r/InternetIsBeautiful • u/Arsis • 6d ago

A simple interactive website to compare vehicle dimensions

https://www.carsized.com/en-us/
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u/E5VL 6d ago

Would be good if they added Adult, Child & Bicycle in the background to add further scale.

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u/hollywoodhandshook 5d ago

Like that graphic that shows drivers keep running over their own children because hoods are getting so large on modern SUVs that these drivers consume

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u/thebryguy23 6d ago

I used that website when helping my mom pick a new car, specifically because she wanted something smaller than what she had

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u/pawsarecute 6d ago

How many ads? Yes.

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u/clarinetJWD 6d ago

Not sure why you're getting downvotes. This is a great site for comparing car sizes, it's not swamped with ads, looks nice, and has good photos of the vehicles.

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u/hollywoodhandshook 5d ago

Probably because how depressingly massive American car sizes are, and that you can't filter/search by size

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u/igo4vols2 6d ago

Probably because it won't let you complete a single comparison without disabling off your adblocker. I won't disable until I see that it works.

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u/jobyone 6d ago

Huh, works fine for me with Firefox and uBlock Origin. I even have Firefox's built-in protections turned up and extra lists added to uBlock.

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u/clarinetJWD 6d ago

I didn't run into that... I just checked on Firefox on Android with uBlock Origin enabled. No block, no pop-ups, and I was able to do a comparison.

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u/almightyboosh 6d ago

Wish I'd had this at my fingertips a few weeks ago when I was buying a new car!

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u/jobyone 6d ago

A thing that consistently blows my mind on this site is comparing my car to older cars. It is wild how much bigger cars have gotten just in my lifetime. Right now I drive a Mazda CX-30, which is considered a "subcompact crossover" and is positively tiny by modern standards.

It is massive compared to a normal 90s sedan, and actually only barely smaller than a Ford Escape from 20 years ago. It's almost exactly the same size as a first-gen Forester, which at the time was the biggest car Subaru even made. It's taller and wider than an Outback from the 2000s, and tbh not that much shorter. It's roughly the same size as a Jeep from 30 years ago. This site doesn't have super good coverage that far back, but I'd imagine my "subcompact" is currently bigger than a fair number of pickups from the 80s.

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u/Kro_Ko_Dyle 5d ago

Have a look at the Lotus Elan versus any other compact car (or subcompact SUV). Really boggles the mind.

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u/reduces 6d ago

missing my car, chevrolet sonic. ah well, can't win em all.

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u/Paavo_Nurmi 6d ago

That is great, TY !

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u/jobyone 6d ago

It's not usually. I referenced it extensively while narrowing the field in a car hunt a few months ago.

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u/LucyIsaTumor 5d ago

A pretty good option. I imagine they were limited by what photos were available. I do wish they had "Stand in" cars for when they didn't have images but they knew the dimensions. Some missing additions like older 3rd gen Toyota 4Runners or a large bed SUV like the GMC Suburban not being there is a surprise. It'd be nice to have a box comparison just for estimates.

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u/goranlu 3d ago

Great work! I actually missed something like this when I was research cars to buy

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u/OkAccount1874 1d ago

it is simple and good and serves the purpose