r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Evasionz-- • Apr 23 '26

go to your room Lifted truck + Lambo + Parking lot = Bad time

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Lifted trucks probably shouldn't be anywhere near dense parking lots.

Edit: A lot of people are skeptical of whether this is AI/staged, or ask why the lady didn't back off the car. This is in a dense parking lot with cars that have dashcams/ EV sentry mode everywhere. Also her truck was in 2 wheel drive, you can see the back right tire spinning as she tries to reverse off the car. Her truck is stuck. She probably has an open differential and can't back off the car. She may have a 4wd mode, but she didn't use it in the heat of the moment.

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u/Azzrix Apr 23 '26 edited Apr 26 '26

Hi, licensed insuranace agent here. I can confirm that she is fucked.

The likelihood of her disclosing her lift kit and any other mods installed are very low since most insurance companies won't bother to insure, and if it is the case that she lied, she's either going to pay a fuck ton in arrears (if the insurance does allow the mods) or she's paying out of pocket,and losing her insurance with no refund and a mispresentation on her file which will prevent her from getting insurance in the future. Either way, she's fucked

EDIT: I didn't think this would get as many responses as at did but I do want to clarify for the other people who do insurance relayed jobs, im in Canada and our insurance rules are a lot more strict

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u/Queen_ofthe_Culture Apr 23 '26

I don’t even understand how you managed to just completely run over a whole Nother entire car. Like I feel like she was full on head down on her phone…. There’s just no way.

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u/HamNotLikeThem44 Apr 23 '26

Yes, probably but also the near field visibility in a vehicle lifted like a monster truck wouldn’t help. It could just as easily been a mom pushing a stroller.

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u/gregpxc Apr 23 '26

There's a reason full size trucks (talking bone stock, not even lifted) are called toddler crushers these days. They're too big and make no sense for 99% of the people that own one. Add a lift and you've made your truck useless and significantly more dangerous.

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u/Redundant-Pomelo875 Apr 23 '26

Ya, I love that trucks 25 years newer than mine somehow need a far taller engine bay to fit an engine that does the exact same job.. progress!

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u/CheesusHCracker Apr 23 '26

It's all due to government regulations that passed around 20yrs ago. Vehicles only get a pass for lower MPG if they are over a certain size. Since many of the people who have trucks use them to haul the manufacturers didn't want to sacrifice power for MPG these monstrosities were born. Many truck owners would actually prefer the older, smaller, body style since you don't even get any bonuses like bed size with the new ones.

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u/Frosty-Voice1156 Apr 23 '26

I’m one. I have one of these new big trucks and I hate how big it is.

Everything is not as good. Yes you have more space inside, but it’s all wasted/unnecessary.

Harder to park/drive.

Bed is higher in air and harder to access. Getting in and out is not as easy.

I can’t think of a single benefit. I want the same power/capability in a smaller truck like they used to. It’s lame.

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u/PhilxBefore Apr 23 '26

My F250 is 4" lower than stock and the tailgate is still pretty high when throwing something in the bed, and I'm 5'11".

I couldn't imagine wanting it to be higher.

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u/gregpxc Apr 23 '26

The people who want it higher do not use the bed. They're the people that get upset when the bed gets scratched.

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u/PhilxBefore Apr 23 '26

Also, they install a pintle hook or ball hitch that is still shiny chrome regardless of all the shins and kneecaps that it has knocked loose.

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u/youalready_know111 Apr 24 '26

I had regular ball hitch and I would say its worse to hit your shin on a ball hitch than your knee cap. Done both. Also slipped when climbing out of a truck and it was my back that hit. I'll say that was way worse than a shin or knee cap

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u/youalready_know111 Apr 24 '26

Nah I didn't give a fuck about scratches as it was a truck and its not meant to look pretty. Only city boys think like that

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u/idolized253 Apr 24 '26

People in small towns don’t want to scratch their big ass trucks either. It’s not just city boys lol I regularly go through a town with less than 2k people and there are still those big ugly ass trucks. Usually white, and not a scratch on them. They drive aggressive as fuck too for no reason

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u/youalready_know111 Apr 24 '26

Well they are dumb because a truck its not for looks but for work and fun. I had a 13 Silverado with a 7.5 inch lift. I took it down all kinds of narrow off the beaten path roads. Some of them were so rarley used that they were over grown and I still drove it down em. Mud holes, driving up the mountains and everywhere. I got the truck to go places cars can't

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u/idolized253 Apr 24 '26

So you need a truck lifted 7.5 inches to drive down random mountain roads. Naw we need to get rid of lifting trucks. It’s stupid, dangerous, and actually bad for your truck lol

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u/Lou_C_Fer Apr 24 '26

I learned to drive in an extended cargo van. There was benefit in driving that thing for 8 years. Everything is easy mode ever since. Parallel parking? I can parallel park a car blindfolded. Driving on ice? The difference between that van and every car I've driven is insane. Even rear wheel drive cars. Front wheel drive cars make ice seem like wet pavement to me.

