[FreeTheHostages]

"Which in no way explains why they can't be more efficient. They can be, but that doesn't profit an auto manufacturer, so they don't"

True. But they always can be dangerous -- hard to see around and anticipate future traffic movements in front of them. I really think some SUV owners buy them to compensate for small body parts. That's what I'm thinking and there I said it. ;)

[Shermy]

SUV + Yuppie + urban street + yakking on a cell phone + turning a corner = a great threat to pedestrians.

[Chemist_Geek]

"Which in no way explains why they can't be more efficient. They can be, but that doesn't profit an auto manufacturer, so they don't"

True. But they always can be dangerous -- hard to see around and anticipate future traffic movements in front of them. I really think some SUV owners buy them to compensate for small body parts. That's what I'm thinking and there I said it. ;)

I agree with both of you. Although, the body part thing is a little on the edge...

I'm no fan of SUVs in the city -- here in DC they are driven by self-absorbed yuppie liberal lawyers who don't need/want SUVs for any reason other than to push pedestrians across the crosswalks, if you ask me.

Same thing here in Detroit, and across FR. Just read the SUV or the hybrid threads, and see the people boasting of "running those little econoboxes off the road. Boy they're sure scared when I heave into their rear-view mirror with my 16,000 pound 1 MPOG Chrysler Behemoth!"

[babaloo999]

hard to see around and anticipate future traffic movements in front of them

I agree. I have a pickup(naturally) and don't like to be behind anything I can't see over. BUT, it's also hard to see around something when you're driving TWO FEET behind the vehicle in front of you. Sound familiar?

[Dan Day]

I really think some SUV owners buy them to compensate for small body parts.

...which says a lot more about you than it does about SUV owners.