• flop_leash_973@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    It really is interesting how we have such large trucks and very few parking spots outside of the back nine of Wal-marts parking lot even close to big enough for them.

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      57 minutes ago

      I think people who drive somethimg like that really do not care at all. They juat use three spots ot the disabled spot.

  • kevinsky@feddit.nl
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    3 hours ago

    You could park a Smart Fortwo in front of that honda and it would still not protrude as far out as this truck is.

  • theyoyomaster@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    It’s an Emotional Support Truck, which is hilarious based on how opposed they are to gender affirming care.

  • ssfckdt@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    6 hours ago

    When I lived in the northeast, pre-2002, I remember seeing a few Escalade SUVs.

    When I moved to the PNW, I suddenly discovered that there is also such a thing as an Escalade PICKUP. Extended cab, natch.

  • Heikki2@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    I recall at previous job I worked, an old guy bought a giant truck, I think it was a GMC 6500. I’m between 6’1" to 6’3", depending on which gas station I’m leaving. I could easily walk under the side mirrors.

    He worked second shift. I’d see it in the lot when i was leaving and it’d be gone when I arrived in the morning. I noticed in the morning, the truck was sitting in 1 spot for about 2 weeks before I asked around.Apparently the hurt himself while leaving one late night. He was climbing in and fell out backwards. I think it sat in one spot for another 6 weeks before someone finally came and got. It was an obnoxiously large truck

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    19 hours ago

    what im even more sick of is smaller (normal) sized trucks that people just decide to park across two spots anyway. like who the hell do they think they are

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    22 hours ago

    Can be fixed with an angle grinder. Put the parts that are in the way on the back, and it’s flush with the length.

  • OctopusNemeses@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    It’s another symptom of the infinite growth mindset that is not only plaguing boardrooms but average citizens.

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    1 day ago

    I blame the truck manufacturers more than the poor, deluded shlubs who buy them. There used to be standards in the industry but “big” costs more so they make more money (initially…while pricing a whole class of citizens out of the market).

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      3 hours ago

      The manufacturers definitely have a large share of the blame, but people still have the agency to make better choices.

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      19 hours ago

      I am right there with you. I’m not super big on blaming individuals for stuff like this. I saw an old Tacoma parked next to one of these monsters the other day and I was like, holy smokes, the size is just out of control.

      • Final Remix@lemmy.world
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        13 hours ago

        There’s someone with a new Tacoma on my campus and even that fucking thing has a front hood higher than my sedan’s roof.

    • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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      22 hours ago

      In 2012 the federal fuel economy standards were changed to no longer consider the classification of vehicle, but just its footprint. So suddenly a Corolla had less-strict fuel economy requirements than a small truck.

      So the Ranger, Dakota, S-10, etc were all discontinued, and manufacturers learned that the easiest way to meet fuel economy standards was to make the vehicles bigger every time the requirements increase.

      It’s also why around 2022, every small cargo van (NV200, Transit Express, ProMaster City) stopped being produced. It’s also why the Maverick has the “standard” model as the hybrid while the one you can actually find at the dealers is the “upgrade” traditional engine.

    • Omgpwnies@lemmy.world
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      23 hours ago

      A truck is only slightly more expensive to produce than a sedan when all costs are taken into account, but can be sold at a higher price.

      The main difference between a truck and a sedan is a few hundred pounds of metal. Both have the same cost in labour to manufacture, as well as equivalent R&D cost. In some cases, trucks have lower R&D because they aren’t expected to change as much from year to year, so the engineering cost of re-designing parts/panels/etc. just isn’t there.

    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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      23 hours ago

      I blame both considering how often I see people brag about how big their trucks are. Motherfucker you’ve got a short bed and extended cabin, and you’re out here talking about an engine like you need to be able to go 90 while hauling an oversized trailer.

      Sure you can’t buy a small truck anymore, and it’s getting harder to buy compact cars, subcompacts, and even full sized sedans, but it’s not like all trucks sold today are that big.

      • nforminvasion@lemmy.world
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        17 hours ago

        “wHy MuH gAs So ExPeNsIvE?”

        Dawg, you’re driving around a tank, that’s why. And you’re not impressing anyone else except other chuds.

    • abigscaryhobo@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      Well not only “big = more expensive” the larger engines also have lower efficiency requirements. It’s much easier to make cars bigger and more “chugging” because they don’t have to meet the efficiency standards and because it’s bigger they can charge more.

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        23 hours ago

        Regulation (in a way) is exactly how we got into this situation. CAFE was meant to enforce emissions standards, but the way it was written meant that making a bigger vehicle resulted in a lower fuel economy requirement. The Chicken Tax essentially stopped foreign trucks from being able to compete in the US market, which meant that Ford/GM/Dodge got to create an oligopoly.

        • grepe@lemmy.world
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          21 hours ago

          regulation only works if the laws are not written by the companies that are being regulated