• Dr. BobEnglish
    34•2 months ago

    I drive a 2010 Acura MDX. When I bought it, it was one the largest SUVs in the market. When I bought it people thought it was ridiculous. Jump to today. It’s midsize. I can’t even find it parking lots as it’s dwarfed by every truck and SUV around. Including what used to be economy and entry level vehicles. I have crossbars on it for my kayak to boot.

    • 𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆English
      14•2 months ago

      I drive a 1997 Honda Prelude.

      I always park waaaaaaay in the back because there’s no way otherwise. My car comes up to my waist. It’s tiny by comparison. I park it in the garage by my wife’s 2010 Sequoia, and the juxtaposition is hilarious.

      • Tarquinn2049
        6•2 months ago

        I drive an 89 supra, it was kind of a smaller car in it’s day, but certainly far from as small as it feels now. My head is below the “blind” on the newer style headlights that make sure they aren’t blinding drivers despite how crazy bright they are. It’s not alot of fun… but the car is… so I put up with it. I have night driving glasses that severely cut down on that type of glare. It helps, but isn’t magic.

        • 𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆English
          5•2 months ago

          Yo, the Mk III is genuinely my favorite. The Mk IV gets all the love for being in F&F, but the Mk III is just the best looking imo. Like the middle class man’s Testarossa.

          I don’t drive the Lude at night specifically because today’s lights are so bad. That, and people drive with their lights off after dark way too much. If I’m out after dark with my Prelude, I probably lost track of time running errands. Unless I’m in proximity to an older Civic or Miata, I just assume I’m completely invisible. Even more so when the sun is down. It’s red so at least it stands out in broad daylight.

          The things we deal with to drive the cars we love.

          All that said, my other car is a '12 Civic. It’s just boring. But it’s also just light enough that you can kinda chuck it into an on-ramp. I think if I can one of these days, I’d love to buy another just like it, but with a stick. I kinda hate driving the Sequoia. It’s great in a straight line, but it handles like a skyscraper lol

          • Tarquinn2049
            5•2 months ago

            Hehe yeah, mine is white, so visibility is a little easier. But I have definitely had a few times with newer larger vehicles where they either didn’t look down, or couldn’t see me even if they did. Always gotta be on your toes when next to one of these vehicles more than 4x the size of mine, lol.

            Edit: A quick little video of it if you are interested. From the day I brought it home.

            https://youtu.be/g2Ft6DNdvJI

            It’s got a bit of aftermarket stuff, nothing too crazy. Though it did also come with NoS, I disconnected that. And it had street glow, I didn’t intentionally disconnect that, but I did go over the wrong speed bump for a car with only 2 inches of clearance… never really used it anyway as it’s not legal to turn on in public.

            I am just a nerd, the poor car has never done over the speed limit for the last 13 years of it’s life. But I feel better knowing that the previous owner made sure it can safely take all these corners at twice the speed I ever would.

    • Track_ShovelEnglish
      6•2 months ago

      I’ve got a 2024 pilot. It’s fucking big, but it’s considered ‘mid sized’, which blows my fucking mind until I pull up to a Suburban or the like

    • @BanjoShepard@lemmy.world
      5•2 months ago

      I drive a newer Tacoma. It looks like a little baby next to full-sized pickups, but it’s a giant if I pull up next to an older Tacoma at a traffic light.