Fat Cars For Fat People
Let’s not omit the #1 selling brand of jeans at my local WalMart: Lardache.
Posted by Oink
12/29/2005 at 08:56 AM
Oink
I’m guessing they sell them to the “hippier” hippies…
Roomier seats? Most cars need roomier everything! What is the glory of feeling like a sardine in a can?
I have to use an extra pad in my pickup for my skinny ass. At WalMart I gotta wade thru a ton of jeans designed for T.Rex to find a pair my size. I order ala carte at the local diner—the specials are all designed for either 3 people or 1 velociraptor.
Posted by Oink
12/29/2005 at 11:54 AM
Add to your list the new Passat from VW. It’s several inches wider than the previous model. But guess what? The old model was too damn narrow. Great car, but too tight. And that’s the big VW.
I agree with Tannenberg. Most cars are undersized. They’ve been downsized too much. A 1974 Chevy Nova 4-door, sold as a compact car, is longer, wider, roomier, and has more headroom than the full size cars sold today by the big 3. And don’t get me started on euro-cars; even the “big” 7 series BMW is smaller than a Ford Taurus. For triple the price. You want to see tiny seats? Test drive the Subaru WRX. Fuggedabowdit! The seats would be tight on an anorexic teenage girl.
Yes, we have a weight problem here. But we are also bigger people in general. Probably because we grow most of the world’s food and have the money to buy it? Whatever ... but I bet it’s a major reason those big SUVs sell so well.
Seat bladders make good sense if the device can last. People come in an infinite number of shapes and sizes. Every car made should have tilt/telescope wheel, adjustable pedals, and a multi-way adjustable seat that allows lumbar depth and height adjustment.
Good grief - what will they think of next............I am still the same size I was when I bought my car back in ‘98............am totally comfortable in my ‘98 Catera..........was looking at a 2006 CTS, but my little Catera runs like a top - no problems with it & have only 31,000 miles & no car payments (yes!!).........Gonna keep it until it decides it needs big time repairs...............Saw a neat looking small Jeep last week - nah - keep the Catera............got other things I need to spend my $$ on - about to remodel my master bath - they start next week - oh no - the dust & debris!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Dottie
12/29/2005 at 09:39 PM
Half an inch increase?! Who’s gonna notice that? It’s just another stupid marketing gimmick. Drew’s right. Not all big Americans are overweight. Those of us of Scandinavian descent are commonly tall, wide, and heavy without being fat. I’m the smallest in my family, at “only” 6 feet tall, 225 lbs, with a 34” waist. I can hardly fit in my girlfriend’s tiny Saturn, which is why I drive an old pickup. Obviously my brother, at 6 feet 9 inches, 240 lbs, and a 36” waist still drives his 1973 Plymouth Fury
THis isn’t such a new idea, just remember the road boats of the 1950s and 1960s, when gas was cheap, and cars were made out of REAL metal.
Lincoln Town Car, Caddillac Fleetwood, Buick Roadmaste, etc… Any of those could comfortably fit Ted Kennedy, Michael Moore, Rosie O’Dumbell and Sally Struthers all at once, with room to spare. Wide Track Pontiacs and bench seats were perfect for the lardassed massives…
I got just the thing for you, OCM.
Hell, you can even stretch out, if you like. Looks like it has easy access and will accommodate your height, driving or relaxing in back.
I later found one with an amber flashing light on top. Good for parties, etc.
It’s not the cough
That carries you off
It’s the coffin
They carry you offinPosted by Oink
12/31/2005 at 01:17 PM
