I can’t believe these ?!@&$&$&!&@ rednecks and their truck. Yes. A rant!

[TwiceStung]

Owning and driving a truck does not in and of itself qualify someone as a redneck. To join that exclusive club, you need to have the tailpipe cut off or modified in some other way to produce at least 150 decibels during acceleration, be jacked up so high you can see clear across whatever state you are driving in, have tires that can only be described as rolling weapons, and spew such copious amounts of diesel smoke out your rear end (truck usually) that you have made your own unique cloud formation worthy to be named by the national weather service.

 

[Last Lemming Alive]

You have precisely described exactly 100% of every truck driver in Louisiana.

 

[Crccobra]

Thanks y’all.

It’s not the damage, per se, that agitates me, it’s people not taking responsibility for what they did and the whole hassle of the situation dealing with the insurance, rental cars, and the squawky hipster interns drinking out of stupid mason jars at work saying it’s “karma” that really grinds at me.

Yeah, I’m a gen X’er. Sue me.

It's not your fault your a gen xer

 

[Last Lemming Alive]

It's not your fault your a gen xer

Or as I like to call it, the boss.

 

[Fatalifeaten]

Owning and driving a truck does not in and of itself qualify someone as a redneck. To join that exclusive club, you need to have the tailpipe cut off or modified in some other way to produce at least 150 decibels during acceleration, be jacked up so high you can see clear across whatever state you are driving in, have tires that can only be described as rolling weapons, and spew such copious amounts of diesel smoke out your rear end (truck usually) that you have made your own unique cloud formation worthy to be named by the national weather service.

Don't forget the truck nuts and assorted gun and boobs stickers.

 

[ZyroXZ2]

Ha! I had bought late model Volt a few years back, brand new. 1 month later, on the freeway, I'm in the off-ramp lane, and I pass the on-ramp. Suddenly, I just get SLAMMED in the back, and then within 2 seconds, SLAMMED a second time. The dumbass hit me TWICE, and because he hit me a second time, I realize he wasn't even on the brakes. If you are decelerating and hit something, you transfer all your momentum off. To hit me twice means he was either still on the gas or only let go of the gas at the time of impact.

This motherfucker comes out after we pull over and mumbles, "I don't got no insurance". I was about to beat the living shit out of this human turd, but his incoherent mumbling and absolutely minuscule brain and body had me quickly realize that he's going to suffer more living. His literal mumbling included, "I just got my car back from the shop".

So yea, I know what it's like dealing with complete and utter retards (I know I'm not supposed to use that word in regards to "normal" people, but this kid was borderline, no joke) on the road that have zero business driving a multi-ton battering ram.

 

[Moses]

Owning and driving a truck does not in and of itself qualify someone as a redneck. To join that exclusive club, you need to have the tailpipe cut off or modified in some other way to produce at least 150 decibels during acceleration, be jacked up so high you can see clear across whatever state you are driving in, have tires that can only be described as rolling weapons, and spew such copious amounts of diesel smoke out your rear end (truck usually) that you have made your own unique cloud formation worthy to be named by the national weather service.

I kind of fit into this category (everything but the diesel part) and I leave my big huge adjustable hitch on all the time. My truck is a 93 and no back up camera to speak of, yet I have never backed into anyone. Stupid people will be stupid regardless of vehicle preference.

That being said, I can understand the rage of coming out to a damaged vehicle. When I was younger, and much, much angrier at the world, I had a Honda Civic that I had built over 5 years. Looking back, it wasn't super impressive, but it was mine and I had a lot of pride in it. I came out to a big white scrape going down the side of my car and wouldn't you know it, there is a white suburban with a big red splotch on the front bumper parked next to me. Not to go into too much detail, but that SUV had to be towed away.

 

[Houstinger1]

You have precisely described exactly 100% of every truck driver in Louisiana.

#Fact. I can attest to this.

 

[Chucky]

Had a guy that worked for me in CA, one of his personal cars was a big truck with a big hitch. He asked if he could put a hitch on his company car simply to keep people from parking too close and to give him something to push against other cars who did. I asked wouldn't that leave a hole in their bumper and he said that's the point. I wouldn't let him get the hitch and wasn't with us too long after that either.

 

[stingerfanboi]

Kind of reminds me of this dumb ass old 90s Mitsubishi Pajero which just rear ended my mom's 2015 top trim Optima while we were at the traffic light. It was clear that my mom stopped, but somehow he slammed the brakes way too late.
The car was fine, just the bumper and taillights were f&*%ed up and needed to be fixed. Turns out after we pulled over, that his whole car is scraped and dented. What a jerk!
Got it fixed at the insurance after like 3 weeks or so. My mom felt so happy she saw it new, and so did I.
Such stupid people that dont know how to drive would probably make such mistakes.

 

[Revvdmedia]

Turns out after we pulled over, that his whole car is scraped and dented. What a jerk!.

I see cars like this on occasion, damage all over every panel. I stay the hell away from those cars, far away. I don't think you can damage every single panel with them each being "someone else's" fault.

