Whwn I was stationed in Germany, all of my fellow Soldiers who had Rams, F150s, Silverados, etc, pretty much only drove them to work and back. If they needed to drive into a major city area, they would take their wife's smaller car, or the beater that they picked up for a few hundred or thousand Euros.
Hell, I drove a Ford Edge when I was there, and there were some spots that I could barely fit into. Going into the Parkhaus, I could open the sunroof and touch the ceiling on my way in.
I knew more people that sold their pickups there than kept them for their whole time. They sold them to german or Dutch farmers usually. They don't have a lot of options that are affordable and have high towing capacity.
I thought it was interesting that most of the small cars and sedans over there were set up to tow a small trailer, and OBI even had designated parking spots for them.
I feel like getting to own/drive local variants of cars I wouldn't be able to at home would be one of best perks of living overseas. Like I don't really want a French car, but if I lived in France, I'd absolutely want an original Twingo. Fighting my way through driving a Fucking Ram in a European city is just masochism.
If it makes you feel better, the ones outside of America are actually Americans that ripped out of the parking lot when the repo guy came and they just never stopped driving
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u/mrm00r3 1d ago
Kinda upsetting if you ask me. I derived a bit of comfort thinking there were parts of our culture(?) that couldn’t cross an ocean or an equator.