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[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 month ago (23 children)

So much accusations and assumptions. What if the owner is a construction worker doing custom kitchen deliveries, and needs this monster for living. You sure can't haul a kitchen kit in your man's Toyota Aygo or Fiat 500.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

You sure can’t haul a kitchen kit in your man’s Toyota Aygo or Fiat 500.

I wouldn't be so sure about that. With Ikea flat-pack cabinets and a small enough kitchen design (e.g. galley kitchen in a tiny apartment), I wouldn't be surprised if you could fit everything except the appliances in one of those tiny cars.

Of course, it'd probably be easier to fit them on a bicycle with a proper trailer.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You never tried that yourself, am I right?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

What, the tiny car thing or the bike trailer thing?

I don't have an Aygo/500 or a fancy Bikes at Work trailer, but I have hauled stuff in the Hyundai Accent hatchback I used to own and towed cargo in a cheap Instep bicycle trailer.

(I admit, a Hyundai Accent hatchback is quite a bit bigger than an Aygo or 500, especially with the rear seats folded down. It can hold enough that I'd be more worried about maxing out weight capacity when hauling flat-pack cabinets, rather than having sufficient cargo volume for them.)

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