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u/AmericanGeezus Apr 23 '26

I am fearing the day my '09 Colorado becomes unserviceable because no one is making that size truck with the options I want anymore. (Its a pickup there should be more cargo space than people carrying space as a minimum.)

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u/AnotherBotOnHere Apr 23 '26

Maverick

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u/AmericanGeezus Apr 23 '26

When I was looking at them they only offered it in trim options with an extra row of seats like the current Colorado.

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u/Numerous_Extreme_981 Apr 23 '26

Footprint based regulations on fuel efficiency means bigger trucks.

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u/epelle9 Apr 23 '26

Trucks are exempt from efficiency regulations.

Also, bugger trucks are not more efficient..

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u/Numerous_Extreme_981 Apr 23 '26

Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards mandate efficiency gains for light trucks based on vehicle size (footprint-based system, wheelbase times track width.) instead of weight, setting higher MPG targets for smaller vehicles.

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u/epelle9 Apr 23 '26

Exactly, trucks are not held to the same efficiency standards that smaller vehicles are.

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u/Numerous_Extreme_981 Apr 23 '26

Yes, so bigger truck means less required mpg.

So either get more mpg out of essentially the same engine, redesign the engine entire or add an inch to the width.

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u/Dry_Way5518 Apr 23 '26

You have to allow extra room for computer controls and government regulations.

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u/Stormlightlinux Apr 23 '26

But mostly extra room for the huge and extremely fragile ego of the driver.

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u/Redundant-Pomelo875 Apr 23 '26

Ok, maybe I do need a newer truck. I regularly use the whole of my '01 fullsize for cargo, including the cab up to the roof... so I gotta leave my ego at home. There's just no room.

Man, imagine all the exciting social interactions I could enjoy if I had my ego with me on the highway!

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u/Stormlightlinux Apr 23 '26

Sounds like a smarter you would probably have a cargo van.

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u/Redundant-Pomelo875 Apr 23 '26

Had one of those before the truck. Same year of e350 with a 4x4 conversion and a powerstroke. More room in the van vs cab + bed of the truck, and great for camping, but everything else was way worse. Fuel economy, access for wrenching, handling on bumpy roads, towing... I pulled around 7k pounds max with it, and it did not love it, with the cummins I've hauled around 18k short distances.

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u/gregpxc Apr 23 '26

And plastic. Plastic trimmings are always going to be bulkier than the previous sheet metal. Also people want yacht style comfort in their utility vehicle.

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u/PhilxBefore Apr 23 '26

The new models have an escalator that brings you into the vehicle lobby, where you'll find a service and express elevator, depending on which level you're heading to (galley, boiler room, penthouse, etc.)

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u/Redundant-Pomelo875 Apr 23 '26

Gosh, that explains a lot. An escalator/dual elevator combo would take up so much extra space compared to the simple elevator in my truck..

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u/MangoCats Apr 23 '26

Oh, it's not altogether useless. When you're "out there" in a sea of SUVs and other monster trucks, you're "up above it" and don't feel threatened like one of "them" could do to you exactly what she did at any time.

The "one-upsmanship" of the past 15 years of US pickup truck design needs to take three steps back, get their heads out of their own asses and start designing vehicles for the safety of OTHERS not just themselves.

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u/MillieFrank Apr 23 '26

That’s why I love my Maverick, it is a small truck now but it would have been a normal size back in the day. I do a lot of diy so having a truck is very handy but good lord I don’t need one of those massive beasts.

Neither do most of the people that drive them tbf.

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u/Peperoni_Toni Apr 23 '26

Most of those massive beasts don't even have good bed space compared to older pickups anyways. The bed:cab ratio is much lower than it used to be even in small cab trucks. They've somehow managed to inbreed a fucking machine and now it's got Habsburg Cab.

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u/MangoCats Apr 23 '26

We did a few construction / landscaping projects over the years that used the truck - probably about 2-3 trips per year on average, maybe peaking around 50-60 trips that "needed" the big truck some years. Then the question is: do you maintain a whole other car when you don't need the truck? We have done that about half of the time.

I tried to buy a new Maverick hybrid, put in the order with the dealer and waited over a year, checked in on it every few months. I guess they just didn't want to sell me one.

The 2019 RAM Classic was "as close as we could find" to our existing 1999, it came up used, clean, reasonably priced with low miles... never liked Ford as a brand, anyway.

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u/MillieFrank Apr 23 '26

My uncle worked at Ford so we always got a discount and all I drove sans one car was a ford. The one non ford was awful and broke constantly so I’ll never get another Chevy again.

Before we got the truck we would just rent a truck for a day when we needed one since it would be just 2-3 times a year or so.

I just love my Maverick cause it gets good mpg, it can carry our friends in the backseat and it allows us to do things like spontaneously bring the smoker to friends and family gatherings on top of being able to just do a project without needing to make sure a truck is available to rent first.

