This is not out in some rural town. This is in Portland, OR about 2 miles from downtown. Personal vehicles this large are simply incompatible with urban living and pressure their owners to continually break traffic law. Technically that Miata is parked as close to the stop sign as it can legally be, but as the Denali doesn’t fit in many places around here it’s owner is compelled to park across both the stop sign and the crosswalk.

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      Assuming they’re just regular schrader valves, you don’t need a special tool. You can even just use a pencil or ballpoint if you just want to let out the air. It’s less risky for you than taking out the valve.

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      Not as effective but an easy temp fix is to put a small rock under the cap and screw it back on. Most effective if two tires are done so they can’t just swap a spare, not that this chud knows how to change a tire or has a 5’ tall jack to lift the truck 6" to do the work.

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      I think parking your Miata under someone’s truck would be a hilarious prank.

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      …my elise could clear delivery trailers parked at the grocery store; my MX-5 could not…

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      You just spat in the face of 90% of full size truck owners, and I’m here for it. Well done good sir/ma’am. Carry on.

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        I have a F150 for work. Today I towed my 10K trailer for two loads with 4,750lbs and 6,500ln on it. I also drove offroad for around 20 miles. I would love to drive a smaller vehicle. I got the smallest vehicle that I could find the job. It’s stock on everything except for some all terrain tires. I still hop in my wife’s car to drive around town.

        My neighbor has a truck like the one above. He got groceries in it today. He’s an pharmacist.

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          Your neighbor has fantasies about cowboy hats and wheat fields. You use your 1/2 ton properly.

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      to be fair its function is to make people in 1800s-platted, narrow downtown Portland streets afraid that they’ll be run down by this idiot who can’t see where he’s going. If he actually went out with his vehicle he’d probably own a Land Cruiser like the rest of the Portland off-road bros

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      I know a guy who got seriously mad that kids drew hearts in the dust on his f350. Sir, if you are concerned about the paint on your vehicle being scratched, sell your truck and get a car.

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      I’m am pretty sure I’ve hauled more with my little hatchback than this person has with their truck.

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    If it’s any consolation I’m pretty sure the GMC Denali engines are straight up killing themselves for no reason, so the owner is probably due for some karma.

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      You mean “look at my massive truck payment”. People like this are the reason those of us who do use trucks for what they’re made for aka work, have an ever shrinking used market and a non existent new market for normal trim trucks to pick from. These idiots have shown the manufacturers that people buy these pavement princess’s for no reason other than to show off.

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      Same. I’m not fuck cars, but I am fuck lifted oversized for no reason trucks. Double fuck em if they’re plastered with a bunch of lights.

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      Have you ever been in places that weren’t designed around cars? Here in Japan its night and day between places where half the land is parking lots and roads, theres like 2 businesses within a 15 minute walk, and every hotel runs its own shuttle, and places where anyone can get basically anywhere in 15-20 minutes.

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        That sounds great but I don’t live there and unless my city magically grows that kind of infrastructure, I can’t stop having a car.

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          My point is having seen both developments is certain to make someone anti-car, because it shows how much of a blight car-centric development is. I wasnt suggesting you, personally, should sell your car and stop having a job or being able to move around would somehow be productive.