I feel like you’re an asshole if you buy a 22 foot long pickup to take to IKEA.
I don't see it that way. Long vehicles at IKEA, Lowe's, hell even Michael's -- I don't care. Their parking lots are built for that. And the stuff they get.
Long vehicles in a fucking Trader Joes, definitely asshole material.
It really depends on WHERE you park if you are going to park this way. Parking it in the boonies, way way out at the end of the parking lot? Saintly.
Parking it as close to the entrance as possible? Dungeon. 1000 years dungeon.
But generally I agree. This is the purpose of a truck. To haul heavy items that would not fit in a standard or small vehicle. But don't buy a fucking truck for status or for your office job.
How about backing up the truck bed into the entrance doors, so when you get done, you just load it straight into the back of your truck, THEN exit the building, and drive off?
Launched into the sun.
Yeah, God forbid he wants to actually take stuff home.
That said, if you've got a huge truck (and I live in the country and work blue collar so I get it, sometimes you need one), have a small car too. Trucks aren't cheap, you can afford a Civic for the city.
I’m sure lots of people have stories about getting huge loads home from IKEA in a tiny car.
I once got two 10’ tall wardrobes and a matching dresser home in a Volkswagen.
For shopping at Trader Joe's while they're trying to dissolve the NLRB, yes, also the truck thing
IKEA started as a furniture shipping company (thus the flat packages and the warehouse aesthetic) and many furniture companies like IKEA still ship to your doorstep or beyond often for a similar or better price compared to what individual transport costs.
But they're not only driving to Ikea. They're on our roads and streets and pedestrians and cyclists.
Please explain how taking a large vehicle to a furniture store makes you an asshole.
True heroes do this.
Good to see JD Vance take this girls for a ride.
You think taking a large bedded vehicle to a furniture store is asshole behavior? Well shit, I hope I can fit this entire bedroom set in my car... 🤦♂️
Dodge ram.
Statistically speaking they also have a DUI.
Next sign: ok, you're just an a-hole for buying a 22ft vehicle.
If this person works in a trade that requires heavy hauling of equipment and matrials, fine. They need this truck.
If this person is using it to make up for personal inadequacies then fuck them for buying a monstrosity that pollutes like hell and wasted gasoline.
To be fair, going to IKEA is a defensible application for a vehicle like this. Some of those flat packs are pretty bulky.
It's easy to figure this out. Just look in the bed of the truck.
If the truck bed is clean and empty, you've got yourself a Pavement Princess.
the only road vehicles longer than 20 feet that i know of off the top of my head are busses, and box trucks, and im guessing this is a box truck.
Neither of those are cool enough for someone with a small dick to drive as a daily lmao.
Even my company work van is only like.. 15ft long.. and it can fit basically anything I'd ever need to use for construction related needs.
To those saying it's a truck at a furniture store: Y'all, it's IKEA. Almost everything is boxed, you don't need the truck. I manage just fine in a Mini Cooper (although admittedly that's because of the hatch back, my Ford sedan has some trouble on the longer boxes).
That said, trucks have a place. Just not sure why they're allowed to sell to normies such long trucks; we really need regulation on that. It's getting rather dangerous in parking lots for the exact reason this guy put on his notification. Trying to get out of a spot with a long vehicle next to you is a bit of a roll of the dice because of visibility especially.
Not absolutely everything. I got my wife a wicker rocking chair from Ikea years ago when she was pregnant as a nursing chair and I had to strap it to the top of my car with bungees. But it was still just a sedan. I didn't need a big truck.
Okay, go buy a couch. Or a table.
Even with the hatchback open you're not safely fitting a couch in there, a box that's 37" by 69". Mind you, that's just one of the 4 boxes.
My compact SUV can just barely it all the Morabo couch boxes in a single trip...
Plan on buying more than that couch? Too bad. Not fitting.
that's why we don't have couches or tables outside of USA. You just can't go buy them and there's no very easy and practical way around it.
