[–] Carsandsarcasm 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Not only this, but they burn through consumables like nobody's business. Fuel, obviously, but brakes, tyres, suspension, etc all become items replaced as regularly as yearly just from the extra mass. I've heard accounts of full suspension replacement every year and brakes every 6 months mechanics ... wow. They also can't take their foot all the way off the clutch because their fupa is in the way, and likewise, they ride the brakes. You can see this just from following them. It's a car's dream. The suspension thing also makes me question the safety. Obviously, they have a longer braking distance and their fat-addled minds increase their reaction times, but a car so severely unbalanced has potential to brake unevenly. With that much extra load on one side, it would be like braking while under steering angle, which for the uninitiated, doesn't go well. Fats shouldn't be allowed to drive. Cars were only designed for humans and fatties could use the walk.
[–] ducksarescary 0 points 9 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago
Don't be silly, fats don't drive manual transmissions.
[–] Yiddie_Kikelberg 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
I have for long wondered why automatic transmissions became so hugely popular in USA. It must be because one hand is needed to hold the beetus all the time.
[–] praivo [S] 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
They also shouldn't be allowed to use public transport (esp. planes) where they also only cause problems.Or, you know, anything else.
I have a step-aunt (the wife of my father's GF's brother) who's a fucking deathfat. Not long ago, it decided that it wanted a car. Since its husband doesn't want it to use his Renault Mégane and it's too lazy to walk the ~2 km to Tesco and back, he got it an Opel Agila. I don't think that the poor thing (I mean the Agila, not the deathfat) has more than a year left to live...
[–] no_guatones_culiaos 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
This is making me think that's why I see the fats driving F250s and larger.
[–] Convair990 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
This is one other reason fats should be banned from driving. It's a safety hazard with that much of a weight imbalance. The pigs should also be banned from planes and public transit due to costs and inconveniences of their weight and bloated size. The beetus barges can waddle to where they need to go.
See? This is why you shouldn't try to support fats. They harm you and warp you with their very presence.
[–] rotten_blue_cat ago
In one of my former jobs I used to have to give a coworker of mine a ride home every time we closed together. This guy had to have weighed 400+ pounds. My poor, poor 89 civic. The suspension was original and with every wave or bump in the road you could hear the wheel hitting the wheel well. My 110 pound ass was a drop in the bucket and the car still rode and handled fine with just me in it. I eventually told my boss I couldn't do it anymore as no one would pay to fix my car if his fat ass broke it and I couldn't afford it.
[–] Drunkest_ninja 0 points 9 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago
Fucked up alignment due to being too fat + high speed + 1 moment of distraction = fun for the entire family.
And they say that "my fat won't harm other people"
[–] lautrec_of_carim 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
I see fats on the highway all the time that drive like shit because they're literally too fat to turn their heads to check their blind spots.