Rohan Slaughter
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. 😂
Curious@frogglin @anon_opin I've been playing with calling them trucklettes (for manlettes) gets a reaction.
A few people call them murder utes because of the harm the cause in accidents, but this can actually encourage some of the knuckle draggers with masculinity issues that so desperately need these things.
A few people call them murder utes because of the harm the cause in accidents, but this can actually encourage some of the knuckle draggers with masculinity issues that so desperately need these things.
Flash Mob Of One@anon_opin I wish we'd tax them to oblivion here in the US.
Hedders@anon_opin Fun fact - those are the TEENY TINY versions of American trucks. The full size things are just ludicrous.
Matt@hedders @anon_opin can confirm. The loudest trucks in Canada were the massive versions of Dave's pathetic penis extension in Doncaster.
Gareth 🏴@hedders
One of the guys on my street has one and for historical reasons his parking space is in front of my house. I lived in fear that he’d get a cybertruck and people would think the wankpanzer was mine. Fortunately they’re still not legal over here, so I think I dodged that bullet!
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One of the guys on my street has one and for historical reasons his parking space is in front of my house. I lived in fear that he’d get a cybertruck and people would think the wankpanzer was mine. Fortunately they’re still not legal over here, so I think I dodged that bullet!
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Big Pawed Bear@anon_opin my brother in law who is an american had one of these, it cost a packet to run and was a mess to park in the UK. he and my sister went back to the states and the truck went with him and my sister, and a few weeks later, the truck's engine blew up and they went for something smaller. now it's an ex truck.
DressToKILT@anon_opin they're insane in America too, trust me.
That Dud Bloke@anon_opin +1 to this!!
MattChippytea@anon_opin Ford Ranger driver is a special kind of dickhead. They beat Audi drivers for sheer knobbishness.
Calum Robinson
__Miguel_@anon_opin It has even gotten to places like the Netherlands (FFS, it's a flat country and there's water everywhere, where are you expecting to go offroading?) and Portugal, where there's plenty of streets that are not big enough for OUR cars, let alone US monsters...
Though at least in Portugal our car tax when buying (based on engine displacement) makes those things obscenely expensive, and the yearly road tax makes you weep just thinking about having to pay for it...
Edit: Typo
gunstick@anon_opin and not 100£ per year or 1000£.
More like 1% of the purchase price every km driven.
More like 1% of the purchase price every km driven.
jiub 
@anon_opin like 90% of them are completely unnecessary in the US too
Eℓq@anon_opin You can say the same thing to US people. And things continue.
Antonio Patriarca@anon_opin I was recently reading that, even in the US, most people only ever use them for moving in cities and almost never use the truck. They should simply be made illegal.