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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Except that I'll be teeing off on that person. SUVs can suck it. They can suck it because I can't see over them, around them, under them. They can suck it because they try to fit into parking spaces for a normal car, but don't fit. So I can't get out, or they give door dings. They can suck it also because they're dangerous--too much mass and not enough driver training--causing wrecks that disproportionately injure and kill people in other cars. They're as odious as McDonald's super-size it campaign--same problem.
And, btw, they are worse for the environment because they use much more gas. My point was not that they don't use more gas. They do. My point was that few people use so much gas that it matters. Even a travelling salesman who logs 40k miles/year isn't spending but a couple thousand extra with gas prices where they are.
(and your facts are wrong about diesel--or at least will be soon. There are a lot of new environmental regs that will make diesels a lot cleaner).
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So I guess you also hate Minivans, which are the same size and height as SUVs. And, well... full sized vans are just the work of the Devil, I assume.
I drive my SUV slow and safely, because anyone who drives one for more than 30 seconds, realizes you can't wind it out like a fucking sports car.* I drive my wife's car, OTOH, like a bat out of hell, because its fun. I get to speed around the way I can't in a SUV.
That mass argument is BS. Got any stats on how many people walked away from accidents because they had the added mass of an SUV? I know a dude who swears he'd be dead if the 18 wheelerhad hit him in anything other than his Tahoe. Any death caused by increased mass is easily outweighed by lives saved by it.
*With exceptions, where I can get away with doing otherwise.
