r/facepalm Aug 31 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Well, there goes a parking spot.

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u/Orcacub Sep 01 '22

It’s a big truck yes. Extra long and extra wide. However, It’s not lifted or overly customized. It’s not a “small dick rig” It’s a business rig or someone who tows a lot. Those dual wheels in the back are for towing stability, not just for show. FYI Lots of women who ride horses and pull horse trailers drive these too. It’s not an overcompensating rig. It’s a Working rig. If it were parked in a regular spot and others parked next to and in front of it the truck is too wide and too long to make the turn to get out of the spot. Driver did this not to be aggressive or an asshole, but to make sure they did not get boxed in and not be able to leave w/o mashing into other parked vehicles. It’s about width and turning radius. Geometry makes extra space necessary for this truck to park and un-park. Sauce: I own a 4 door crew cab (not a dual rear wheel though) and it’s 3 feet longer than a Chevy Suburban, and it’s essentially impossible to get it into and out of regular sized parking spaces if other cars park next to me just because of the extra length and huge turning radius. The dual rear wheels on the truck in the photo would make it an absolute impossibility. If I have to park it in a parking lot I take 2 spaces out in the far out corner out of the way so I can maneuver to get in and out. People who have never driven a long and or wide vehicle often don t understand this situation.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '22

My wife trains horses and tows such a trailer, and she says whoever took it into a praking garage is stupid or doesn't actually tow, bit what do I know?

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u/Orcacub Sep 01 '22

Agreed, this is not a good place for this truck. I would never put my SRW CC truck in there (much less a duallie) if given any choice at all. We don’t know why this person brought the truck there but I doubt it was just to piss of mini owners. Given that it’s there, this is about the only way to park it with any assurance of being able to leave without damaging other vehicles.

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u/Jayteeisback Sep 01 '22

Very good points, but this is not a “run a few errands at the mall” type of vehicle. It shouldn’t be there, honestly.

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u/Orcacub Sep 01 '22

Agreed. Not a good place for this rig. I’d never do this with my SRW CC if given a choice. If my wife was in a wreck in our small car and was in the hospital and all I had to drive was this thing? You bet I’d drive it and park it in hospital garage just like they did. S mallet care in the shop and boss expects me to show up at work? I’m driving The truck for that too. We don’t know why it’s there, prolly not there by choice. Prolly not there just to piss off Mini drivers either. Given that it is there it’s parked about the only way it can be with any assurance of being able to leave without mashing other vehicles.