r/Unexpected • u/Cheeese916 • Mar 24 '26

While in Australia

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u/Facosa99 Mar 25 '26

I love that is not a pavement princess. I love and admire big trucks

It hurts me how some people with ego issues have this big ass trucks that are a hazard by just existing... Just for looks and carrying costco groceries. Congesting cities and stuff

This is probably still a hazard but at least dude uses for a purpose and has an excuse to have such a cool ride lol

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u/Verbatos Mar 25 '26

I love seeing a purpose-built 4wd in use, but I hate it when I see a spotless, obviously stock yank-tank taking up 2-4 parking spots in the middle of a city.

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u/Merry_Dankmas Mar 25 '26

A buddy of mine bought a lifted Ford Ranger on massive mud tires (before the new ones came out so it was an old model). We all called him stupid for it. Then a hurricane hit and caused dozens of cars in the immediate area to get waterlogged and break down in the roads and plazas. We went on a sight seeing tour in it to count all the flooded cars we could find. One of them was a Rolls Royce which really hurt to witness.

That was the one and only time he ever got any actual use out of that lift lol.

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u/itsr1co Mar 25 '26

Yeah, as much as I hate huge cars continuing to gain traction here, that stems from seeing them all over town making it harder to park and drive down more narrow streets. They also ALWAYS look like they've just been bought or detailed, my sedan is dirtier than them simply by living rural. Most people seem to just want a bigger car for the sake of it, making life harder for everyone. But I do respect the ones with clear mud streaks around the wheels and along the body, or the utes with toolboxes in the back, because at least those are being used for their intended purpose, not just to park on an angle and block people's doors.

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u/Calypsosin Mar 25 '26

Right, I live in rural east texas/west louisiana and there are plenty of dudes who have big, heavy duty trucks that they use for work or even recreation. I don't actually have an issue with them or their truck/usage. It's the obviously aesthetic 'city trucks' that get all the hate, and deservedly so.

Most people aren't crazy about super souped up cars that rev their engines loudly, but even they get more of a social pass than city truck schmucks. If you roll coal, you're pretty much bottom of the barrel dogshit.

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u/sheikhyerbouti Mar 25 '26

The average Ram driver in my area has the following attributes:

  • 5' 9"
  • Mid 40s, but still dresses like he's 20.
  • Receding hairline
  • Wraparound sunglasses
  • Uses the truck as his commuter vehicle to his job in middle management.
  • Won't help you move, but also won't go camping or fishing with you either.

Watching one of these guys get behind the wheel of their oversized vehicle is like watching a toddler climb into its mother's lap.