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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.crimedad.work/post/145707

cross-posted from: https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/755907901353344482

Remember when the Hummer H1 was the biggest, most obnoxious passenger vehicle on the road?

This one is parked between two new Blazers, which are as wide and have distinctly taller hoods.

#FuckCars

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[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 40 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That's because they're tied fuel mileage regulations to vehicle size. Bigger vehicles have lower standards. So everything is bigger now.

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Someone should tell them to fix up their system.

[–] arin@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 days ago

Now we got Cybertruck 🤷

[–] Moah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 days ago

I remembered when I GMed and all my player characters always talked about their hummer and I pretended to know what they were talking about. Now I know, and it's close enough to what I had pictured

[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 7 points 2 days ago

The wire at the top of the image had me scratching my phone thinking I had cracked the screen.

[–] ray@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Need someone to make an overlaid side by side comparison.

[–] Chivera@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Someone went out of their way to put proper hummvee mirrors on that thing.