You’ve stumbled into 3 very powerful headwinds buddy:
1-Lemmy hates Republicans so they will support whatever Republicans are trying to get rid of
2-Its an EV and EVs are cool
3- Lemmy (especially c/FuckCars) HATES the new trend of trucks with very high grilles that block your view in front of you. The new mail trucks swing cartoonishly in the other direction, so it’s pretty much their ideal truck.
Ohhhh thank you for clearing some of this up! I’m still kinda new to this.
That’s wild how many people seem to fit all 3 dimensions — and so strongly that they’re seemingly offended by some light criticism of any EV? Am I reading the situation right?
(Edit: er, maybe it offended people that fit in one or two of those groups… Unions vs. intersections)
Hot take (apparently): Some vehicles — including but not limited to EVs — are ugly. I stand by that.
The old USPS delivery vehicle wasn’t pretty either, but somehow I think nobody would be offended by that.
I swear social media people make me feel like an alien sometimes lol
They look kind of dopey, but they look like they’d really do a good job of prioritizing safety for pedestrians, pets, and especially kids with the really low hood height. The minimum distance to see the road on that thing has got to be like three inches.
🤔 I wonder if it could have been designed without that part altogether. I’ve driven one of those flat-fronted Isuzu box trucks before, and it’s crazy how much more you can see in front of the vehicle.
Flat front vehicles tend to have the driver sitting over the wheels, which raises their height off the street, a real pain if you are climbing in and out of the car 50 times a day.
Ah. I know almost nothing about EV maintenance, but considering how many decades USPS used the Grumman, yeah probably best to minimize maintenance costs/work
I’m certainly no expert in the matter, it’s just that these seem well designed in general, and they obviously didn’t shy away from design choices out of fear of looking stupid, so they must have conside tred a flat front and decided against it for some decent reason.
One other one that comes to mind, now that I’m thinking on it again: if you do hit a pedestrian or cyclist, they’re likely to go under a flat-fronted vehicle, but end up on the hood of a vehicle with a low hood
You’re judging the vehicle purely on how it looks and using that to suggest the designer should change careers; an impressively shallow take, but also a learning opportunity. The other reply draws the same kind of assumption, albeit with a degree of tongue-in-cheek, to make an ironic accusation that you are qualified enough as an “armchair influencer” to train the vehicle’s designer in the new career that you said they ought to seek.
I’m judging only the vehicle’s appearances, not the entire vehicle.
Here’s an exhaustive list of things I know about this vehicle.
It’s ugly.
I assume it’s a huge upgrade over the Grumman LLV. For all I know, it could be the best vehicle in the world for that purpose, with the best drivetrain and battery tech available, and a huge cargo area to handle the present day’s e-commerce workload.
It’s just ugly, that’s all.
… that you are qualified enough as an “armchair influencer” to train the vehicle’s designer in the new career that you said they ought to seek.
This is the confusing part for me. Where did I say that they should seek a career in being an influencer, or that I’m one? I’m not even remotely qualified in that field, and would never claim to be.
I’ve never seen one of those on the road yet, but whoever designed them should probably consider a career change.
EDIT: I’ve accepted that I’ll just never understand why some things get down-voted here. Like, do people actually like the way that design looks?
It looks like a Grumman LLV somehow reproduced with a cartoon duck, a pug, and one of these:
You’ve stumbled into 3 very powerful headwinds buddy:
1-Lemmy hates Republicans so they will support whatever Republicans are trying to get rid of
2-Its an EV and EVs are cool
3- Lemmy (especially c/FuckCars) HATES the new trend of trucks with very high grilles that block your view in front of you. The new mail trucks swing cartoonishly in the other direction, so it’s pretty much their ideal truck.
Ohhhh thank you for clearing some of this up! I’m still kinda new to this.
That’s wild how many people seem to fit all 3 dimensions — and so strongly that they’re seemingly offended by some light criticism of any EV? Am I reading the situation right? (Edit: er, maybe it offended people that fit in one or two of those groups… Unions vs. intersections)
Hot take (apparently): Some vehicles — including but not limited to EVs — are ugly. I stand by that.
The old USPS delivery vehicle wasn’t pretty either, but somehow I think nobody would be offended by that.
I swear social media people make me feel like an alien sometimes lol
They look kind of dopey, but they look like they’d really do a good job of prioritizing safety for pedestrians, pets, and especially kids with the really low hood height. The minimum distance to see the road on that thing has got to be like three inches.
Valid point.
🤔 I wonder if it could have been designed without that part altogether. I’ve driven one of those flat-fronted Isuzu box trucks before, and it’s crazy how much more you can see in front of the vehicle.
The flat front is a tradeoff that tends to make maintenance more difficult
It also removes crumple zone space.
Flat front vehicles tend to have the driver sitting over the wheels, which raises their height off the street, a real pain if you are climbing in and out of the car 50 times a day.
Ah. I know almost nothing about EV maintenance, but considering how many decades USPS used the Grumman, yeah probably best to minimize maintenance costs/work
I’m certainly no expert in the matter, it’s just that these seem well designed in general, and they obviously didn’t shy away from design choices out of fear of looking stupid, so they must have conside tred a flat front and decided against it for some decent reason.
One other one that comes to mind, now that I’m thinking on it again: if you do hit a pedestrian or cyclist, they’re likely to go under a flat-fronted vehicle, but end up on the hood of a vehicle with a low hood
Maybe you can counsel them on a career in “armchair social media influencer”.
Aim high, right?
Not sure I follow. They designed them for social media? Or do you think I said anything referencing social media?
Did you mean to reply to some other comment?
You’re judging the vehicle purely on how it looks and using that to suggest the designer should change careers; an impressively shallow take, but also a learning opportunity. The other reply draws the same kind of assumption, albeit with a degree of tongue-in-cheek, to make an ironic accusation that you are qualified enough as an “armchair influencer” to train the vehicle’s designer in the new career that you said they ought to seek.
I’m judging only the vehicle’s appearances, not the entire vehicle.
Here’s an exhaustive list of things I know about this vehicle.
I assume it’s a huge upgrade over the Grumman LLV. For all I know, it could be the best vehicle in the world for that purpose, with the best drivetrain and battery tech available, and a huge cargo area to handle the present day’s e-commerce workload.
It’s just ugly, that’s all.
This is the confusing part for me. Where did I say that they should seek a career in being an influencer, or that I’m one? I’m not even remotely qualified in that field, and would never claim to be.
I don’t know how you don’t think the new truck is adorable. It’s like a toy car, and I mean that as a compliment.
It fits perfectly into some hanna barbera depiction of a pleasant neighborhood.