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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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[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Anyone with a raptor in this country is a bellend.

The Hilux was only ever a boss mans car, the sites were littered with focuses and octavias for the longest time. There is a plant hire lad near me that uses an 07 Mondeo to put the trailer.

Pickups are tradie fashion statements.

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

Pick ups are for trades who don't work. Ice seem many old school hilux because they don't brake,but even then,they're not the everyday. Hilux is for crossing fields. Vans are for working.

Yea like most of workers I know drive hatchback,nippy wee fuckers for getting off site asap

[–] OriginalUsername7@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

I'm not going to pretend I know better than the people who are buying them if they offer any real utility, but it's not like they're new. The Hilux has been around donkey's years. It's only the last couple of years they've started to catch on big-time. I don't understand what's changed that's pushed a lot of lads away from the likes of a Transit into a Ford Ranger.

Although I'm sure there were plenty of people driving Land Cruisers before who are in Rangers now, and are carrying precisely the same amount of absolutely fuck all in them.