking of Easy Rider because it features the song Born to be Wild prominently!

Vanishing Point is pretty out-there, they cut a scene where the protagonist sleeps with an angel for example, but it does have a lot of metaphors in regards to freedom from oneself vs freedom from outside forces

[–] LucyLastic 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes ... but that was before I volunteered!

[–] LucyLastic 11 points 1 year ago

Wow, that's a let down ... I guess they were going for a contemporary look?

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