[tanjtanjtanj]

The best part about the F-150 is that it isn't even toddlers at that point. The most common F-150 variant I see in my area's hood goes up to my shoulder and I'm 2 meters tall.

You often see the very important people driving these working their way through crowded parking lots and places that are primarily foot traffic with a "Wtach out for ME!" driving style.

[tavavex]

It's so funny that when people design vehicles that actually have a need to be big - big buses, commercial vans, fire trucks - one of their common features is that visibility is treated as something important, and often these types of vehicles have either a nearly flat, uniform front side, or they try to minimize the engine compartment hump as much as possible and make the windshield huge. But when we talk about cars that are made for the consumer, all sanity goes out the window, we get these near-caricatures that would be hilarious if they weren't real. The craziness can only be somewhat tamed by government restrictions, depending on where you live, but the peak of this design results in huge, elevated flat boxes for engine compartments, mounted as high as possible. It doesn't matter that the driver has a blind spot in every direction, what matters is showing off how HUGE your 18L V32 engine must surely be under that hood, how powerful it must be to draw air through that chrome grille that's half a person's height, and most importantly, how much of an imposing heroic warrior one must be to own that tank.

[rconti]

Yep, the hoods are higher than my wife's head.

[OptionOfT]

My wife: 5'5": https://imgur.com/a/CVFDb0D

Not to mention the amount of stones they kick up. In AZ if your truck has a suspension lift, you're supposed to have mudflaps. But that law (and many other vehicle laws) is not enforced.

[Rendello]

Being from rural Canada, I prefer the truck and snowmobile sizes of the 90s (but not their emissions, it's hard to breath when they drive by). All the options are so big now.

Also, you may be married to Medjed:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medjed#/media/File:Medjed.svg

[OptionOfT]

I am not married to an Egyptian deity! But never the less, she's amazing.

Since you're from Canada, what do you think about this one:

https://imgur.com/a/0pxeXVF

Same wife (maybe even same shoes?) / Egyptian deity.

[Rendello]

> I am not married to an Egyptian deity!

I'm sure you know her better than me, but I'm not convinced it's not a Clark Kent-esque disguise. He takes his glasses off and he's obviously Superman, have you ever seen her in heavy Egyptian eyeliner? It might clear things up. Also, if she ever smites things by "shooting with her eyes", that's a pretty good tell.

As for that vehicle, it strikes awe and fear into me. Like it wants to eat me. A less threatening but equally whimsical vehicle is the Bombardier B12 from the 40s:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/1949-Bom...

[tanjtanjtanj]

I see SO many illegally modified trucks and I've never seen or heard of someone getting in trouble or failing inspection for them. It boggles my mind every time I see a car with tires extending half a foot on either side of the cabin veering here and there, making their presence everyone else's problem.

[kube-system]

The vast majority of US states do not require safety inspections.

[tanjtanjtanj]

Mine did until recently, which is the only state relevant to my comment.