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This is not out in some rural town. This is in Portland, OR about 2 miles from downtown. Personal vehicles this large are simply incompatible with urban living and pressure their owners to continually break traffic law. Technically that Miata is parked as close to the stop sign as it can legally be, but as the Denali doesn't fit in many places around here it's owner is compelled to park across both the stop sign and the crosswalk.

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[–] Michal@programming.dev 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It's huge tires and clearance are an advantage in a country with crumbling infrastructure.

[–] Therobohour@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Now that makes sense but also,most good vans can have mad clearance

[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Even most sedans and hatchbacks can be lifted a few inches which is enough to clear bad dirt or gravel roads.

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 day ago

I mean, not practically. Maybe if you routinely need to go to industrial plant construction sites for the early parts of construction before they've done things like generally flatten the area and cut something resembling a road. But even then it seems like overkill.