What's the Rage Behind 4 Door Pickups?

[zachj7]

A lot of these men that have pick ups that are huge, like to make noise, and are aggressive are obviously lacking in the body part they are trying to convey.

[MadMonk]

I am constantly annoyed at the jackasses with the super lifted trucks with monster truck tires, dual smokestack exhaust, etc. driving 90 mph down the interstate, zipping in between cars like they are driving a small sports car. Dangerous.

Is it the lift, tires and exhaust that ruin your day or just the driving? Because, as we all know, insurance companies only give safe driving discounts to those with an econo-box who think they have a sports car with lowered, skateboard-like suspension and wheels, "fart can" exhausts, and zipping down the highway weaving in between cars at 90mph.

A lot of these men that have pick ups that are huge, like to make noise, and are aggressive are obviously lacking in the body part they are trying to convey.

I'm noticing an unusually large amount of people here fixated with the size of other guys' "options package". Why is that? And, what inane generalizations do you make about the women who drive vehicles like that?

[RadicalModerate]

A lot of these men that have pick ups that are huge, like to make noise, and are aggressive are obviously lacking in the body part they are trying to convey.

"Hey. Wait a darn minute. I represent that remark!"

It's Wally Cox . . . get it?


This should be required optional equipment

It would be great for getting other cars to tighten up the gaps at stop lights.
I wonder what a custom S-5T sounds like . . .

[zachj7]

"Hey. Wait a darn minute. I represent that remark!"

It's Wally Cox . . . get it?


This should be required optional equipment

It would be great for getting other cars to tighten up the gaps at stop lights.
I wonder what a custom S-5T sounds like . . .

Lol.

I'm noticing an unusually large amount of people here fixated with the size of other guys' "options package". Why is that? And, what inane generalizations do you make about the women who drive vehicles like that?

It's mostly men. Most soccer moms and folks with kids drive a suburban or some sort of SUV, not some 5.2 liter V8 massive 4 door pick up that's weaving in and out of traffic, tailgating like crazy, and makes the most noise as possible. I'm don't think that's you. When someone drives a pick up and hauls things around or for their work, great! But often times, I see one person (usually male) driving agressivly with their huge truck hauling nothing making lots of noise. Those are the people I'm sort of half joking about their package size. Why else try to act so "manly"? Who are they trying to impress?

[CaptDave]

There are plenty of ridiculous aftermarket modification done to vehicles of every type to be sure. Clapped out Civics with 4" exhaust tips and cartoonish body kits barely hanging on the the car are pretty silly. I laugh every time I see a truck with the huge vertical exhaust pipes sticking straight up through the truck bed - I think they are probably the main ones compensating. But the idiots who've removed the soot reduction systems from their diesel powered trucks and rev their engines when they get beside another car are the worst. It is a very small percentage of truck owners that do that, but man are they beyond irritating.

Now about that Torea guy who was constantly complaining about train horns, I think this guy should be his next door neighbor....

It would be great for getting other cars to tighten up the gaps at stop lights.
I wonder what a custom S-5T sounds like . . .

[adaniel]

Diesel trucks are the new "rice" as in, they are the modern countrified version of the kids with fart cans on their civics back in the 90's. So it's a little ironic that madmonk makes that comparison

I have definitely seen a few ahole diesel drivers purposely tune their engines with extra boost just so they can make a bunch of smoke. This trend is much more prevalent in other states (thank god) but I have noticed it picking up here. Because nothing states "I'M A MAN!" like making a massive amount black smoke behind you. Youtube is full of videos if you want to see the assholery in person. If that isn't overcompensating, then I don't know what is. And the ridiculous lift kits with 35 inch tires with chrome wheels that would be destroyed at the sight of a gravel road? Hey, its your money, so whatever. More likely than not, these vehicles are driven by males under the age of 25, who will probably have to sell it when mommy stops subsidizing their diesel budget that they burned through trying to smoke people out.

And FWIW, I drive what would be considered a high performance vehicle with tuned exhaust and I respect anyone who is a car enthusiast. But I would never pull what some of these guys in their lifted Cummins/Powerstrokes do on the highways, even though my car is actually made for it.

[MadMonk]

Don't get me wrong, I know there are plenty of guys with the big trucks that never see anything dirtier than an occasional gravel parking lot. I just think it's silly to over-generalize the guys who drive trucks and 4x4s. I don't drive a truck, I have a Jeep and I would love to have some of the machines I've seen on the road. I don't see how anyone can justify that expense of some of them, but to each his or her own. I guess people like to categorize others based on simple observations, and I know I'm guilty of it sometimes too. Not every Prius owner is a tree-hugging hippie, some just want you to think they are.

[bradh]

"rolling coal" is about the dumbest thing ever

[CuatrodeMayo]

"rolling coal" is about the dumbest thing ever

I had to look that one up. Wow. That is stupid.

[RadicalModerate]

Extra Credit Bonus Question:

From the list below pick out The DumbAss:

a) "Look at ME!" (vertical version)


b) "Look at ME!" (horizontal version)


c)"Less Is More (sizewize)" or "The Best of Both Worlds"


d) (Pay no attention to the insignificant vehicle on the right . . . or to the WussWagon, above)


e) No Comment


f) All of the above

I'm bored with all this smoky truck stuff . . .
Let's go find a jogger and . . .
[terrorize him with our thumping bass amplifier and speakers]
Thereby reserving our spot in The Great American Pinhead Parade.

[bluedogok]

A lot of these men that have pick ups that are huge, like to make noise, and are aggressive are obviously lacking in the body part they are trying to convey.

Most I have seen like that are short in height, that is why they need the step ladders to get into them.