 

[stingerfanboi]

I see cars like this on occasion, damage all over every panel. I stay the hell away from those cars, far away. I don't think you can damage every single panel with them each being "someone else's" fault.

True. Totally true. I'd do the same literally when getting a Stinger.
Apparently I'm the type of guy to drive calmly and safely on the road even if there's a need to go quick, cuz rushing everything can really ruin it all and let you end up wasting way much more time than what you'd do if you drove calmly. Even when I had the quite punchy Optima SX, or the Stinger coming soon, I'd still drive calmly. On my Stinger, I might give it a bit of a throttle to enjoy the sound of my assumingly-gonna-be-done custom exhaust. Maybe a couple of launches at traffic lights if it was a clear path. But when I really wanna take my Stinger to its limits, I'd do it legally on a track.
About the incident that my mom faced, she was really unlucky at the time to have such a person rear end her car. She usually is very careful while driving and stays away from such people, American pickup trucks, and big cargo trucks as much as possible, so yeah.

 

[Flameangel]

She usually is very careful while driving and stays away from such people, American pickup trucks, and big cargo trucks as much as possible, so yeah.

You will find once you get your Stinger, you will be in the habit of parking " strategically " and try to isolate it to avoid the perils of " door dings " etc
also not parking next next to certain vehicles anyway. Like crappy one's with scrapes/dents in them, people movers I avoid as half a dozen kids will fling open the doors. Basically I try to find a park near my local shops where no-one will park either side of me. Or failing that, they can park only one side of me which gives me 50% chance of a door ding on one side than both sides.

 

[Gargamel]

You will find once you get your Stinger, you will be in the habit of parking " strategically " and try to isolate it to avoid the perils of " door dings " etc
also not parking next next to certain vehicles anyway. Like crappy one's with scrapes/dents in them, people movers I avoid as half a dozen kids will fling open the doors. Basically I try to find a park near my local shops where no-one will park either side of me. Or failing that, they can park only one side of me which gives me 50% chance of a door ding on one side than both sides.

You'll also notice even if you park the most furtherst away, you still get a neighbour in the spot next to you.

 

[MerlintheMad]

You'll also notice even if you park the most furtherst away, you still get a neighbour in the spot next to you.

That's only true if the parking lot is small. Parking lots out west in the US tend to be enormous. Only on a couple days out of the year (around Xmas) will they fill (mostly) up. The rest of the time, the stores are tiny with distance, as you trudge across acres of asphalt, having left your "Precious" with its wheels pulled well to the curbside of the furthest out end stall. Americans are fat and lazy. 99.9% of them try to park as close to in the doorway of the store as they can manage.

 

[Revvdmedia]

That's only true if the parking lot is small. Parking lots out west in the US tend to be enormous. Only on a couple days out of the year (around Xmas) will they fill (mostly) up. The rest of the time, the stores are tiny with distance, as you trudge across acres of asphalt, having left your "Precious" with its wheels pulled well to the curbside of the furthest out end stall. Americans are fat and lazy. 99.9% of them try to park as close to in the doorway of the store as they can manage.

Canadians must be more health conscious because it is rare to find my car alone when I park on the far end of the lot, with miles of space between the furthest car and my car. I usually find someone parked beside me for no good reason.

 

[MerlintheMad]

Canadians must be more health conscious because it is rare to find my car alone when I park on the far end of the lot, with miles of space between the furthest car and my car. I usually find someone parked beside me for no good reason.

They see a strange, gorgeous beast and drive closer for a better look, then park and get out and do a walk around. Then they walk slowly away, admiring how much nicer their ride looks next to yours; and all the way across the parking lot, they keep looking back at the pretty picture your two vehicles make.

 

[Gargamel]

That's only true if the parking lot is small. Parking lots out west in the US tend to be enormous. Only on a couple days out of the year (around Xmas) will they fill (mostly) up. The rest of the time, the stores are tiny with distance, as you trudge across acres of asphalt, having left your "Precious" with its wheels pulled well to the curbside of the furthest out end stall. Americans are fat and lazy. 99.9% of them try to park as close to in the doorway of the store as they can manage.

Swedish people are the same, some even park just at the doors to the store (no parking space there).
But generally in sweden a big parking lot has perhaps 100-200 spaces.
Malls tend to have multi levels of parking.

 

[Revvdmedia]

They see a strange, gorgeous beast and drive closer for a better look, then park and get out and do a walk around. Then they walk slowly away, admiring how much nicer their ride looks next to yours; and all the way across the parking lot, they keep looking back at the pretty picture your two vehicles make.

You know, in fairness, the day after I wash my car and drive to work, I'm very tempted to turn and look back at it. I don't want to be "that guy" though, so I'm sneaky about it.

I'd enjoy people parking next to my car if it was a car that I'd like to look at though...like a Lamborghini, McLaren...etc. Just sayin'.

I was in a fast food joint one day and I watched a SUV drive by my parked car, they took a solid minute and a half to move forward about 5 feet because they were gawking...lol. They also stopped, looked again, then finally left. I always get a chuckle out of that, to me, it's "just a Kia."

 

[Flameangel]

it's "just a Kia."

It maybe just a Kia but it's not any ole Kia