• Panzer@lemmy.world
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    Anyone with a truck carrying giant flags. If you are in the US, you know what I mean.

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      Yeah, these are often the people that grumble about women having rights while they crush beer cans in their heads. The supreme assholes are the ones driving $50k+ vehicles with a little black and white flag with a blue stripe. These are the creepy ass country club motherfuckers that own businesses and have racist agendas that actually affect people due to their high status in society.

      Yeah, I’m generalizing a lot here (aren’t we all?) but by and large those are dog whistle symbols for hatred.

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        The “Don’t Tread On Me” flag placed by these entitled assholes is what always gets me. Bitch, no one has tread on you as much as you tread on everyone else.

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          The FL government sells a “don’t tread on me” vanity plate. Somehow the irony of giving the government extra money to show what a rebel they are is lost on them. Smh

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      I’m conflicted by this because the other day, I saw one of these with LGBTQ+ flags and not the typical American, Mexican, Rattlesnake or Trump 2024 flags.

      Still, it was on a giant truck clearly not for working on a farm or hauling anything but ass and those giant flags are obnoxious no matter what they are signalling.

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      My friend and I bought trucks around the same time. Mine is a simple tradesman Ram, no bells and whistles, primarily for moving and hauling stuff that can’t fit in my wife’s sedan.

      I’m a pretty passive driver. Live and let live, y’know?

      My friend had a similar personality when he first got his Tundra (of course with all the extras he can afford). Then he goes and spends $10,000 on a lift, winch, and floodlights. Now he’s like a different person. He drives super aggressively, whipping round corners, weaving through traffic going 20mph over on the highway. He was driving me through some quiet neighborhood the other day and nearly mowed over a cyclist. I asked him what the hell he was doing and he shrugged and said “if she’s gonna ride a bike in the street, she’s gotta look out for trucks. Not my fault if she doesn’t see me”

      TL;DR - truck drivers are fine, a truck is a tool like any other vehicle. Lifting your truck turns you into a redneck scumbag overnight though apparently.

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      truck nutz. like. not new (which might be a gag. I did zip tie some onto a friends car once. But, uh, it was a prius, and they were dragging on the gorund.)

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      Only exception is the older Rangers S10s etc that weren’t insanely large. Anything Dodge in my experience is guaranteed.

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    NL here: Imported American trucks. You do not need a car that costs €5000/month in fuel alone that you cannot use practically in any way that a van, a regular car or even a bakfiets could do more cost-effectively. The only people who go through the effort to get such a vehicle are compensating for something, and a Dodge Ram in The Netherlands is only useful for dick measuring, and the most significant thing it’ll ever move is the owner’s fragile ego.

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        At least the European car market still has regular cars. Turns out that if it’s cheaper and easier to build and sell trucks, car manufacturers will make only trucks. So too many Americans buy trucks and SUV’s, not because they want to, but because that’s the only thing they can buy.

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          So too many Americans buy trucks and SUV’s, not because they want to, but because that’s the only thing they can buy.

          That is…insanely inaccurate lol. “I wanted to buy a car but I could only find trucks for sale” is not a thing in this country whatosever.

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        In NL they have a lot less legitimity, there are no mountains, no huge private farms, no vast plains with subpar roads.

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      Yeah, they don’t even fit in a regular parking space, it is ridiculous to drive one in the Netherlands

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        They don’t fit in parking spaces here either! I’m constantly saying that they should park in the back of the parking lot

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    (EU) SUVs. Are you insecure and too stupid to drive? GET A CAR 20% larger in every dimension so you can piss off the whole world with your incompetence.

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      I live in a Dutch city and there’s like 3 people here with dumbass cars like dode rams and everytime I see them the only thing I can think is damn you are an asshole. Those cars are ridiculous

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      Totally true, I always thought that would be the case but there really are studies that confirm this.

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      Or do you have a genuine reason that makes them advantageous?

      I have an SUV because:

      • my mother in law has mobility issues and struggles to get in/out of a saloon.
      • my wife has neck issues and the higher driving position is better for her
      • I like it (ok, that could make me an arsehole)

      Truth is that mine (BMW X1) is at most 5cm bigger in any dimension, if at all, than the car on which it is based (Mini Cooper). The extra size is an optical illusion.

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            Would it be correct to sum up your post as: my family is so handicapped they can only drives SUVs, i am an asshole and need to talk about my COMPACT SUV because people in my life do not talk about it enough?

