"PatBateman" (PatBateman)
05/12/2014 at 17:44 • Filed to: OH CRAP
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"PatBateman" (PatBateman)
05/12/2014 at 17:44 • Filed to: OH CRAP | 3
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I drive a truck. Not a bro truck, but a 4x4 F-150. Stock-ish tires, no lift, etc. At least once per month, I have to go to a meeting where I have to park in a garage that my truck BARELY fits into, height-wise. And every time I pull in, the pucker factor is turned up to 11.
I use my truck for truck things on the weekends, so don't judge. But it is, of course, my DD. I've gone into this garage probably 50 times. Every time, I illogically sweat it. That big, heavy ass, scuffed up round bar that will slam into your roof line if your truck is too tall is foreboding. I just keep saying "please don't hit please don't hit please don't hit."
I can't wait until I trade my truck in for a fast car. Then all I'll have to worry about are speed bumps, curbs, road debris... Everything I don't worry about now.
For Sweden
> PatBateman
05/12/2014 at 17:47 |
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I'm only judging because it's not an F-250.
HammerheadFistpunch
> PatBateman
05/12/2014 at 17:47 |
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I'm driving home tonight 3 inches taller than when I left, and I had 5 inches to spare in my garage, I know the feel.
ttyymmnn
> PatBateman
05/12/2014 at 17:48 |
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I remember driving my old G10 work van in a garage many years ago. I sat hunched over the steering wheel, as if ducking down would make the van shorter.
Logansteno: Bought a VW?
> PatBateman
05/12/2014 at 17:48 |
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When my dad has to go downtown for stuff, he has to borrow my mom's car because his truck doesn't fit in parking garages. Some of them are so low it doesn't feel like her car will make it in either.
I hate parking garages.
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PatBateman
> For Sweden
05/12/2014 at 17:49 |
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I don't have a logical reason to have a 250. As soon as I buy a piece of land, however, hello 3/4 ton King Ranch diesel 4x4!!!
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PatBateman
> HammerheadFistpunch
05/12/2014 at 17:51 |
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I MIGHT have 1.5" to spare pulling into the garage. Let's just say that my antenna is constantly smacking into water pipes as I drive around in there.
Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif
> PatBateman
05/12/2014 at 17:51 |
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I remember the week after my dad got a new Avalanche he ripped one of those must be below this height signs off. Still makes me chuckle to this day.
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PatBateman
> ttyymmnn
05/12/2014 at 17:52 |
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LOL Now that I think about it, I actually duck driving into the garage as well!
The man in the iron mask
> PatBateman
05/12/2014 at 17:52 |
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Lol, thats true, having a any car if you want to keep it in good shape, you need to be aware of all of those.
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PatBateman
> Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif
05/12/2014 at 17:54 |
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I've actually bumped into one once. Another garage that has no business being built in Texas where so many people drive trucks. No damage, but I may or may not have shit my pants a little.
Takuro Spirit
> PatBateman
05/12/2014 at 17:54 |
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When I had my lowered Silverado I took it through a tight downtown parking garage once. NEVER AGAIN. If it wasn't for the fear of having enough room to make turns (ext cab shortbox) it was the fear of high-siding the frame on the drastic drops when heading down to the next level.
TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
> PatBateman
05/12/2014 at 17:55 |
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6 foot? Yeah I'd have to take the rubber off my wheels and just go in with rims to fit my truck in there. I pucker at 7'2" (mind you that is after I took the roof rack of so I could fit the truck in the garage to do some work on it). With the roof rack my truck is at 7'8".
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PatBateman
> The man in the iron mask
05/12/2014 at 17:56 |
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Now: Curb? Big deal, I'll go over it. Speed bump? FULL SPEED AHEAD!! Road debris? Just aim so it flows under the truck. No problem.
In a year: Any if those? EVASIVE ACTION!!!
CRider
> PatBateman
05/12/2014 at 17:57 |
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Lets see that pickup
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PatBateman
> TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
05/12/2014 at 17:58 |
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That's not the actual garage in the pic I'm talking about, but I did notice the 6' nothing" clearance on that. Was it built in 1850, when people were all 5'4"?!
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PatBateman
> Takuro Spirit
05/12/2014 at 17:59 |
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Yeah, it's a bit tight for turns, too. The spots are cozy as well. I have to be EXTREMELY CAREFUL making maneuvers.
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TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
> PatBateman
05/12/2014 at 18:00 |
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Possibly, or it's in England where people are still 5'4.
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PatBateman
> CRider
05/12/2014 at 18:01 |
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It needs a bath.
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CRider
> PatBateman
05/12/2014 at 18:03 |
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That's a nice truck. I'd be more concerned with length than height, but parking garages suck for any truck.
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The man in the iron mask
> PatBateman
05/12/2014 at 18:04 |
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Yeah, thats pretty much me when i see blown tires on the highway. And watch for the yellow blocks or tubes in front of every parking space.
Team6.1
> PatBateman
05/12/2014 at 18:06 |
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4 inches of lift and 2" of tire later...well good thing I have a whip CB antenna
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PatBateman
> CRider
05/12/2014 at 18:08 |
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Thank you. In my normal parking garage (where it is now), I have plenty of room. The architects must have realized that we drive them pick-em-up trucks around hurr. In others, though... Thank God for parking sensors.
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PatBateman
> Team6.1
05/12/2014 at 18:09 |
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That's a lot of truck.
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TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
> Team6.1
05/12/2014 at 18:13 |
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Lost a couple of antenna to low hanging branches before I switched to a whip.
pdx107
> ttyymmnn
05/12/2014 at 18:33 |
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Been there done that in many work vans....
jkm7680
> PatBateman
05/12/2014 at 18:33 |
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Same, my work garage is tiny. It's got one of those winding ramps which are super skinny. I've seen trucks and vans scraping on them all the time.
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PatBateman
> jkm7680
05/12/2014 at 18:41 |
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I'd go down that ramp at 1 MPH. Honk all you want, NOPE.
Slow4o
> PatBateman
05/12/2014 at 20:23 |
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Seriously, it blows my mind that home garages are built in Texas that aren't long enough to fit an F-150, let alone parking garages that are too short. My buddy had an F-250 with a little bit of a lift, and he had to find a parking lot downtown to park in because he couldn't fit into any garage.
thebigbossyboss
> PatBateman
05/13/2014 at 08:56 |
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I love ranch.
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thebigbossyboss
> ttyymmnn
05/13/2014 at 09:05 |
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I duck also in my parents van from time to time. Weird.
Nibby
> PatBateman
05/13/2014 at 10:37 |
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I DD a Sequoia and I have the same issues you do with height... and then another one is they charge extra for oversized vehicles. I went into a parking garage recently cause my phone said their rates were VERY reasonable... but the guy told me "We charge $45 for oversized vehicles." "Even if I am here for only 2 hours?" "Yes." "Let me out." *burnout ragequit*
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PatBateman
> Nibby
05/13/2014 at 11:13 |
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$45?!?!!!?!!?!?! Are they INSANE?! Are you allowed to take up four spots?!
Blows my mind.
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Nibby
> PatBateman
05/13/2014 at 11:17 |
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Yep! I told them "I've gone to other places in NYC and they charge me $5 for oversized vehicles. Get real." Obviously I didn't pay.
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PatBateman
> Nibby
05/13/2014 at 11:30 |
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That's why I can't have a brush guard on my truck; I'd run the pay station over if I was quoted that price.
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Nibby
> PatBateman
05/13/2014 at 11:39 |
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Also those pillars in the picture I used are the WORST.