Cross-cultural automotive experiences | How differently vehicles are used abroad

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As BHPians, we sermon each things cars each the time, their associated ecosystem, behaviors, patterns and perceptions. Now determination are times, erstwhile we spot thing conveyance related successful a antithetic culture, that leaves america puzzled, shocked, captivated, oregon amused !! So thought of creating this thread to research experiences of BHPians, astir differences they came across, successful however vehicles are used/perceived/handled/interacted successful a antithetic civilization (inside India oregon abroad).

Ok, capable babbling, present goes my list:

• Power pyramid inversion: Seeing cyclists bullying car drivers (in EU) was truly puzzling !! Imagine a cyclist banging model of a Range Rover ! In India, the feline would apt go history, oregon portion of the scenery (or an ortho statistic astatine the precise least)

• No hierarchy: This again from occidental world. Quite amusing to spot hefty Explorers/LCs chugging dilatory down aged Micras, road-presence/respect beryllium damned !!

So delight lend with your idiosyncratic cross-cultural automotives surprises. As you tin understand, the thread is to sermon absorbing oregon antithetic conveyance usage/perception experiences successful antithetic cultures, truthful nary numbers & charts needed.!!
Let's research the fascinating realm of cross-cultural automotive experiences!!

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After India, I find the American marketplace to beryllium the astir absorbing and bash walk immoderate clip speechmaking connected it.

- A pickup motortruck (F150) is often the champion selling car successful the USA.

- Americans emotion BIG cars. The bigger, the better.

- Pickup trucks person a sexy representation there, dissimilar successful India wherever they are looked down upon.

- SUVs & Pickup trucks are truly wherever the marketplace is. Ford stopped selling regular cars determination (except for the Mustang).

- Anecdotal evidence, but they usage their car cabins similar a country of their house. Lots of idiosyncratic worldly ever kept in, which I personally don't similar (I support my cars neat & tidy). Too overmuch clutter.

- You cannot merchantability a car without a cupholder successful the USA. Mornings especially, a bulk of drivers are chugging connected coffee, with a fewer adjacent doing meal connected the mode to work.

- Driving distances are long, but driving clip is comparable to India. You usage freeways to get anyplace & everyplace successful the USA.

- Daily petrol prices are acceptable by petrol pump owners. Even a fistful of cents little than the adjacent presumption volition get you much business.

- In astir cities, you cannot past without a car. Everyone needs a car to unrecorded and to get to work. Even your carpenter, plumber oregon location cleaner volition get successful a pickup truck.

- India has astir 30 to 40 cars / 1000 citizens. USA has 900 cars / 1000 citizens! Imagine the penetration.

- Ubers are inactive affordable successful India; they aren't successful the USA. A 20-minute thrust tin outgo you 50 - 60 USD. No 1 I cognize uses Ubers connected a regular basis. Everyone drives themselves. Renting a self-drive car tin beryllium cheaper than 1 Uber ride.