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[-] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 20 points 11 months ago

Even handymen can work without them. My plumber and electrician drove hatchbacks.

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago

Bullshit is a plumber or electrician working out of a hatchback. I've seen tradies working out of station wagons, and the poor thing is usually dragging it's ass on the ground like a dog with worms.

[-] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Neat, I'll let them know. But if you've any curiosity about it, the electrician is driving one of those seat delete Chevy Bolt EVs. I don't know if he bought it directly or converted his own, but the back seats are removed, and a flat bed is installed.

They look like this.

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

That's an SUV, not a hatchback.

[-] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 months ago

No, the Bolt EV is not an SUV. The Bolt EV is a subcompact hatchback.

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

That doesn't look very compact to me.

[-] Appleseuss@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Try looking up an image of the Chevy Bolt online; it is very much a compact EV.

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

The driver doesn't even elbow the passenger changing gear, and there's even a center console.

Not very compact.

[-] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

I like your interpretation, lol.

[-] qwertilliopasd@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

I worked as a handyman out of a camry. It is possible, but not pleasant.

It's like telling an office worker that they need to work at a coffee table.

[-] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yes, fair, and to be clear I'm not suggesting that tradespeople turn in their work truck for a hatchback. Moreso saying that if tradespeople can make it work without a truck, certainly the rest of us can figure out a way to commute without a truck.

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