I’ve never seen the usefulness of an suv. They’re inefficient, they tip over easy, I don’t get it. My daughter was going to get an SUV for her, her husband and their baby with another on the way, and I said hey why don’t you look at a minivan. She ended up with a Pacifica hybrid and she absolutely loves that thing.
I suppose if I lived in a ranch in the New Mexico desert, I’d probably have a four-wheel drive suv. But I don’t, and my daughter lives in the Seattle burbs.
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.
You don't go to the places and do the things I do apparently. That's okay. Different strokes I guess.