what are the stupidest excuses for owning or driving an SUV that

you've heard?

The other posts in this thread brought me to a new viewpoint: not my business.

in one of the numerous other auto-related threads that you've pumped out in the past hour or two?

Or do you believe that you have to start a new thread every time you have a random thought?

He's trying to pump up his thread count.

Too bad the efforts generally result in a lack of credibility for the poster where old time DUers are concerned.

???

last night. Is this the same guy?

What's up with SUVs?

:wtf:

He's also got a bug up his petoot about guns and Southerners and how Southerners feel about their guns and why Southerners have guns and every other variation on those two subjects you can imagine.

multiple times already....these threads also should be over in the lounge, I think...not really what we usually talk about on GD.

Is this another form of disruption?

don't know what in the Hell that's supposed to mean.

And anybody who has a problem with it can pound sand!

I chose the SUV that I own and drive carefully and took into account gas mileage as well as safety. We ordered it with side airbags.

The car I traded in got one mile per gallone better mileage than this SUV. I get 20 MPG with it in the city. Much better mileage on the highway.

I've seen so-called "economy cars" get the same.

:wtf: I personally don't care what others drive, as long as they drive safely, but I can't imagine elevating one's choice of transportation to the level haughtiness. :eyes:

I've driven as well as sat on the backside of cars that were more comfortable than any of your average 5 km/l-SUVs and were more than twice as fuel-efficient.

more often than not it is f***ing ridiculous. Especially when nine times out of ten I see just the driver in an SUV.

We have a GMC Suburban (mine), AND a mini-van (My Wife's).

Why do I have a Suburban? None of your Fricken business...

So there...

thats only thing a Suburban is useful for if you don't take it off-road

of what an SUV is and why people drive them.

And I mean ALL like, what, 10 threads you started on "SUV's are bad" and "Station Wagons blah blah blah" and "Mini-Vans etc."

First off, I still think it's none of your business why I drive what I drive.

Next, try improving your spelling and grammar if you want your *multiple* threads to be taken seriously.

I have a 1992 GMC Suburban, 2-Wheel Drive, with a Tow Bar. I do NOT tow anything. The person I bought it from used did. I do NOT take it off-road. I do NOT have a big family. (Wife, 2 kids, used to have a big dog) I do have a Mini-Van that my wife drives. And, incidently, I have a 1958 Oldsmobile Station Wagon too (so there).

You tell me another vehicle which can haul 4x8 sheets of plywood and drywall and still close the door. Plus jukeboxes, pinball machines, etc.

So, in a word, bud out.

I'll take your Mini-Cooper, or whatever, and put it in the back of my Suburban, and use it for an escape pod...

can haul 4x8 sheets and still get the door closed.

although one time I was bringing home some 10ft. sheets of drywall from menards, accelerated tooo fast on a green light, and ended up with 6 sheets of drywall blocking a very busy intersection.

in hindsight, I mean...

when I had to buy another car. I found a Ford Probe, used but in terrific shape, and bought it. Now, I get to drive 3 weeks on a tank of gas.

Now that feels pretty good.

People can, of course, drive what they want. But for me, after experiencing some decent milage (37 mpg on the highway --whoo-hoo!), I kinda like it.

It rocks. I also love my Honda Civic.

Julie

Like having to drive on unmaintained dirt roads after a 4" rainstorm, or having to go uphill on roads with one foot of snow. The left's disdain for SUVs and their owners is a perfect example of why middle America can't stand us. Instead of demonizing the car companies for building the huge ones, we sneer at the SUV owners, many of whom actually have a good reason for buying one. Five years ago I bought a Jeep Grand Cherokee when we were looking for property to buy in West Virginia. The Grand Cherokee was a full 11" shorter that the Nissan Maxima I traded in for it. When you're 10 miles from the nearest house in the middle of winter, you would be stupid to rely on an AWD sedan that's not designed for rugged conditions.

My advice is for the left to stop demonizing ALL SUVs and ALL SUV owners. No wonder we have trouble getting the support of the rural voters.

