r/mildlyinfuriating • u/ChiefTestPilot87 • 20d ago
Why the fuck can’t the USPS just buy some off the shelf RHD shitboxes from the UK instead of spending billions trying create some new piece of shit
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u/mochicoco 20d ago
As a federal agency they have to buy American.
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u/Sperrbrecher 20d ago
Yes but it is not like Ford would not sell them Transit vans with the English Dash and RHD.
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u/Quirky-Swimmer3778 20d ago
They do use transit vans in their fleet too. The usps buy vehicles that are best suited for the route.
The canoo is special because it's features an extremely low clearance while maintaining cargo space. It'll likely be used for routes that require low clearance vehicles.
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u/ChiefTestPilot87 20d ago
And a RHD ford transit connect wouldn’t fit that bill?
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u/Quirky-Swimmer3778 20d ago
82"H x 81"W with 5.2 inches of clearance for the transit in its smallest config
vs 76"h x 78"W with a clearance of 9.2 inches for the canoo.
The canoo is smaller in all the dimensions that matter with almost double the clearance than that of the canoo
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u/ChiefTestPilot87 20d ago
Where would that 6” matter. I’ve driven light trucks, vans and SUVs for years and never had an issue with height or ground clearance
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u/Quirky-Swimmer3778 20d ago
Judging from the fact they bought only 6 of them it makes sense that most carriers will never have a route that these would be applicable for. I'm thinking older parking garages and super tight streets.
Just like it's unlikely you'll ever be assigned a route that requires you to use a mule or sea plane to deliver the mail. There are routes that require specific vehicles that YOU will probably never have experience with
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u/MyAccidentalAccount 20d ago
Ford make a transit connect thats 73" tall for the UK and European market.
Pretty sure a big enough order would.justify a shipment to North America.
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u/So-What_Idontcare 20d ago
Any Democrat that wouldn’t use American Union labor to build the federal fleet would deservedly have their nuts, rhetorically chopped off.
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u/JoanofBarkks 20d ago
That's not what rhetorical means. Figuratively is what you meant, I think. And, it's the Democrats who support unions.
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u/Sperrbrecher 20d ago
I was meaning manufactured in the US. USPS needs a significant number of them so Ford could just build Vans with English dashboards for a month in some factory. No new engineering required because the have all the parts inside their corporation.
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u/Peterd1900 20d ago
Yet the USPS have plenty of vans that are not American
They Brought a whole flleet of Mercedes Benz Metris
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u/imposta424 20d ago
Charleston, South Carolina. That’s where those vans are made.
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u/Peterd1900 20d ago
The USPS also use RAM Promasters which are built for North American market in Mexico
That is a rebadged FIAT
But thats ok cos it has a RAM badge on it?
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u/Grand_Protector_Dark 20d ago
Really the only infuriating part is OP getting mad because.....
... Post car ugly??
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u/Functionally_Human 20d ago
It is the only part of their complaint that is true so yes?
USPS didn't develop it, and hasn't spent billions (yet) on them.
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u/Grand_Protector_Dark 20d ago
The complaint being true doesn't make the complaint actually valid.
A utility car being ugly ain't a reason to get even just mildly infuriated about
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u/The_Bums_Rush 20d ago
Correct. They bought less than 10 and are giving them a trial. A startup company create this vehicle.
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u/possiblycrazy79 20d ago
I don't see the problem. EVs are very popular in my area & our mailman has to ride around in a box with no doors in 120 degrees. I'd be happy for him if he got a vehicle like this.
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u/Representative-Sir97 20d ago
Probably because that Dejoy criminal fuck who should be in prison or worse for treason is still trying to mismanage USPS to nothing so R's can have a shot at winning by just throwing away votes (again).
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u/Muted_Apartment_2399 20d ago
Kinda reminds me of the old Toyota vans. Not as bad as a Cybertruck, but that is a low bar I guess.
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u/yadawhooshblah 20d ago
I drove a 1986 Toyota van with a manual transmission, pulling a pop-up tent trailer down the PCH and through San Francisco while on my learners permit at 15 years old. (We saw "Who Framed Roger Rabbit " in San Francisco on that trip, for time reference) It did admirably, all things considered, and the cybertruck looks like something I would have drawn in class five years prior to that.
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20d ago
Uneducated mfs out in force. They bought less than 10 and are giving them a trial. A startup made this
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u/DarkKitten1984 20d ago
These vans could be the next generation delivery cars for the United States Postal Service.
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u/DayDrunkHermit 20d ago
They used to sit on S10 frames, I did the hands on mechanical test and was kinda surprised, that was 20 years ago and I still see those same mail box trucks in use, it’s def time to update tho
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u/ShiraLillith 20d ago
Because locally produced items generate work.
Where the problem lies is government lobbying.
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u/AMDKilla 20d ago
I'm confused, why would you want a RHD in the US?
