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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Your argument would be better if it were a right. As a privilege, there's no basis for objecting to any and all limits imposed on those who avail themselves of that privilege.
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I don't understand why the argument came up in the first place. SUV sales are down. Ford is about to go under. GM had to get rid of the original, deeply discount the H2, and invent the ridiculous H3. The most recent survey of new car buyers indicated that fuel economy is the number one consideration in choosing a car, even before price. I'm a current SUV driver, but there's little chance that its replacement will be an SUV. I suspect the same would be said for a lot of other SUV drivers. That the automakers are churning out sportswagons like their existence depended on it sort of tells you which way the automobile market is headed. Hell, they're bringing the Smart Car to the US.
However, I don't know how my parents could have done it any other way with four kids and two dogs than with a Suburban. Which is why I always check the back seats before calling an Excursion, Tahoe, Expedition, Navigator, or Suburban driver a fatass.
I think the market is taking care of this particular problem without any "ban" having to be implemented.