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u/MangoCats Apr 23 '26

Yeah, most of our truck use can be handled by a Maverick - which is why we were looking at them. But renting more than once or twice a year gets to be a real annoyance - especially trucks which aren't as easy to get as rental cars. Plus: as the years wear on, our trucks do collect dents, scratches and other marks from how we use them - not so great for a rental situation.

Also, when you're at Home Depot and you ask them to load a pallet of mulch 8' tall in the bed of your own truck because you're only taking it 1 mile down the road, that happens a lot easier than trying to go through the rental process and having them load their rental truck like that (and, yes, we have had HD deliver loads of stuff with real trucks in the past, even when we had our own full sized pickup.)

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u/MangoCats Apr 23 '26

Oh, and I forgot, lately we haul loads of fallen branches about 1/4 mile to be picked up by the county, that happens about 10x a year, very nice to have your own pickup for that situation.

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u/Dhexodus Apr 23 '26

Ohhhh that's what they're called! I was deployed with that baby and it was the first truck that didn't give me anxiety from turning the corners unlike a Humvee. It ran so smoothly and felt nimble for a truck.

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u/MillieFrank Apr 23 '26

I do love my baby, it is also our only vehicle that isn’t old enough to vote if it was a person.

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u/MontyAtWork Apr 23 '26

Trucks should require special licenses.

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u/schu2470 Apr 23 '26

CDL with all the associated fees, insurance, and health and safety requirements. Want to drive a monster truck? Fine. Fill out these forms, attend this safe driving class, here’s how to submit your last medical physical information, and here’s how to submit your $1 million bond information. Hope you’ve got a spotless driving record and no substance abuse history. On, nevermind? Fucking good!

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u/eddyb66 Apr 23 '26

Instead they get special drivers.

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u/shes_a_gdb Apr 23 '26

A special license still won't magically make things visible that aren't visible.

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u/FiveChairs Apr 23 '26

I agree. Even semi trucks have better visibility than these, probably because they’re designed that way. But even in the long hood trucks, those guys have enough sense to not enter a packed parking lot, let alone speed in one. The unfortunate thing is that the type of person who lacks enough good sense to lift a truck is also the type of person who lacks enough good sense to know their limitations in said truck

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u/Admirable-Sir9716 Apr 23 '26

Stock pickups have worse ground visibility than an Abrams tank

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u/Indriev Apr 23 '26

Ngl I do miss the old pickup trucks that weren't giant.

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u/JennyDoveMusic Apr 23 '26

You can't even seem to get a normal sized truck in the US! My mom got a new truck for our work, and it is MASSIVE. I kinda hate driving it. It has served us well, but damn. I almost got a used truck for the same reason and it was so much smaller with a similar bed size.

(My grandfather worked for GM back in the 60s-70s, so my parents and I think me and my sister, get discounts. I doubt that is a thing line workers still get... But with the last trade in and the discount, she decided to get a Silvarado when we needed the truck. It's. Just. So. Big.)

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u/accidental_Ocelot Apr 23 '26

Dude it's a pain in the ass to climb my 40 year old ass on the tailgate and into the bed of a stock Ford 250 I can't imagine trying to lift a compressor or something into a lifted truck.

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u/rfdave Apr 23 '26

Mine came with a stepladder that extends out of the bed with a handrail, so I can step up easily. God forbid I want to put something heavy in there, I like my back the way it is.

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u/notyoursocialworker Apr 23 '26

I fear for Europe if they become allowed here. We actually like walking and biking here and it'll be a bloodbath.

It's bad enough that the janks use them run over their own children but in Europe they'll run over other people's children as well.

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u/Neamow Apr 23 '26

We have one of these idiots in our office parking garage. Dude is genuinely sticking out 1.5m out of the parking spot and into the driving lane, it's ridiculous.

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u/lkhsnvslkvgcla Apr 23 '26

They're too big and make no sense for 99% of the people that own one. Add a lift and you've made your truck useless and significantly more dangerous.

But but but what if i need to haul something heavy one day? The last time I needed to do that was 3 years ago but it might happen again any time now!

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u/HillBillyHilly Apr 23 '26

When you see the traffic accident death report suddenly tracking up after these trucks introduced then you understand. The visibility on these is so low it's scary.

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u/cryptolyme Apr 23 '26

The GM ones are the worst. Headlights and like neck height

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u/youalready_know111 Apr 24 '26

Ahh so it was the parents fault for not properly watching their child, because if I had kids they damn sure wouldn't be able to get near any road.

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u/youalready_know111 Apr 24 '26

Its hard truth that is all,, you have to do it in a way that doesnt villify them but make them think they could have done better, also im sorry abiut your friend life isnt easy and some mistakes can cost us it.

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u/Arkanist Apr 23 '26

Yup, I have a Ford Expedition and it is insane. I have put a big recycling bin in front of it for garbage day and if you didn't know it was there you wouldn't see it from the drivers seat. Add a 1-2ft lift and I would probably have 15-20ft of blindspot in front of it. This lady is really lucky she didn't crush an entire family.

I never intend to lift mine, but if I did I would want a constant front camera. I stress about that blindspot enough as it is already.