Work by Ron Cobb

  • Mac@mander.xyz
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    1 day ago

    Alternative opinion:
    Car companies should stop making normal cars and instead only make hardcore vehicles. I’m talking race cars that are challenging and uncomfortable to drive.
    manual only, aggressive clutches, loud gears, stiff suspension, non-adjustable seat, no heat, no ac, no radio, etc.

    Then while they’re making this change we expand the shit out of mass transport and infrastructure!

    I can assure you that nobody wants to daily drive my race car. lol

    • SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee
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      1 day ago

      I want all of those things. I can assure you, I want to drive a V8 loud as fuck, manual thick clutched, wide tired, non AC, non radio, rear wheel drive, fucking street menace of a vehicle.

      But I also want an absolute rehaul of our infrastructure to include high speed rail for the entire country, and comprehensive pricing that is subsidized by the government with my tax money and provided for free if I need it.

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        15 hours ago

        I want all of those things. I can assure you, I want to drive a V8 loud as fuck, manual thick clutched, wide tired, non AC, non radio, rear wheel drive, fucking street menace of a vehicle.

        • SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee
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          19 hours ago

          What? I daily drive a 45mpg Honda fit. It’s the size of a fucking golf cart. But I also tow and have 5 people in my family. I also am in a very high tax bracket. So …you’re wrong?

            • SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee
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              15 hours ago

              In your ideal scenario, what am I to do? I drive 112 miles a day to commute. And my family needs a tow vehicle, I have 3 kids and a wife. I own a 7 passenger tow machine that often has a stroller occupying the 2 extra seats plus kid extras. I’ve reached the upper middle class tax bracket. I want a rail or bus system to take me to and from work. I want the choice to drive a 12mpg big ass fuck all shitty truck. But I want others to have the choice to take a 0 emissions train to their designated station with 0 emissions golf carts to take them to their jobs. I want the future. A utopia if you will. But I won’t force that. That’s unamerican. Americans need a choice.

              • HerrBeter@lemmy.world
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                9 hours ago

                Why are you taking it personally? The problem is that the price paid at the pump doesn’t reflect the true cost.

                • SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee
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                  3 hours ago

                  I’m not taking it personal in a negative way. I’m personally taking time to try to talk to you though.