If only there were companies (perhaps even the ones you bought furniture from) who had speciallist delivery vehicles for the twice in a decade time you need to move funiture.
Alas it isnt to be.
Alas, if only I had free delivery with my couch and loveseat I purchased. If only they had something like that as an incentive to get people to buy furniture.
Woe be us.
You can just rent a truck for such cases. Most truck use cases are so rare for the average person that renting is cheaper than buying a large truck. Also, a lot of these large pickups have a auprisingly short 🛌.
That's right. You're an "___HOLE" for buying a fucking 22 foot long truck and then trying to use it as a car.
I mean, the meme says at an IKEA parking lot. If ever there were a completely valid time to use that truck and park it in a lot, that's it.
So much accusations and assumptions. What if the owner is a construction worker doing custom kitchen deliveries, and needs this monster for living. You sure can't haul a kitchen kit in your man's Toyota Aygo or Fiat 500.
What if he’s got to move these refrigerators? What if he’s got to move these color tv’s?
What if he’s got to move these refrigerators? What if he’s got to move these color tv’s?
That ain't workin'. That's the way you do it.
How about a rancher, car hauler, or farmer.
Far too many people have no concept for legitimate need for such a monster of a vehicle because they only know assholes who want a big truck for the sake of having a big truck.
i mean, most parking lots have back to back spaces, so it sounds to me like they've pulled in the first one, all the way through to the next one. I see no problem here, large trucks like this have to stop somewhere.
Beats parking in the lot sideways LMAO.
Choosing to buy an impractical vehicle does not give one a pass to park incorrectly
I think this is the nicest way to go about parking a vehicle like this. I might think it's a bigger vehicle than necessary, but this is not the person who should primarily receive hate for their choice of car.
I mean if it's for mostly utility and work I'll give this a pass.
Also most of the time the a-holes take 2 width worth of parking spaces. Rarely I see 2 parking space long.
When I used to have a beetle I used to park behind super long trucks at major events when there was no parking spaces left... So.. win win.
This would have to be a HD truck with an 8ft bed and a crew cab. I don’t see anyone driving those things around for fun.
The lifted truck crowd is doing short beds.
You know, it doesn't say how they’re taking up two spots. If they’re going about it long-wise, then I’d be okay with long ass vehicles taking up two spots. I’ve seen cars/trucks with trailers do it all the time.
Now if they’re parking like a BMW and taking up two spots that way, then sure, they’re kind of an ahole. Slightly Less so if at least they parked in the boonies.
My work truck is a Silverado 2500 HD, so a pretty big pickup with a topper and a bed in the back that rolls out behind it to hold all the parts I need to repair things on-site. Because of this, I usually park halfway past a parking spot into the one in front of it (but far from the entryway) so I can extend the bed behind the truck without it going into traffic and causing a dangerous situation for me and other people.
One day while I was fixing something inside, some nosy Karen put a note on it saying I should buy a smaller vehicle if I can't fit it in a single parking spot. Like, ???? I didn't choose the model of vehicle and I parked that way to be as out-of-the-way as possible! But I'm sure they felt very smug writing that note. All I'm saying is you should never assume someone else's situation...
I see your point and can agree with it to a degree. However, where I'm from, the sure amount of trucks that look like they have never been used for hauling, construction work, contract work, etc. is a large number. There are so many trucks here that I'd say about 1/5th of them are raised, extended axles so that the truck tires stick out from the wheel wells a good 3-6 inches, wider tires, custom muffler, aftermarket chrome accessories, aftermarket or custom grill, break light tint (for whatever fucking reason that makes sense to them,) and rarely a custom exhaust pipe to mimic semi-truck smoke stacks.
I straight up believe you don't utilize your truck if I don't see some dirt, dings, scratches, you're hauling something, or see something in the back of your truck (which is hard to do when your fucking truck is ridiculously raised up.)
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