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  • SUVs : The Death of the Dinosaurs (Vanity)

    07/17/2005 1:25:15 PM PDT · by grey_whiskers · 237 replies · 5,036+ views
    grey_whiskers | 7-17-2005 | grey_whiskers
    Let me be the first to predict the imminent death of the SUV's as a preferred form of transportation. This is not because the drivers are Starbucks-sipping yuppie scum, nor because they are chain-smoking over-the-hill-trophy wives, nor because they are preoccupied with their cell phones (though these are all true). It is because the SUV's, despite their name, are not SPORT utility vehicles, but specialty UTILITY vehicles, good for ferrying half of a boy scout troop, or hauling home several months' salary worth of goods from Best Buy or from Home Depot in a single trip. In other words, they...