Oh, Now I have to chime in......
Spats, you don't happen to drive on Route 65 into town do you? I wasn't sure if you lived near that area with the Wal Mart landslide? With that road being restricted, the SUV drivers certainly would be mad! Have you noticed how many SUVs have male drivers wearing shirts and ties? What happens if they have to get out of the SUV if they used the vehicle for its intended purpose?
When I went to choir practice last week my sister and I were walking up to our house when one of the members, an engineer offered us a ride in his Chevy Equinox. He bragged not only about how much he loved the way it was big but also that he "got a good deal on the lease". Oh, it took all I could not blurt out that he was soooo ripped off! (Suze Orman says leasing is a super rip off).
Ford shares a lot of the blame for the SUV craze, as they promoted the large SUVs like the Excursion, aka a shuttle bus, and de-emphasized the regular cars they made. If they have kept up promoting the Taureses (Taurii?) and their small cars they might not be in the trouble they are today now that people have wised up and do not want to buy SUVs anymore. Recently I emailed Ford and asked about their E-150 van that I would like to buy someday if I am in the air conditioning career. I find that this van is very well organized. I asked if they would make a flex fuel version with ethanol and the answer is no. But they make one of the Ford Explorer, an SUV few people need. Oh, well, just trying to do our part about foreign oil dependence.
The station wagons in the past were gas hogs but the people who bought them had large families and since there was a stigma about driving them, I think people drove them less. I mean, Greg Brady didn't want to be seen on a date with the Brady wagon and after Bobby put a hole in the convertible with an umbrella I don't think Mike ever let him take that car on a date ever again.
The fact that SUVs have four wheel drive I would think make the mileage worse than even big cars, as the four wheel equipment is heavy and probably creates more drag.
Oxydol, I agree with you about the shuttle vans but they help keep cars off the road with van-pooling. They are big and have the Ford "Power-Stroke!" diesel engine that is sooo loud.
Spats, you don't happen to drive on Route 65 into town do you? I wasn't sure if you lived near that area with the Wal Mart landslide? With that road being restricted, the SUV drivers certainly would be mad! Have you noticed how many SUVs have male drivers wearing shirts and ties? What happens if they have to get out of the SUV if they used the vehicle for its intended purpose?
When I went to choir practice last week my sister and I were walking up to our house when one of the members, an engineer offered us a ride in his Chevy Equinox. He bragged not only about how much he loved the way it was big but also that he "got a good deal on the lease". Oh, it took all I could not blurt out that he was soooo ripped off! (Suze Orman says leasing is a super rip off).
Ford shares a lot of the blame for the SUV craze, as they promoted the large SUVs like the Excursion, aka a shuttle bus, and de-emphasized the regular cars they made. If they have kept up promoting the Taureses (Taurii?) and their small cars they might not be in the trouble they are today now that people have wised up and do not want to buy SUVs anymore. Recently I emailed Ford and asked about their E-150 van that I would like to buy someday if I am in the air conditioning career. I find that this van is very well organized. I asked if they would make a flex fuel version with ethanol and the answer is no. But they make one of the Ford Explorer, an SUV few people need. Oh, well, just trying to do our part about foreign oil dependence.
The station wagons in the past were gas hogs but the people who bought them had large families and since there was a stigma about driving them, I think people drove them less. I mean, Greg Brady didn't want to be seen on a date with the Brady wagon and after Bobby put a hole in the convertible with an umbrella I don't think Mike ever let him take that car on a date ever again.
The fact that SUVs have four wheel drive I would think make the mileage worse than even big cars, as the four wheel equipment is heavy and probably creates more drag.
Oxydol, I agree with you about the shuttle vans but they help keep cars off the road with van-pooling. They are big and have the Ford "Power-Stroke!" diesel engine that is sooo loud.
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