Emotional support truck, blocking the sidewalk, sticking out into the road and with an empty driveway infront of it.
I know this is !fuckcars@lemmy.world but I really hate driving these modern trucks. The hood is too high, the windshield is too narrow, and the height is too high. You really can't tell how close something. It's really dangerous.
On top of all that the assholes that drives these things have the brightest lights in the world. That shouldn't be allowed in the city.
Absolutely. Had to drive pickups at work and was constantly competing to get the old, beat up, smaller truck because it was just so much more practical to load and unload.
The target market here is so sensitive about their masculinity that they’ve actually sabotaged the practical use of these vehicles.
All my neighbors have trucks. I rarely see them use the truck bed. The truck bed is already shortened to make room for a back seat. On top that they all have crossover tool boxes. That take another 25% of room on the bed.
They basically perfected their target marketing.
Man I have one of these as I tow a 16k lb trailer weekly and I fucking hate the thing. I wish I could get a Isuzu two door cab over with the same specs. Even though the Isuzu isn’t small it’s the smallest thing I could see getting where you can see shit. Also it cost just at as much as one of these support vehicles but without a bed. 😥
As another guy who drives pickups at work. I hate them as well. They have shit visibility, are difficult to park, handle like a tank, and the bed is difficult to get in and out of.
They design them now as toys, not work vehicles.
I saw one of those small japanese trucks in real life. Hopefully with enough imports truck companies will make smaller models.
Their attitude tends to be more on the side of begging governments to ban or heavily tax their competitors, that way the "free market" can decide which trucks consumers want.
Fortnine has an excellent video about this issue.
I read this as Fortnite. I was really confused...
I never heard of this channel before. I'm going to subscribe.
Thank you for the video. Really informative and well edited.
The hood slants up?! Wtf...
I had to drive a truck recently, (needed to rent a vehicle, and they only had pickups left.) It was a chevrolet Colorado, which I understand to be one of the smaller trucks available in North America, and I was so happy to get rid of it at the end of the trip. It was fine on the highway, but in the city it was just incredibly awkward. Cumbersome handling, blind spots for days...I constantly felt like I was going to hit something.
I can't even imagine how clueless you'd be about your immediate surroundings in a monstrosity like what's pictured here.
It's got a full bed too, so they can carry the 5 sheets of plywood they'll need to remodel in 3 years
And it's lifted so they can pick up those sheets of plywood at that Home Depot that is on top of a rocky mountain with no road to it.
It conveniently has a number you can spam
AKA Gender affirming truck.
Big truck makes me feel like smol girl >:(
Be a shame if a bunch of people called and complained. It would be terrible if you could zoom in on the rear passenger window and see their phone number
Hmm my first thought is that it might be the owner's truck.
Yeah, that is probably the case. I'm sure his company isn't online for review
Fuck that shit, climb over it on the pathway as destructively as possible
Haven't seen anyone mention the fact that their landscape is shit
The website is really top notch, too.
Between the truck and the yard, I wouldn't call them for any job.
As others have pointed out, that's no work truck, and that yard is bleak.
©2035? 😂
Why would you assume it’s their yard? More than likely they are visiting a client, there doesn’t look to be street parking, and some people don’t want you parking on their driveway.
This really looks like a contractor trying to fit off the street and driveway and managing the best they can to meet a potential client.
In most places, blocking the sidewalk like that is illegal
Probably is there too but good luck getting anyone to fine them for it
So we complain about women getting a penis but this guy can't get one? They can. Probably cheaper.
This truck and 95% of others like it are tax loophole trucks: https://www.inc.com/dan-furman/the-suv-tax-deduction-loopholeis-alive-well-but-its-not-what-you-think-it-is.html
In fact, if you Google "tax loophole truck," the first result I get is a dealership.
At least this truck might be used occasionally for its purpose even if it's raised height only would make the job harder.
Sticking out into the roadway because they would have trouble fitting between it and the other car to get in the door is a huge asshole move.
I call them compensators.
Their size is inversely proportional to the capacity of the user’s head.
Some are big enough to replace both.
This is a huge hazard for guys like me.
Points to his pony tail
Hello, police? Yes I'd like to anonymously report a dangerous road obstruction.
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