Anon OpinThis obsession for American pickup trucks on UK roads is insane. Dave, you live on a fucking estate in Doncaster not on the prairies of Montana. Tax the bastards to oblivion
Lyn@anon_opin Same in Australia.
Big utes for dud roots.
Ian MalcolmYep. We might have the landscape for it in parts of Oz, but the vast majority of these mobile small-dick compensators never even leave the suburban sprawl, let alone see a dirt road.
@imalcolm @anon_opin Hours of entertainment watching them try to park the fuckers at the shops though.
Absolutely! Was in a multi-level car park a few weeks ago and decided to wait in our car while my partner ran in and grabbed a couple of things, and I watched someone in a ridiculous RAM ute trying to reverse into a spot three or four cars away. They finally succeeded after (conservatively) over ten minutes and dozens of attempts. 😂
It was genuinely astounding. Even when it appeared to be lined up, they'd get 1/4 of the way in, come out and try again.🤔
DTrasler Writing@imalcolm @frogglin @anon_opin I live in British COlumbia, Canada, and yesterday I was at Safeway, where an idiot had parked his Ford F350 at forty five degrees in a parking space because he was so inept. Also, the truck was pristine, because he doesn't work in construction or live in the wilderness.
@Dtraslerwriting @imalcolm @anon_opin oh yes, they're all so shiny!
There's one locally that tows a trailer for stuff he could fit in the bed, but I suppose putting things in the bed might hurt the paint...
Wow... You have to wonder if they feel any shame at times like that...but given their vehicle choice, probably not...
@imalcolm @frogglin @anon_opin Pretty sure they didn't. The next space over (that they were encroaching on) was the disabled one, of course.
Leanne J@imalcolm @frogglin @anon_opin We also have a problem with tons of big Land Rovers, built for off-road ability, that have never seen a bit of mud in their lives. We call them ‘Chelsea tractors’ (after the centre of London)
Oh snap! Where I am, Range Rovers and Land Rovers that never go off-road (or even get dirty) are called "Toorak tractors" after an affluent inner-east Melbourne suburb. 😂