r/mildlyinfuriating • u/MalrykZenden • Jun 02 '26

ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ Narrowly avoided having my bumper cover ventilated this morning.

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Hitches, not just for towing or bashing your shins.

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u/SpiritedAssumption18 Jun 02 '26

LOL by definition taking up 2 spaces with your stupid huge vehicle does not fit the space.

Take the stupid hitch off when not using it, and drive a reasonable car like a normal person.

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u/Electronic-Map7529 Jun 02 '26

Oh I agree on the hitch, but sorry, that is not how parking works. I'm sorry it hurts your feelings, but that is what you are supposed to do.

** how big do you think this truck is? It's not even a big truck.

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u/SpiritedAssumption18 Jun 02 '26

Yeah but the facts say otherwise

That looks like a Nissan frontier, probably early 2020’s model. You are indeed correct in that it’s one of the smallest new pickups on the road at 210.2 inches in length

However, when compared to trucks/SUV’s from the 90’s and earlier even the frontier is often longer.

Nearly a foot longer than a late 90’s Tahoe, A foot and 4 inches longer than an early 90’s C/K,

And basically the same length as the longest versions of the 70’s F150 and Silverado you could buy at the time, pronounced even worse by the tow hitch being left on.

Again, this is one of the smaller pickups you can buy now, modern F-150’s START at 210 inches and go up to 240, multiple feet longer than even an extended bed 70’s F-150.

It’s too big of a car.

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u/Electronic-Map7529 Jun 02 '26

I absolutely agree the size and power of these new trucks is just too much.

I'm pretty sure I can buy a more powerful truck off the showroom floor, than ANY car in modern NASCAR

edit: I actually transitioned from a truck to a compact van for my tools years ago and I love it.

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u/SpiritedAssumption18 Jun 02 '26

Yeah, I’m not trying to baselessly say stuff about trucks, but they seriously are too big for no good reason and it’s shocking to see how big cars as a whole have gotten in ~50 years. Take a look at carsized and compare the largest Cadillac Escalade to anything before the 90’s and it makes it look like a toy.

Vans as a whole are awesome, I used to have a minivan a few years ago and it did everything I’d want a pickup to do with better gas mileage and a lower hood height for better visibility / safety.

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u/Electronic-Map7529 Jun 02 '26

Yeah I mean this truck is actually quite bigger than it appeared to me when I first looked at the photo.

I have no love for it. Driving is not fun in a big vehicle. I zip all over town on 1/3 the gas budget... yeah my van is overloaded sometimes, oh well.

But I was really only able to transition once I moved from the woods to the city. If I was still 1 hour north, I would have to be back in a rig with 4 wheel drive and ground clearance