• Turducken@mander.xyz
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          Knowledge is knowing that Ram is now itcs own brand. Wisdom is knowing only nerds who use federated social media would care. Understanding is appreciating all new content people provide.

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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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      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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    (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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      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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          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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    I’d say those extended cab pickup trucks with those big smokestacks, they’re literally made that way to blow smoke in people’s faces, pollute the environment.

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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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          Well… Yes… The other self driving systems have fixed those problems already.

          Next time pick a manufacturer that cares about it’s developers.

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            How would you even be able to tell how much they care about their developers, unless they make the new for bad working conditions? Not defending tesla, just not sure if any manufacturer actually cares about their developers.

            Edit: Tesla sucks, but Musk is also really bad at staying out of the news. Every corporation is driven by profit, and most billionaires are better at hiding scandals than Elon Musk.

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    This and big coal rolling, loud ass trucks.

    Pick up trucks I get. I’m a tradesman.

    But some trucks are absolutely massive, and more often than not MUCH more than the driver needs, and the coal rolling and loudness is just obnoxious af.

    Cops still take it tho. Head on a swivel for those shills.

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    Any cars really, cars have the power to turn any decent human being into soulless sociopath.

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      And what’s more there is no model associated with not being driven by an asshole. And no one can prove me wrong 😄

      To quote George Carlin "ever notice how anyone driving slowly than you is an idiot? And ever notice how anyone driving faster than you is a MANIAC? It’s a wonder how we can get anywhere at all with all these idiots and maniacs driving around. "

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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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    In Thailand the list consists of:

    • Toyota Fortuner
    • Ford Ranger
    • “All New” Isuzu D-Max (LPT: If you are here and pick up a girl and her profile says แม่น้องออนิว “Ornew’s Mom” or that kind of shit, GTFO!)
    • Any MG
    • Ora Good Cat
    • Basically any other GWM/Chinese EV
    • Police plate or Army plate cars (the plate has a police shield emblem or army chakra emblem).
    • Any car that has วัดท่าไม้ sticker (probably from a temple known for asshole patrons).
    • Any car that has คณะเรา sticker (surely the driver is an alum at a specific school known for its extremely tight knit alum system and they are willing to use their status or connections unlawfully to get out of trouble).
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      In my country the Fortuner is quite respected .

      Any Subaru not so much . The outback is used by the secret service, Any other Subaru, teenagers .

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        That, and who the h3ll wants to give the idiot Elon any money after the way he’s acting? And then the quality issues… steering wheels falling off, I mean, good grief.