Bravery or Stupidity?

"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction) 02/25/2020 at 10:33 • Filed to: None

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Seriously looked a quarter-inch of clearance...

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 02/25/2020 at 10:39

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Getting some severe 11 foot 8 vibes from this....

sony1492 > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 02/25/2020 at 10:39

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Confidence

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 02/25/2020 at 10:39

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Dude probably doesn’t even know how close he is.  It seems many people vastly misjudge the size of their vehicles.  

Jim Spanfeller > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 02/25/2020 at 10:41

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Neither. It’s ignorance. Enough trucks have had their tops chopped off by bridges to tell me that most people don’t have a real good idea of how big their vehicle is.

WilliamsSW > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 02/25/2020 at 10:48

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Hey, if he was wrong he gets a free* car wash!

*the most expensive free car wash ever

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! 02/25/2020 at 10:50

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There are signs everywhere saying clearance is 6'1"...

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > sony1492 02/25/2020 at 10:51

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Works great, until it doesn’t.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 02/25/2020 at 10:53

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I’m going for option C. It’s a fleet truck and he don’t give a damn. 

phenotyp > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 02/25/2020 at 11:09

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Six-word stories:

Everything worked great, until it didn’t.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 02/25/2020 at 11:13

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yeah but is there even a chance this guy knows his truck is 6' and  1/2"?

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 02/25/2020 at 11:15

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His truck is probably 6'4". The posted clearance is very conservative.

CobraJoe > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 02/25/2020 at 11:43

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I’m thinking option D:  It’s a chubby guy who didn’t realize how much he makes the suspension squat. 

Long_Voyager94 > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 02/25/2020 at 12:05

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As someone who used to park this in parking garages:

Confidence is the correct answer. I knew exactly how tall my truck was and exactly which parking structures I could park in. I also knew which ones I could park in if I swerved around the signs on the ceiling.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Long_Voyager94 02/25/2020 at 12:12

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I want to know how this guy handled it the first time he parked in our garage - ha!

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 02/25/2020 at 12:13

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I’m guessing he had no idea how close he was.

MM54 > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 02/25/2020 at 12:36

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Someone I know (wasn’t me, I won’t say who though) once drove his f250 with ladder rack into a parking garage, said something kind of banged when he pulled in/up the ramp, figured it was the drain at the entrance. No issues in the garage, until he went to leave and on the downward slope to get out realized that in this direction the ladder rack would not clear the beam (which it clipped coming in). He had to back up into a spot and dismantle the ladder rack to get out (then put it back together on the side of the road because work truck).

Long_Voyager94 > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 02/25/2020 at 12:40

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I used to hang out the window to watch the clearance sign on the way in and do the same while crawling thru the first time. 

There was a local one that the “clearance” sign was hung about 6" lower than anything in the garage, but I knew that because I used to park there before the new sign went up. The look on the attendant’s face when I let the sign slide over the roof of the truck and kept going was priceless.

Nom De Plume > CobraJoe 02/25/2020 at 13:26

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It really is deplorable how often people never even consider the practical solution.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Long_Voyager94 02/25/2020 at 13:46

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Ha!

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > MM54 02/25/2020 at 13:56

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LOL