BeatTakeshiThose monstrosities should be f*ing illegal
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henfredemarsCars are dangerous enough. Deathbox has gotta go.
Mereo
i_love_FFTThese bbq crates from Costco need to be mobed with a forklift
Gotta fill that truck bed with bulk-purchase Pringles.
I think I’ve seen the source video on Donut Media, there was funny moment with a rando on wheelchair
rem26_artI always get nervous whenever i see one of these new GM pickups cuz they are just wayy too tall.
They don’t even sell the Chevy Colorado where I live. Too small for the demographic here, who needs the biggest truck on the market with aftermarket lift kits.
FaridTHE NEW MAIBATSU MONSTROSITY
Why drive a small car? Are you a small person? The new SUV Maibatsu Monstrosity guzzles gas and is equipped for crossing Arctic tundra! Driving one will make you feel good!
apfelwoiSchoppenI’m not alone in thinking of this every time I see a gigantic vehicle.
🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 Can you name the truck with four wheel drive,
smells like a steak and seats thirty-five…
Canyonero! Canyonero!
Well, it goes real slow with the hammer down,
It’s the country-fried truck endorsed by a clown!
The solution will never be ending the obvious problem, but rather replacing windshields with giant LCDs using fromnt mounted cameras or something.
Since I live in a place where driving is necessary (Texas), I drive a smaller electric car.
From my perspective, even small SUVs are far too big. If I’m behind them at a light, I can’t see when the light changes.
I was recently surprised to learn that in other countries, they have popular versions of pickup trucks that are smaller than almost anything you can find here in the states.
Anybody who buys a vehicle that size would have to be a sociopath. They do not consider how other people are affected by their selfish actions.
From my perspective, even small SUVs are far too big. If I’m behind them at a light, I can’t see when the light changes.
Have you tried stopping further back? Works with lorries too. Also means you have room to manoeuvre without reversing if the vehicle breaks down.
blackn1ghtThe general rule is that you should be able to see the rear tyres of the car in front. If you can’t, you’re too close.
Yeah, I’m learning to drive at the moment and my instructor tells me I should be able to see tyres on tarmac when stopping.
“the undercarriage” I ‘member from many moons ago (but not sure of modern advice)
The only reason I need to see the light change is if the light is at an intersection with a lot of traffic so I can toot my horn at inattentive drivers more quickly.
So, it’s not particularly important, and often, those intersections need you to stay closer to the car in front of you, because especially in Texas, I think, probably 70-ish percent of drivers don’t know how to use lanes correctly. They line up in one lane leaving a second lane almost empty. So you have to pull forward to give more people behind you the chance to change into a good lane.
TLDR I want to see the light to help traffic move, but pulling forward can also help traffic move.
Still think about some dashcam footage of an explosion on a highway. Some vehicles were able to make immediate U-turns.
I may not be prepared for <normal highly likely thing> but I am always ready to make an immediate U-turn if a meteor strikes traffic way down the road 🤷♂️ 😬
m-p{3}The thought of what America would be like if kei trucks were popular…
ArxCyberwolfPavement princesses. Will never haul a load heavier than some groceries, maybe a couple 2x4s, and the owner’s fat ass.
btw when they blind me at night going 75 mph in the rocky mountains, i find it to be deadly too.
niartenyawOh wow. They did the math.
First time I sat in the passenger seat of one I was still shocked. it’s even more frustrating that if you actually need to tow something heavy you have no option to avoid this outside an older truck. Some manufacturer should clue in and advertise a 3/4 ton as that won’t make you kill the neighbor’s kid. And I want sightlines, not cameras.
I concur.
No more creepy mannequins.
They’re nicer once they grow up;
But how will I advertise how insecure I am about my small wiener if I can’t drive a monster with five gallons to the mile on diesel?
Don’t worry, yours is legally a prosthesis which is protected under the ADA
*fucking. You can say fucking on the internet. Don’t worry, we won’t tell your mommy.
I didn’t know, fuck you very much !
Your fucking welcome.
Naw, I need it 🤷♂️
to make you feel big and tough bc your little small pee pee hurts your feelings everyday? 🥺💔
Years and years of practice and you still can’t get past body shaming
40 or so trips to the compost and mulching facilities (it would be 15 if I had the longer bed but I also like being able to park so it’s a trade off), about 1500 miles a year towing 8500lbs, usually at least 1 major house project (rebuilding deck this year, garden planters last year), and being the backup family vehicle if my schedule doesn’t match up with the wife and kids needs.
Not to dogpile, but it sounds like your needs could be met a lot more affordably with a trailer that you hook up to a more fuel and space efficient vehicle
1500 miles a year towing 8500lbs
That sounds like a camper. I never understood campers, either you want to stay in a building with a real bed and running water wherever you’re going or you want to camp as close to the outdoors as possible sans bugs crawling on you, and campers just give you the worst of both experiences. Again its almost definitely cheaper to just rent a cabin or buy a decent tent to pitch wherever you’re going than to haul a big $10-50k camper around
It’d be cheaper (and easier) to have the mulch/compost delivered or to haul it with a trailer and a more reasonably sized vehicle, you probably don’t actually need that boat/camper/whatever you’re hauling 1500 miles, you could rent a flatbed for your 1 major house project a year for a fraction of the maintenance cost of your pickup, and a pickup truck is a pretty shit choice for a family vehicle.
You don’t need a truck that you can’t see over the hood of.
ZeroOneRight. Get those kids if from front my truck. I gotta go to Walmart to get a bag of cool ranch Doritos.
thethunderwolfDid you have a stroke
No. Why do you ask? I always drool like this. Wanna see my Trump branded drool rag?
Trying to ban them would be extraordinarily difficult. A potential solution would be to push to reclassify them as trucks, under trucking regulations (I’m unsure how this is done in the US). Once you need a tachograph and a requirement to keep driving records, it would cut back on sales. It also still allows “legitimate” usage. This would weaken the argument against the change.
Basically anything where you can’t see a 5 year old within 0.5m of your bumper should be under “truck” rules, not “car” rules.