I hardly ever see any dirt or trailer hitches on them

??? My Jeep has a trailer hitch and is almost always caked with mud.

and would that make you feel better?

Get over it. Enjoy your Prius...

My daughter-in-law has two children and drives on a very bad dirt road plus snow and mud season to contend with. I feel better that she has an SUV for two reasons: I know she won't be caught in the elements and ---

the highway she drives to get home has very little state trooper coverage. The speed limit is 50 but everyone goes 65 +. It has many bends, hills and curves and all of the "do not pass" zones are geared toward the speed limit. There are numerous drivers who can't tolerate the person going the speed limit and so pass unsafely. Many an unsuspecting driver (3 times to me in as many days) will come around a bend only to discover a person in their lane approaching at a high rate of speed. With ditches on both sides of the road, you are not left with much choice. I know my daughter-in-law's SUV would cream these cars and that is fine with me. I will drive a small, gas efficient car but she has precious cargo.

uttered by someone who thinks bigger = safer in all cases and in all situations.

"I can't discipline myself enpough to HANG UP AND DRIVE, so I need a friggin' tank to keep from hurting myself (fuck the others)...""

Nothing pisses me off more than seeing someone in an SUV barreling through intersections, yapping on their cell, while doing this peculiar head bobbing routine. Why do they bob their head when yapping?

A friend sent me a link about a year ago, if I hadn't deleted the email I'd post the link. This was from a site that had an article describing how unsafe SUVs can be.

Note that many of these unsafety features can also be found in other huge vehicles. SUVs are more common and anyone can drive one without having to get a special endorsement. They're great for off road driving and hauling things, but they're not the tanks that people seem to think they are.

Due to poor balancing SUVs roll easier than other cars. Check the statistics on rolling. Most top-heavy vehicles will do this and that also includes monster trucks. In poor driving conditions, any car will roll, but the more top heavy it is, the more likely it will.

Even if they do get into a crash with another car, they won't necessarily win. My two-seater was going through an intersection with the right of way and an SUV who had the stop sign came through and hit my car. It was winter, icy, the guy in the SUV tried to stop but couldn't despite 4 wheel drive. We were both going less than 5 miles an hour.

I had not even a scratch on my car. I got out and looked carefully. Nothing was dented, scratched, or out of place. The SUV on the other hand had a small dent where my passenger side front end hit his driver side front end. SUV vs tiny little two-seater. The round goes to the 2-seater.

There's a blind spot in front of the really hige vehicles. Bot just SUVs, semis, monster trucks, anything that rides high off the ground. Not all SUVs are that high off the ground, but some sit extremely high. I parked next to one and used it as a landmark in the parking lot. The floor of the SUV was higher off the ground than the middle of my side windows. There's a blind spot in front of these huge vehicles that a biker or ped could get hidden in. Especially when the larger vehicle is turning right and the ped or biker is proceeding with a green light. Peds and bikers should watch, but so should anyone who is proceeding into an intersection.

Whatever it is you're driving, please be safe.

its safer

don't know what in the Hell that is supposed to mean.

do southerners clean their guns in their suvs?

do southerners who have guns and suvs ever vote libertarian?

do people who go to church also go to the bathroom?

if an suv rolls over in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?

how many angels can dance on the manifold of an suv?

do people who like suvs also like blowjobs?

have you ever administered fellatio in an suv?

mommy, did my hamster go to heaven?

Thanks for making me spew my Dew on the keyboard...

people want it for snow.

First, it seldom snows here and RARELY much.
Second, we get it become ice quickly. Four wheels spin four times as well as two !
Third, noone here knows how to drive in the stuff so they could have a tank and still put it in the ditch. My buddy from Utah (Rockies) has had to pull lots of cops out of the ditch !

Its pretty funny if you're from here.

I do think that people who live in snowy states should get a pass on the SUV issue. After getting stranded a few too many times in my old Volvo, I gave in and got a Jeep. I hate the thing, and hardly ever drive it in the summer. But there are times when I NEED that Jeep.

However, there's no reason on earth why urban folks in southern states need one!

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