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        That’s similar to why I hav an SUV. My dad has mobility issues and has a scooter to help him get around. The SUV is higher off the ground making it easier to get in and out while the larger cargo space can hold the scooter and anything else (groceries, luggage, etc).

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        Also - the mass and form of an SUV makes them a good option in terms of safety. Smaller vehicles get crunched like pop cans, and trucks get sandwiched by their own bed if you hit a solid object.

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          Making yourself safer by making everyone else less safe still seems like an asshole move to me?

          Bumper height should have been regulated on city roads, then we wouldn’t have gotten this escalation. Work truck, sure. If you need one, you need one. But people who drive a massive gas guzzler to park it at the office and go up the elevator to work?

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              Sure, but not caring that you are the problem makes you an asshole, right? That was the original question. So the point stands.

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              Yeah time to buy a rifle and shoot you in the head because it makes everyone that is not an asshole and you safer…ever considered that?

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                  “I do not care if it makes other less safe”

                  So after you have stated that you are literally an anti social sociopath you ask how permanently removing you from societly would be good for everyone else. Ok. I put this as blunt as possible so it is easy to understand, but obviously you need coloured pictures and a helper?

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          Actually no. SUVs are great at murdering the drivers of other cars, they do not in fact protect you any better. Its just a big blow up dick for assholes.

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          Not sure that makes any difference really. As I said, the actually difference between my (admittedly mini) SUV and its corresponding saloon/hatchback is a few cm at most. Also, they all meet the same safety standards.

          The difference between a proper car (BMW, Renault, etc) and a crap one (Dacia, Hyundai, etc) will make more difference than whether it is an SUV or a saloon. In either case, if the car was is newer than ~2000 it will be infinitely safer than what our parents shoved us into anyway.

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      Where I live an SUV is a must or everybody will bully you in the road. Public transportation drivers are just bad people here.

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    Ram Trucks. according to research, these vehicles are the most likely to be driven, and wrecked, by a drunk driver. People who instinctively idolize an animal that solves it’s problems by smashing them with it’s face… probably not the best people to drive near.

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      Living in Australia where US trucks really don’t go on our roads well, I can attest to Ram drivers being the most dreadful drivers here. As we’ve come to call it, Emotional Support Vehicles.

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      It’s got nothing to do with any weird animal symbolism bro. Thing is, dodge will finance absolutely anybody. And dodge makes a fun vehicle until it breaks down.

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        do rams break down alot? because my father daily drove one for like 20 years without it breaking down

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          It’s like 50/50 lol. My brother has a 20+year old Ram, no problems. My Ram went tits up after 4 years. But my Charger ran like a champ until I sold it. If I’m ever in the situation where I can justify a fast car again, it will definitely be a another hemi. As far a trucks go tho, I’m a die hard GM fan these days.

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      Sadly I really like how the classics look and therefore want one.

      But I don’t drink, at all. And I definitely don’t idolize rams. That’s a pretty funny generalization to make though.

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    Anything that makes VRROOOOOOM VROOOOOM noises when it doesn’t need to is almost certainly driven by an asshole.

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        There definitely aren’t that many people with broken exhausts.

        You can always tell which people do it on purpose because they’ll make sporty modifications to like a Camry or other low-end, beat up car and act like they’re fast just because they’re loud.

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          There definitely aren’t that many people with broken exhausts.

          It’s pretty common in areas that put down a lot of salt in the winter. Usually takes a handful of winters but the exhaust is often one of the first things to succumb to the rust.

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        Yeah because some asshole thought he needed the cats more than I did 😮‍💨 and gave up not even half way.

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      Yes the giant ‘mufflers’ were bad enough, lately I’m seeing & hearing poorly tuned expensive sports cars. Mass incompetence or intentional noise maker? These thing are backfiring like crazy.

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      Strangely… I don’t think it’s the fault of the driver (well, they still picked the car)… The lane assist FSD autobraking is all fucking awful.

      Next time you see one get in front of it about 100 yards ahead and tap the brakes… Don’t brake, just flash the tail lights… The Tesla will slow down every time.

      They’re terrible cars for terrible people I guess.

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    • Teslas
    • Really large trucks that are clearly not being used for actual work
    • BMWs
    • Lexuses
    • Shitty little ricers that aren’t fast, they’re just obnoxiously loud
    • Anyone with a rented box truck (like a UHaul) driving in the far left lane of the freeway.
    • Cop cars