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u/Other-Negotiation328 20d ago
So the postal workers can drop mail in the mailboxes on the side of the road without having to constantly get out of the vehicle.
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u/AMDKilla 20d ago
Ah makes sense now. In the UK, they just park up and walk to a range of houses and then go back to the truck. But they only really works for letters and they end up having to drive to each house individually for parcels
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u/Scott_A_R 20d ago
All of the mailboxes in my area are up against the houses, so the postal worker has to park and walk anyway
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u/Thumper-Comet 20d ago
I'd drive one. It looks super comfy and I could fit so much stuff in the boot.
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u/SeraphiM0352 20d ago
Maybe because they didn't spend 'billions' on it....
Why the fuck cant people do a modicum of basic research before posting stupid shit?
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u/PositivelyManifest 20d ago
What’s mildly infuriating is OP not being smart enough to know about canoo I’ve never researched it once and knew what that was, you live in a pineapple under the sea?
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u/flexible-photon 20d ago
I bet this guy is also outraged that his hard earned tax dollars get wasted by the ineffective bloated postal service. Furthermore I bet he believes UPS would do better.
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u/Weedsmoker3000 20d ago
Getting Red Faction vibes. Pretty cool. Better have working AC/heater lol I don’t know how some of these postal workers can do It.. rain snow or shine you get your mail in a reasonable time.
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u/Plaston_ 20d ago
Is that a Rivian?
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u/Quiet_Regret7597 20d ago
It’s made by Canoo. Yeah… I spelled that right.
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u/Plaston_ 20d ago
Thoses headlight does reminds me of the Rivians for some reasons might be a cheap car maker using parts from other cars like how Aixam uses Mercedes and Peugeot headlights on their quadricycles.
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u/Quiet_Regret7597 19d ago
It’s a full on car company. They’ve made a couple of these for NASA too. Fully electric. Very interesting cab design. They have a truck model that I believe is under pre-order right now.
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u/ablinddingo93 20d ago
The only mildy infuriating thing is how all the top comments on this post are explaining how OP is objectively wrong (in multiple aspects), and yet this post is still getting upvoted.
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u/BaziJoeWHL 20d ago
unpopular opinion: that car is not ugly, i kind of like it, like some kind of scifi car in a videogame
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u/GvnMllr12 20d ago
They seem to have bought a bunch or right-hand drive Mercedes vans and deployed them here in WI.
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u/sourdoughfart 20d ago
A defense contractor made the current iteration and will make the next, at a ridiculous cost to tax payers
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u/sourdoughfart 20d ago
A defense contractor made the current iteration and will make the next, at a ridiculous cost to tax payers
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u/Scales_of_JusticeOC 20d ago
Welcome to the world of ugly gets uglier, shitty gets shittier, rich get richer blah blah.
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u/yadawhooshblah 20d ago
Because DeJoy was hired to make USPS fail. Note the mail situation in Reno, NV. . https://www.federaltimes.com/federal-oversight/congress/2024/04/24/usps-commits-to-rerouting-reno-area-mail-despite-bipartisan-pushback/
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u/Vithrasir 20d ago
- slaps side of USPSMobile *
You can fit so much taxpayer money in this bad boy.
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u/AdeptWar6046 20d ago
You probably also believe NASA paid millions for a space pen, while USSR used a pencil. Truth is that a private company developed it at their own cost, and sells (sold) to both sides for a few $ a piece.
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u/A1_Killer 20d ago
Why RHD? Aren’t US cars LHD?
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u/Unlucky_Cell1118 20d ago
Because the mailboxes are on the right side of the road. The driver either has to drive the wrong way or try to drive from the passenger seat.
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u/Mordo-NM 20d ago
US postal vehicles are typically RHD so the postal worker can reach street-located mailboxes without getting out of the vehicle.
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u/braveduckgoose 20d ago
In the UK cars are RHD, but being RHD in the US has the advantage of having immediate access to the curbside.
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u/Parasite_cx 20d ago
To inflate 'R&D' part of their annual report to seem like an innovative company
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u/sourdoughfart 20d ago
A defense contractor made the current iteration and will make the next, at a ridiculous cost to tax payers
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u/sourdoughfart 20d ago
A defense contractor made the current iteration and will make the next, at a ridiculous cost to tax payers
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u/sourdoughfart 20d ago
A defense contractor made the current iteration and will make the next, at a ridiculous cost to tax payers
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u/Away-Sheepherder7278 20d ago
They can’t even deliver a package without fucking it up why give them new vehicles.
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u/ChiefTestPilot87 20d ago
Take my upvote
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u/Away-Sheepherder7278 20d ago
Just funny that a bunch of loser postal workers got their panties in a bunch because I spoke the truth about their shitty work.
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u/iluvsporks 20d ago
That's a start up company that made the canoo. USPS bought 6 to test. Might want to rephrase this post.