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minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·2 days agoOddly enough the only time I was heckled about driving a 4x4 in a city was when it was clean. If I left the mud splatter on the wheel arches I never got heckled.
minus-squareCourtney (she/her/they) @lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 days agoIf you don’t “look the part” then people will judge harshly regardless of how (in)capable you are at something. Goes for a lot of things in life.
minus-squarequeerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agoI don’t wear a black hoodie to indicate that I know computer stuff, but it is remarkable how much more receptive non-techies are when I wear one. It’s like a lab coat for computer doctors.
minus-squaresaltesc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days agoI never clean mine or have bothered fixing panel damages and paint scrapes. But I take the time to oil and fluid change every 5000 kms lol It wasn’t made to be pretty, it was made to be reliable and capable. It’s almost 100% off-roading but gets used as a back up car when the much more efficient and sensible one isn’t available.
minus-squareMalyca@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoBecause you’re not, in fact, a pavement princess.
minus-squareBurgerBaron@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoIf I wash the mud off my truck I’m a pavement princess in the eyes of the public for the duration of the trip from the car wash back to the garage.
Oddly enough the only time I was heckled about driving a 4x4 in a city was when it was clean.
If I left the mud splatter on the wheel arches I never got heckled.
If you don’t “look the part” then people will judge harshly regardless of how (in)capable you are at something.
Goes for a lot of things in life.
I don’t wear a black hoodie to indicate that I know computer stuff, but it is remarkable how much more receptive non-techies are when I wear one. It’s like a lab coat for computer doctors.
That’s funny and fascinating.
I never clean mine or have bothered fixing panel damages and paint scrapes. But I take the time to oil and fluid change every 5000 kms lol
It wasn’t made to be pretty, it was made to be reliable and capable.
It’s almost 100% off-roading but gets used as a back up car when the much more efficient and sensible one isn’t available.
Because you’re not, in fact, a pavement princess.
If I wash the mud off my truck I’m a pavement princess in the eyes of the public for the duration of the trip from the car wash back to the garage.