• Wispy2891@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    When I see something like this, I agree with my country 72% taxation on gas. If they had to pay $8 per gallon like us, they wouldn’t buy those monsters

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    It’s not just the size that gets you. I mean yeah it’s stupidly dangerously large. They even bigger problem I find is none of them can drive it. None of them know how to turn with a truck. None of them can’t manage to back up in a truck. The Lord knows all of them think they have to every single time and it takes fucking forever. Too much car for their little dicks to handle.

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    4 hours ago

    I don’t get how mods like this are legal. The original truck was bad enough, but wow.

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      They often aren’t. For instance the wheels protruding past the fenders too far is likely not legal. They just pull off the wheels and put on a stock set when the yearly inspection is due, then put the big ones back on when it passes. Cops don’t bother ticketing for this stuff.

      • iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com
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        It can help make up for the loss of revenue from gasoline taxes. Roads have to be paid for somehow, and ideally the burden will fall on those owning vehicles and not society at large.

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          1 hour ago

          Very True, vehicle weight also has a direct relationship with how much wear and tear they cause.

          People buy much bigger batteries than they actually need anyway.

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            9 minutes ago

            I’m in the UK, could you have a word with our Gov pls? They’ve just announced thaty 90kg electric vespa will cost 3p/mile the same as my friends 2500kg BMW iX :(

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    9 hours ago

    I was at Aldi yesterday and one of these ‘bad boys’ went to park and the guy jumped down from the high seat and he was shorter than me by several inches. I’m 5’6 I was laughing at how insecure he must feel in the bedroom

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    12 hours ago

    Tyres protruding that far outside the body are seriously dangerous and would be illegal here in Australia.

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      10 hours ago

      They are illegal in the States as well, but you’d need someone to actually enforce it.

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        That’s a relief. I do wonder sometimes about the US’s safety standards considering some of the pics I’ve seen. But yeah, how he doesn’t get pulled over immediately every time he leaves the house is baffling.

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      10 hours ago

      In PA it’s not allowed to go more than 3" widet than factory, plus the tires has to be covered with a fender so it doesn’t kick up debris or whatever.

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    I kind of want to make stickers that say like “I’m an asshole that parks in the bike lane” or “I drive a large car because I’m a coward” or whatever and discreetly slap them onto these abominations. Sadly my lawyer has recommended against this action.

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      9 hours ago

      …because I’m a coward"

      …and discreetly slap them onto

      Are you wanting to attack cowardice from a place of… cowardice? I think you should collect your stickers and return back to your oversized, lifted monstrosity. Under the advice of your lawyer, of course.

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          You claim owners of large vehicles are cowards.

          Your plan of action is to “discretely” tag their vehicles with stickers.

          Wanting to be discreet instead of direct or confrontational is cowardice.

          According to you, cowards own large vehicles.

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            Are you joking? It doesn’t follow that all cowards have large cars. That’s like textbook incorrect logic. Do you also think all rectangles are squares, because all squares are rectangles?

            Furthermore, not all discretion is cowardice.

            What’s your emotional investment here, anyway? Do you drive a large car and park in the bike lane?

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              No emotion, just laughing at your turn to cowardice after labeling others as cowards. Your stickers will effect zero change, but good on you for being sneaky and feeling accomplished.

              I drive large bikes and park them on sidewalks.

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    Saw a similarly beefed up car take up 4 spots once in a parking lot. They pulled forward and so took up both spaces front and back, but also was too wide and so just parked down the middle. Only way it gets worse is they park diagonally to take up even more spaces.

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      What I can’t understand is one of these had a 5litre+ sized engine. How they fit it in is crazy