Comment on Why We Can't Have Small Trucks Anymore - Blame the EPA
Gigan@exploding-heads.com 1 year agoGrant exemptions or lighter standards if the vehicle is owned by a business. If you’re an individual buying it for personal se then it has to follow all the regulations.
sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net 1 year ago
Why?
Why should an aristocracy of business owners get the privilege of owning a practical vehicle?
Gigan@exploding-heads.com 1 year ago
They’re not practical at all, that’s why people didn’t buy them 30 years ago.
sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net 1 year ago
People bought trucks 30 years ago.
Gigan@exploding-heads.com 1 year ago
Yes, but way less of them and the trucks were smaller. The only people that bought trucks were people that needed them.
Trucks have gotten bigger, but the average bed size for a pickup has gone down! People don’t buy trucks because they need to haul things anymore, they buy them to use as an everyday vehicle. And the only reason they do that is because auto manufactures have convinced them too.