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[-] M1ster2@lemm.ee 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So, is the community against all cars? Or just the ones for cities? I went to LA last month to see my brother and we went to this nice area that had blocked the street off permanently and all the restaurants and businesses had taken over the road. I. Fucking. Loved. It. All the extra space was great. So in city life, I completely get it.

That being said... I am a car person. I have an MR2 turbo I love to death. I have a lifted F250 (I grew up on a farm in a small shithole town in SC. I know I'm considered bad here but eh, the Kia Sorento isn't going to pull the dump trailer or the tractor and the lift is because I'm 8 at heart and still smile driving it around) and a heavily modified Jeep Cherokee I play off-road with. Plus my daily Honda Civic. Cars have souls and driving is a sense of freedom I am addicted to. I can promise you 100% of "grown ups" (age is subjective here) with loud cars isn't to impress anyone else, it's for us. I won't even drive my MR2 at certain times to make sure I don't disturb anyone and when I'm around a populated area, I shift at low RPM and keep the noise down a lot, but away from everyone in bum fuck rural America, that exhaust note is all for me.

I get you hate cars, I even agree for the most part. But does that mean ALL cars? Am I bad here?

[-] SuperSpruce@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

The way I see it is that I love cars and driving but hate car dependency. People who don't like that shouldn't be forced to get a car. This leads to less bad drivers due to people merely putting up with driving rather than focusing on it, meaning a safer world for pedestrians, bicyclists, motorcyclists, and other drivers.

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