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Just look at that. This truck is taller than a used kid (10 years old). I assume the truck can run over pretty much any other age but probably the driver might be able to see older kid's heads. Or we could teach our kids to jump to school rather than walk. If you see a truck, jump and make eye contact before jumping while crossing the street. Or we could tell our kids to never go outside until they are 21.
2016 kia soul, it's named "sir-hops-a-lot" because the gas petal is sensitive and someone who hasn't driven it will 'hop' (also my love of frogs and that it's green).
(picture is a bit inaccurate due to the year)
It was like ~$11.5k and we got it from a pretty small car dealership which is family owned that doesn't squabble about prices. What's on the website is what you get.
I love my little frogmobile to death :3
Can we get a picture of your flower shaped gas pedal?
bruh… a used kid
But can we talk about how comically awful those tiny-ass wheels look that raised truck
Looney-toons-ahh-truck, smh
Technically they aren't that badly sized. You don't want the whole wheel well filled with the tire, it needs room to move around. If they were ever to go offroading they would have plenty of room without their tires scraping against the body of the truck, although this pavement princess probably never sees dirt.
This truck is taller than a used kid (10 years old).
Well there's your problem: you've got a used kid. New kids are, on average, about 5'9" - plenty tall to compete with today's civilian tanks.
I drive a civic but ask the average American and you might hear something like this. https://youtu.be/MI7Tq6sRxE4?si=IeLZIDpqwjzZXvAe
2021 RadPower Radrunner 2, a 2018 Chevy Bolt, and a 2008 Dodge Sprinter that runs on used cooking oil. The sprinter smells of fish and chips when I actually need that capacity of carry ability.
Even the Sprinter's hood is at least a foot and a half, if not two feet lower than that monstrosity, and I can shove way more into it than that thing can carry. I know because I have used it to move 10 ton loads of river rocks for a friend that was removing their lawn.
Here's another such killer truck just steps from the previous one in the same parking area.
All the cars in that picture are ginormous. That's crazy. Cars are trending to be larger here in Europe, but that is something else.
You know that kid is just like "Mom, can we just go home? No I don't wanna stand in front of any more trucks! Mom, stop being weird."
I was at a car dealership recently. In the front was all their pickup trucks. My car was lower than half of them.
I’ve seen one that had a front camera specifically added so you can see what’s in front of you for parking the monster. It looks like the dumbest design that’s just screaming how impractical it is for both safety and driving.
Like, maybe if you need a front facing camera to use this thing, maybe this limited visibility is also inappropriate for driving, no?
I drive a 20 ton vehicle with dual rear tires, it gets about 4 mpg. I don't own a car though.
(I drive a city bus)
2013 VW Golf 2.0 TDI. Although I’ve not driven it since February due to a complaint with the financial ombudsman service as it’s evident I have a blown head gasket which was causing me issues from buying it used.
Now have a 35 mile each way trip on the Metrolink and train to work. Luckily Incan WFH three days a week.
I used to live on a farm without trash pickup, so she got a good bit of work done. Not longer on the farm since my parents passed, but didnt have the courage to trade her in since it was my moms favorite vehicle.
Still get the occasional full load since I'm a big dude with a truck. Makes me feel good helping out people with small cars.
And 30lb e-scooters that can fit under your desk are the problem! /s
In all seriousness, is it any wonder why pedestrians get murdered at crosswalks? The drivers of those tanks can't see anything below the dash!