Posted on 07/17/2005 1:25:15 PM PDT by grey_whiskers
What is a dinsaur?
I thought all of the SUVs were in prison for wreckless driving and manslaughter...
Get hit by a drunk:
IN a Sentra, you are history.
In an Expedition or a Suburban.. you will walk aawy.
I'm down with it.
The issue for me is not safety. I choose to drive a small car and accept the risks.
The issue is that SUV drivers can't drive the damn things.
If you SUV drivers would STAY INSIDE THE FREAKIN' LINES, I would have no problem with you.
The constant demonstration that your vehicle is too big for lanes, and parking spaces, is why I wish said vehicle to disappear from the earth.
I dnt' knw what a dinsaur is. A typgraphical errr prbably.
>>>"Get hit by a drunk:
IN a Sentra, you are history.
In an Expedition or a Suburban.. you will walk aawy"<<<
Get hit by a Drunk in a Bar and you can Hit him Back!
If they're not "sport" vehicles, how come so many SUV owners drive them like they're Ferraris?
I drive my SUV because it seats three in the middle. A minivan only seats two there so if I take out the back to haul the dogs, I cannot seat my whole family. When a minivan will seat three in the middle, I'll buy it.
We show dogs so we need the back. Can't put them in the trunk, you know! Lots of dog folks, even without kids, have SUVS, though often the small ones.
Then again, I'm Starbucks sipping Yuppie scum, so what do I know!
Still have that Yugo, huh?
Excellent analysis regarding the boomers.
I do like riding high and I like AWD for snow.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
IN a Sentra, you are history.
In an Expedition or a Suburban.. you will walk aawy.
Or, put another way...
Get drunk and hit someone in your Sentra, they walk away.
Get drunk and hit someone in your SUV, they are history.
Heh...heh...heh...
You monitor way too much MSM reporting my FRiend!
No. People will always have children. They will always have home improvement projects and groceries and rugrats. Until, that is, they grow older.
And then? Well, their children will buy the SUVs.
The reason this gas crunch is different than gas crunches of the past, such as 73-74, and will have legs, is because of China and India. China and India are huge and successful growing economies, and are net buyers of oil on the world market. They produce little of their own oil. That is what is driving up the worldwide price of oil.
Americans always adapt and change, and this situation will be no exception. The mix of vehicles you see on the roads will change significantly, almost drastically over the next few years. Many much smaller cars with smaller engines, less SUV's, less pickup trucks (at least punk trucks).
There may be more hybrids, but not for the reason of better mileage, mostly for performance. The economic value of hybrids remains to be seen. The extra cost of the vehicle versus the increased mileage makes it hardly worth it.
Seeing hw readable yur reply is, why d we even have 's anyway?
Other vehicle is a Ford F-150. The best vehicle I ever owned, and *many* times for practical than any big SUV. Can seat 6 if necessary, and is not bad on gas.
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