People are desperately reaching out...

My tailgate is seriously malfunctioning; I must need more fiber. And the only thing on my f150 that hasn't broken is that goddamn bell. I would shoot that sob if it still allowed the truck to start.

In FL everyone is driving pissed off because our once easy to drive roads are jam packed with people moving here in record numbers.

it's the passive aggressiveness and people thinking they are insulated from consequences by the sort of anonymity that cars provides which exacerbates all this. people are violent and it's becoming very evident on the road. they require nothing to be set off now, and are fine with bullying everyone with a few tons of steel at their disposal.

if you've ever ridden a motorcycle in this madness you know how truly violent it is and how people disregard human life completely now. they don't care. you inconveniencing them for 5 seconds is worth you dying over.

I have always driven POS cars and trucks. No vanity or projection. One time I had a pickup that was an old police vehicle. It still had the spotlight on the side and traffic all around me slowed down. I admit I liked that vanity.

Spending the type of money on a new jeep like you are talking about is almost a house now. I would rather have an appreciating house.

you should try bike touring now. I'd vote to ban cars completely at this point. Fing psychopaths.

In FL everyone is driving pissed off because our once easy to drive roads are jam packed with people moving here in record numbers.

yea new yorkers and chicago and jersey and philly .


Florida will be ruined in 5 years or less.

it's the passive aggressiveness and people thinking they are insulated from consequences by the sort of anonymity that cars provides which exacerbates all this. people are violent and it's becoming very evident on the road. they require nothing to be set off now, and are fine with bullying everyone with a few tons of steel at their disposal.

if you've ever ridden a motorcycle in this madness you know how truly violent it is and how people disregard human life completely now. they don't care. you inconveniencing them for 5 seconds is worth you dying over.

funny enough with all the tough guy patriot machismo jeeps out there seem to be oblivious that the CCP is the largest majority shareholder of jeep. kind of why we saw them at bidens fake little win celebration thing.

FL has a good Governor now and no state tax. Oh and no winter.

We had 5 homicides this weekend in Indy, all people shot dead in their cars. It's becoming Mad Max out there.

What the OP's post and his theories are all about, whether accurate or not, are set against the backdrop of a nation reeling from Covid-19 Karen-Gestapoism. Along with Silicon-Valley Orwellian-China-fication and some of the most corrupt hosebags in American history occupying major positions in government, corporations, entertainment, sports.

Dark times in the US.

I work with a wide cross section of people in the automotive field, and I tend to notice trends, particularly in the area of automotive styling. People tend to project their personality onto their vehicle. It sort of becomes their avatar on the road.

Lately any accessory that can be bolted onto a Jeep Wrangler that makes it appear bigger and meaner has been selling like hotcakes. Off road mods I get. Lifts, bigger tires make a Jeep more capable off road. But one came in the other day and it looked like something out of a Mad Max movie. It was dull black, it had a steel visor and the whole nose was sheet metal and he had put red halos in the once round and now evil squinting headlights to make it look as menacing as possible.

Mazda went through a brief period with their cars when they made them to look like they were grinning and it almost bankrupted them. They weren't well received at all. No one wanted a happy smiling car.

Any car or truck that is fast, loud and can look intimidating is getting snapped up in record numbers. Challengers. Chargers. The new $100,000 Ram TRX Hellcat truck. We can't keep them in stock.

Driving styles are also reflecting attitudes and egos. These jacked up jeeps and trucks are rarely driven slowly and sedately. They're usually tailgating, speeding, whipping in and out of traffic and just begging for a wreck.

I'm seeing it as a collective cry for help. People are afraid and insecure, and they certainly don't want to appear that way to their fellow humans, so overcompensation in the other direction is the result.



Why else take a humble jeep like this,

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And spend a lot of money to turn it into something like this?

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Thank you. And I've been modding cars forever myself. But appearance modifications are taking on a whole new level.

The manufacturers are even in on the game as their research is finding the more intimidating they can make their product look, the better it sells, all other functionality aside.

There's something wrong with our psyche as a collective and it's manifesting in strange places.

My shit is triple customized... i ordered everything available for my ride on JCWhitney catalog. did it all myself, man...

We had 5 homicides this weekend in Indy, all people shot dead in their cars. It's becoming Mad Max out there.

I work with a wide cross section of people in the automotive field, and I tend to notice trends, particularly in the area of automotive styling. People tend to project their personality onto their vehicle. It sort of becomes their avatar on the road.

Lately any accessory that can be bolted onto a Jeep Wrangler that makes it appear bigger and meaner has been selling like hotcakes. Off road mods I get. Lifts, bigger tires make a Jeep more capable off road. But one came in the other day and it looked like something out of a Mad Max movie. It was dull black, it had a steel visor and the whole nose was sheet metal and he had put red halos in the once round and now evil squinting headlights to make it look as menacing as possible.

Mazda went through a brief period with their cars when they made them to look like they were grinning and it almost bankrupted them. They weren't well received at all. No one wanted a happy smiling car.

Any car or truck that is fast, loud and can look intimidating is getting snapped up in record numbers. Challengers. Chargers. The new $100,000 Ram TRX Hellcat truck. We can't keep them in stock.

Driving styles are also reflecting attitudes and egos. These jacked up jeeps and trucks are rarely driven slowly and sedately. They're usually tailgating, speeding, whipping in and out of traffic and just begging for a wreck.

I'm seeing it as a collective cry for help. People are afraid and insecure, and they certainly don't want to appear that way to their fellow humans, so overcompensation in the other direction is the result.



Why else take a humble jeep like this,

[imgur] [link to i.imgur.com (secure)]



And spend a lot of money to turn it into something like this?

[imgur] [link to i.imgur.com (secure)]

I totally forgot about that scene! Thanks!