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To: cuban leaf
I’ve never seen the usefulness of an suv. They’re inefficient, they tip over easy, I don’t get it.

I don't get owning a car. Other than hauling some people and some groceries they're pretty useless. I have a Subaru Forester Wilderness and it's roomy, and it holds my Lab. I keep the back seats folded down. It's not going to tip over except in extreme cases that would also tip over a car. And it's easy to get in and out of, as opposed to a car. The visibility is also superb. Much better than a car. But in reality, with today's technology, visibility isn't the factor it used to be. I have adaptive cruise control, lane centering, lane keeping assist, blind spot monitoring, rear cross traffic alert, rear parking sensors, front camera, rear automatic braking and a lot more safety features. Its all wheel drive gets me through winter driving conditions with ease. And I can take it to plenty of places that would leave a sedan stuck.

32 posted on 05/01/2023 7:43:02 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (There are three kinds of rats: Rats, Damned Rats, and DemocRats.)
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To: AlaskaErik

I’m kind of with you there. I have four cars. The one I like to drive the most is my 2006 Scion xb. Good mileage, easy to get in out of, etc. My wife drives a Scion ia. We’ve driven that thing from our home in Kentucky to Seattle twice, to fort Lauderdale a couple of times, to the south end of texas, etc. One of the reasons we bought that one is cuz it’s small and very efficient but it also feels a little bit like a big car. Very comfortable on the road and gets fantastic mileage.

Meanwhile, all I use my Silverado Z71 4 is driving from my house to the hardware store or perhaps pulling logs and stumps on my property because it gets terrible mileage but it does have its usefulness.


33 posted on 05/01/2023 7:58:27 PM PDT by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
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