Also there are plenty of women driving 4-door pickups, maybe not monster truck wannabes but they aren't exactly small. Especially in place with a more rural bent like places outside of the major metros. In a place like Midland/Odessa they are everywhere and and every type of person drives them.

"rolling coal" is about the dumbest thing ever

I concur, those type of people are just obnoxious ***holes.

Diesels are not all that bad, if I needed and F-350 I would probably opt for a diesel model. The ones with a Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) system are actually pretty nice, I was on my motorcycle behind a Dodge pickup with the Blutec system and there was no smell or soot and very little noise. They should all be like that.

[RadicalModerate]

There are plenty of women driving 4-door pickups, maybe not monster truck wannabes but they aren't exactly small.

Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.


So has it occurred to anyone else how the title of this thread can be spun at least two different ways? . . .


I think the collar on his shirt is the sartorial equivalent of street legal monster trucks.
Something one might buy at The Barnum and Bailey Clown Clothes Emporium.

[MWCGuy]

They must be the same ones who stop a car length behind the person in front of them at a stop light.

I was taught in Driver's Ed to stop to where you can see a little pavement and the bottoms of the tires. I have done that for years and still do it to this day.

Leaving space actually saved my wife's life a couple of years ago. A guy driving a pickup rear ended her while stopped still at stop light. He hit her as if traffic was moving down the road. Her car rolled forward and pushed the other cars forward all way to the light. The cop told her if I she had been bumper to bumper,they would have had to cut her out of the car. The trunk on our 02 Camry was pushed into the backseat. She looked up and saw him coming in the rearview mirror and thought she was going to die. The car was totaled and her back has given her problems since.

[Oh GAWD the Smell!]

I like how many in this thread are projecting stereotypes and slinging generalizing labels at wide swaths of people based on what they drive. Lots of folks concerned about my gentleman's sausage as well. Since we're generalizing here, I'll chalk that up to you being Baptist.

Assholery knows no brand loyalty or vehicle type.

I bet half the people here think it's okay to drive in the left lane while going the speed limit no matter if somebody is behind them or not.

I also bet that less than 10% of you know the correct way to navigate a 4-way stop when other cars are at the intersection (this is based on driving through dozens of them a day and interacting with people trying to Forest Gump their way through their driving lives).

Stones in glass houses is all I'm saying.

[Plutonic Panda]

I like how many in this thread are projecting stereotypes and slinging generalizing labels at wide swaths of people based on what they drive. Lots of folks concerned about my gentleman's sausage as well. Since we're generalizing here, I'll chalk that up to you being Baptist.

Assholery knows no brand loyalty or vehicle type.

I bet half the people here think it's okay to drive in the left lane while going the speed limit no matter if somebody is behind them or not.

I also bet that less than 10% of you know the correct way to navigate a 4-way stop when other cars are at the intersection (this is based on driving through dozens of them a day and interacting with people trying to Forest Gump their way through their driving lives).

Stones in glass houses is all I'm saying.

I was just going to say what the hell is wrong with some of you people, but you put it more politely lol

[RadicalModerate]

I like how many in this thread are projecting stereotypes and slinging generalizing labels at wide swaths of people based on what they drive.

So, for the sake of, like, clarity, was that a real like? Or was it just a rhetorical/metaphorical like that really isn't a "like" at all, then. =)

"Forest Gumping their way down the highways and byways . . ." (paraphrased, all rights reserved)
A Classic. Thank you.

[stick47]

The whistles go Woooo!

[stick47]

It's driving me nuts!

[RadicalModerate]

"I love that the whistles go woooooooo."

"Gotta get me some o' them whistle tips . . ."

(Personally, I think I'd have to side with Torea's probable opinion on these audio trespassing abominations. If the muffler shops installing them aren't also installing locking gas caps, I would imagine that sugar and funnel purchases are way up in neighborhoods where these bozos live.)

[OSUFan]

I had no clue it irked people how other people decided to spend their money on vehicles. I work in an office job and have a 4-door truck. Didn't realize that spoke so much about me as a person. I guess I've never really paid any attention to what other people drive. I need to be more observant. What kind of people drive Honda Civics?

[WilliamTell]

People don't like them for the same reason you hear people talk down about people who live in mcmansions. Its the idea that a office job person needs a 3-4 ton vechicle, with 4 doors and a.truck bed for their daily commute on paved roads to work in a.cube farm. Same idea of having 4000 sqft to heat and cool for a family of 3.

I have a 2 door truck, but I commute with my car because I can't mentally justify the cost.

But then again most.people have no retirement plan and say they will just work forever since they can't figure out why they can't get ahead.

[stick47]

The complaints I have about 4 door trucks is that due to their size they can't be parked in the owners garages. In my neighborhood of 60 some homes only a few don't have 2 or more vehicles parked outside.
That makes them vulnerable to vandalism & theft which raises everyone's insurance rates & detracts from the beauty of the homes.

[Oh GAWD the Smell!]

The complaints I have about 4 door trucks is that due to their size they can't be parked in the owners garages. In my neighborhood of 60 some homes only a few don't have 2 or more vehicles parked outside.
That makes them vulnerable to vandalism & theft which raises everyone's insurance rates & detracts from the beauty of the homes.

That's right. Blame the victims. GENIUS.

[stick47]

That's right. Blame the victims. GENIUS.

Not really blaming them but when sloppy habits of others cause you and me financial loss, common sense is all it takes to see some culpability on their part. It will be less of a trivial thing as the population grows.

[OSUFan]

But then again most.people have no retirement plan and say they will just work forever since they can't figure out why they can't get ahead.

Interesting, people who work in an office job and have 4-door trucks don't have long range retirement plans. I keeping learning more and more about myself in this thread. I thought I bought a truck because of the the extra room. I didn't know you had to be a farmer to justify the use of your truck bed. What else can you tell me about me that I didn't know?