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I agree its cool looking, but don't you think they'd just use cars when they're on the ground instead of horses?
But cars from where? Horses can reproduce, cars have to be traded for. Plus mechanical maintenance would depend on more off world trade, and that might sporadic. The real prosperous settlements might be able to swing it, if they had a valuable resource that they could extract easily. It seems likely that the average settlement might not manage much more than food or shelter. Serenity does have a four wheeler on board, but it is good for only one or two people.