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Don't judge ... that poor man needs that large vehicle in order to accommodate his extremely large penis and enormous testicles ... the loud engine sounds are to warn others of his condition and let everyone know everywhere of what he has to live with ... that poor man ... it's a real problem
Tyres protruding that far outside the body are seriously dangerous and would be illegal here in Australia.
They are illegal in the States as well, but you'd need someone to actually enforce it.
That's a relief. I do wonder sometimes about the US's safety standards considering some of the pics I've seen. But yeah, how he doesn't get pulled over immediately every time he leaves the house is baffling.
In PA it's not allowed to go more than 3" widet than factory, plus the tires has to be covered with a fender so it doesn't kick up debris or whatever.
Those things are even worse on the road than they are when they're parked.
I was at an underground parking lot in the city in Toronto once. We got caught in a long lineup of cars because some idiot in a jacked up F150 with no sense of scale thought it was a good idea to park his enormous truck here.
A bunch of us guys helped him out by hopping onto his bumper and weighing down the back end so that he could barely pass the height limit. I imagine he had the same problem on his way out.
I imagine he had the same problem on his way out.
Somebody could have done him a favor and let all the air out of his tires.
“Sorry about your dick buddy”
I can tolerate a dirty truck that’s all dented to hell, that person clearly needs their truck for some kind of work. A clean truck that’s large is just screaming “don’t look at my dick”
When I see something like this, I agree with my country 72% taxation on gas. If they had to pay $8 per gallon like us, they wouldn't buy those monsters
In California they often reach over 5$ a gallon, and will drive them.
They still buy them and then bitch constantly about how expensive gas is.
Those tires and lift kits cost them 20-30% more fuel, but engineering is for lefties.
This is fake the bmw isn't double parked and the truck isn't parked at a 45°
Same thing around me
If the truck was lifted just a bit more, it could share the space with the roadster
If your vehicle cannot fit In a parking spot, then you shouldn’t park there. If you over park because of this, you should get towed. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Monster trucks are street legal there?
If it's anything like the small town I live in, you can't legally have tires that extend further than your fenders, but it's entirely unenforced.
Folks love their lift kits and oversized tires
I kind of want to make stickers that say like "I'm an asshole that parks in the bike lane" or "I drive a large car because I'm a coward" or whatever and discreetly slap them onto these abominations. Sadly my lawyer has recommended against this action.
It's the Ford F-900 DUI Edition!
I'm more surprised the vehicles are not swapped. Average BMW owner:
To be fair, the person in the BMW is probably a wanker too.
I’d rather get hit by the bmw than the truck
The bmw owner might also be a bit more careful about hitting things. A human isn't just a speedbump when you drive a car instead of a monster truck.
I rather drive a BMW than those trucks. I use to drive tractor trailers, plus my current job let's me drive all kinds of vehicles and I definitely hate driving these behemoths. You are completely disconnected from the driving and they ride like shit. I really despise jeep wranglers and how can people drive them as a daily, cuz they ride like ass and wander around everywhere. Now a wrangler as an off road toy is nice.
Why does a van need wheels that big?
In use cases duallies are for towing and weight distribution. They help with steering a bit, but for the most part that's for handling very heavy things.
In this case big truck look more manly go BRRRRRRR
The guy that owns that truck would panic if he had to change lanes with a trailer.
So you don't see the guts of pedestrians/cyclists/kids being run over.
To grab pedestrians and cyclists and drag them under. This is illegal in most states except West Virgina and Alabama, but elsewhere the police do not enforce the law.
In rain, the bro wheels throw up spray making visibility dangerous for other vehicles. But fuck them, because MURICAH.
I was at Aldi yesterday and one of these 'bad boys' went to park and the guy jumped down from the high seat and he was shorter than me by several inches. I'm 5'6 I was laughing at how insecure he must feel in the bedroom
Roads in American cities are so bad that those six wheel are actually a necessity
People with big trucks should just jack their shit up high enough for the rest of us to drive under them.
Twice the engineering in the little one though
I don't get how mods like this are legal. The original truck was bad enough, but wow.
They often aren’t. For instance the wheels protruding past the fenders too far is likely not legal. They just pull off the wheels and put on a stock set when the yearly inspection is due, then put the big ones back on when it passes. Cops don’t bother ticketing for this stuff.
Someone is compensating for something...
Those things are so embarrassing. Trying way too hard.
