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Re:Accepting US car standards would risk European lives by lan321 on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @08:07AM (#46134058)
> These cars are just for show

I love vans more than any vehicle, but they're garbage at offroad compared to trucks (even 4motion, etc can't compare). Most people don't use them for that, but in villa constructions sometimes you really want a pickup to get to the site. They're also better than vans in snow. Edge cases but they exist and they're not so obscure that I haven't experienced them.

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Re:Accepting US car standards would risk European lives by ricardobeat on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @08:47AM (#46134423)
Indeed, there are probably a few applications where it makes sense – though I suspect a classic, normal-sized Hilux/Frontier/Ranger would excel at that with none of the downsides.

That said, 95% of construction work in europe does not involve any off-road driving at all, and definitely not around the Amsterdam/Utrecht area.

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Re:Accepting US car standards would risk European lives by jacquesm on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @01:25PM (#46138040)
If all off-road vehicles that had never gone off-road evaporated the world would instantly be a better place.
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