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    13 hours ago

    Doesn’t beat the gross experience of seeing a cybertruck on the road. I wanna point and laugh every time. The multipla is cute in comparison. Look at this goofy lil guy <3

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      8 minutes ago

      I saw a matte black one yesterday, it looked like someone had forgotten to finish painting it and just left primer on it.

      Edit: this is about seeing a Tesla in the wild, realized I was unclear

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        I saw one plastered with advertisements on the street in working class neighborhood. I felt bad for the person who needs to drive it and keep it safe.

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      The Multipla is just inoffensive uggo. I’d rather have that than a PT Cruiser.

      That thing looks like someone’s just discovered the concept of curves and is just going hog wild with it. The cyberdumpster is still the worst for many reasons, but goddamn, the Cruiser is putting up a respectable fight.

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      10 hours ago

      It looks like a car carrying its little car friend on its back.

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      Would always prefer this reasonable priced vehicle with european safety measures over the ridiculously overpriced, rusty garbage container cutting fingers off or trapping people inside because of an update on a hot summer day.

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        I have owned two FIATs and a Lancia (FIAT Group) Delta. The Lancia was the funnest car I’ve ever owned. It chomped my Golf GTI any day. Road handling was a dream, equipment was amazing, things like stock Recaro seats, etc. That said, I will never own a FIAT again. FIAT is Stellantis: FIAT, Peugeot, Chrysler, Citroen… Amazing impulse buys. Sweet cars new, but they age horrendously.

        They are designed to fail in the short term. Amazing innovations, power oriented engines, but just too flimsy.

        The Multipla is a great concept executed the FIAT way.

        I believe Honda had a 6 seater subcompact. The CHR or CRV? I can’t remember. I’d pick the Honda any day.

        The MKII had much better styling, BTW

        I’ve rebuilt two FIAT engines. An engineer’s wet dream. A 1,20L that output nearly a 100 HP? yes, but a shitload of compromises. the fucking head was the top engine support!!! Fuck FIAT.

        I must admit that the 900 was simpler than a scooter’s engine. You could probably work on it with a Leatherman and some duct tape, but I have owned motorcycles with 3X the power output. I’ve driven some Cinquecentos. Opening the hood/bonnet has given me PTSD.

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          It was the Honda HRV, and it couldn’t hold a candle to the Multipla.

          The Multipla had 6 full size seats that could all comfortably hold adults, plus the backseats where individually removable. I loaded a couch sideways in that car. Absolutely brilliant.

          The middle seats on the HRV were significantly smaller, no comparison in terms of usefulness and versatility.

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      I drove a Fiat Panda through the hills of Tuscany. Only let off the gas to shift and still barely broke 50 km/h. lol

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      I would choose the Cybertruck design over this, every time.

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        It’d be more tolerable a design without rich Elon bros being their primary market. They’re both dorky, but the context is key. If the cybertruck was affordable and well built by a less shitty company, it wouldn’t represent the decline of American civilization.

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            Bold to assume the design isn’t embedded in the culture, technology, and economics in which it is built. If you tried to take a modern shape and build it in the 40s, you’d get a shitty car by design. If you tried to buy an electric car in rural America with no electric car infrastructure, it would be a bad investment based on its design. If the classic jeep wasn’t a staple of WWII, or if the 50-70s era mustangs weren’t in so many action movies, those designs wouldn’t have the popularity they have now.

            This goofy Fiat is a joke, but the cybertruck is offensive. Trucks are very useful for moving stuff with fewer trips in rural America, but the cybertruck sucks at hauling, and isn’t in an area with abundant charging infrastructure. Some of the trunk space would permanently go to keeping a charger on hand if you tried to use it in rural areas. It’s larger and bulkier than necessary for cities, meaning it would be better as a sedan or compact. It’s expensive and poorly made, but unlike the multipla, it’s impractical anywhere but wealthy suburbs at a fundamental level. At least the multipla has typical Fiat usefulness.