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It could take a while to develop, on Mastodon it took about 2-3 years before folk started tooting about cars (now there is quite a lot of traffic). Also this sub seems quite US-centric, us Europeans see all your big trucks and muscle cars and think nobody will be interested in the superminis most folk drive round here, and a lot of people keep their cars stock as mods are expensive due to extra insurance costs!
I drive a modest VW Polo 6C myself (this is like 90% of a Golf, just slightly smaller) and am quite into detailing, I'd post up more pics but it keeps pissing down here in England at the moment (whilst rest of Europe is roasted by sun so there are often hosepipe bans!)
Please post your superminis! I love seeing kei cars around town when I do. I saw a Toyota HiAce last week and started gushing over it to my wife.
It's true many Americans prefer larger cars, but some of us out here have a genuine appreciation for smaller cars. My '97 Prelude makes my 9th gen FB Civic feel like a truck after I've been driving it for a minute.
I tried figuring out what exactly Mastodon was once and quickly lost interest when I couldn't find a simple answer. Regardless, you'd be surprised what we are into. Just because larger vehicles tend to be popular here, that doesn't mean lots of folks don't like smaller cars too. I like both. I got an old '64 Buick and considered many of times to buy a small Japanese Kei truck (can't get much smaller than that), but when you lookat what they cost, and parts availability, you can honestly do a lot better with a larger domestic truck for hauling stuff.
Sometimes it's simply because we don't have them here that makes people into them. Parts and the knowledge-base to keep them running is sometimes tough.
This problem isn't exclusive to just c/cars, r/cars (on Reddit) have always been very American-centric since forever. Looks like things won't be changing here unfortunately.