Boy have I got the solution for you

Just carry a brick and wave it at traffic as you cross. Make sure they know that you can fuck them up and everyone should play nice.

I’d wager that a fake and lightweight but realistic looking brick for ease of carrying around would probably work too, since it’s the visual warning you’re after

In college I sometimes biked to campus. I lived a few blocks from it (technically less than a block, but there wasn't an exit on the corner). I remember one day biking back, crossing the road to where I lived, and a car damn near almost ran me over. It was only like a 20mph street, and I wasn't speeding by, so they had plenty of time to see me. That moment stuck with me to never trust that drivers are doing the right thing. Just because you have the right to do something doesn't mean you won't be hit doing it. Luckily, IIRC, it was a small car though, so even if it had hit me I probably would have been mostly fine.

i mean, anti tank weapons don't have to be used only on tanks.

Make pee pee feel big

They like the idea of everyone looking at them longingly. What they don’t realize is everyone is looking at their abhorrent vehicle.

Police can't see you have gay sex with prostitutes, it's why they jack up the suspension. Tell everyone.

Out of town they're pretty nice to drive to be fair. Wide and long wheelbase = great on highway, tons of clearance = shouldn't be too worried about getting gravel dings on a dirt road compared to a low car.

But of course most of them are driven around town mostly, where there's literally no benefit to the size unless you're trying to score a gouranga. You don't get the seating capacity of a large SUV and unlike a van your back's open so good luck storing anything there without getting it stolen when parked unless you get a cover for the bed, in which case why didn't you just get an SUV that lets you switch between extra seats and cargo space?

On the plus side, you never see them in places with difficult parking.

Everyone i ever knew who drove these things is just because they can and how manly and loud it is.

Because it makes small PP look large. Very big. Get many women.

It makes PP more bigger.

Yes, the paneling choices on modern consumer pickups definitely seek to emulate the aesthetics of a semi-trailer cab. Which is a vehicle that you need a special class of license to operate and can only legally drive on specific roads, even in the US.

I do suspect that some of those 5, 6 and even 7 liter engines also warrant fairly beefy radiators. Like the Ford F150 is available with small engines from 3 to 5.2 liters and has a lower grille, but the super duty that has a ridiculously tall grille gets either a 6.7 liter diesel or a 6.8 or 7.3 petrol... And you know the diesel crowd likes to tune them too, so those need a lot of cooling to cope with those stupid ass coal rolling remaps (those tend to raise EGTs quite a bit, meaning your turbo runs even hotter, so now you have to cool down the charge air and engine oil even more).

https://matt.jajkowski.com/blog/cars/y-are-trucks-so-big-now-the-surprising-role-of-cafe-standards/

Pretty sure this is a lot of it. By making them bigger all the proportions change thus a big grille for a massive truck.

If it has to be cars, I prefer the Trabant or Citroen DS style look. Those are beautiful.

But that said... what is y'alls favourite bicycle? I personally really like the omafiets ones, they're solid and have incredible durability. I've seen people easily do 15+ years with them, and they can also carry two adult people sometimes (one on the saddle, another on the luggage carrier if it's steel).

For brands I never buy anything but Dutch-manufactured, tbh.

fuck standards that have obvious loopholes

Only brokies have to worry about fuel economy /s