Honestly this is absurd. These death machines shouldn’t be legal in europe. That thing doesn’t even fit in the parking space, even though the parking lot has the biggest spaces in the whole city. The Golf Polo is so small in comparison, it could even hide in front of the engine hood of the truck.

EDIT: It’s a Polo and not a Golf, I don’t know my cars, sorry for that!

  • tclayson@lemmy.worldEnglish
    181·
    1 year ago

    UK here. Yes you order an appliance and it gets delivered, and in some cases installed, by the retailer. If you have a plumber or kitchen fitter maybe they will collect it for you in their van. I’m sure you could save a bit of money on shipping if you collected it yourself, but not many people have the means to do so. And this way, if it’s damaged in transit, the retailer are liable.

    • Lettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.mlEnglish
      111·
      1 year ago

      Where I live in the States, all large retailers include free delivery and removal of your old appliance as part of the purchase of a new dishwasher, fridge, etc.

      • dannyEnglish
        61·
        1 year ago

        Even my new water heater was delivered and old one hauled off for free

        Of course doing all that myself probably would’ve been cheaper, but I’m not a plumber, and doesn’t occur enough for a huge daily driver vehicle to make sense. Obviously they make sense as work vehicles for contractors etc but most people with a big truck don’t actually use it for those needs 99.9% of the time

    • FReddit@lemmy.worldEnglish
      43·
      1 year ago

      In the U.S., giant trucks, which I refer to as shit wagons, outsell cars. Apparently car makers can charge huge amounts of interest to redneckistan cretins who want a $60,000 shit wagon.