Idiot SUV owners have trouble selling

[TheBreeze]

“It is interesting that nobody makes the connection to the food riots. Climate change is one thing. But the starvation is right in you face. High oil prices=mass starvation in the 3rd world. This is a permanent worsening affair due to the advent of peak oil.”

You can’t expect SUV owners to take into account how their behavior affects others. It’s their God-given right to destroy the environment and make life worse for their fellow human beings. The Bush-voting SUV owners could care less about whether or how someone else might be affected by their choices.

As for the myth about SUV safety …

‘This book should be required reading for anyone thinking about purchasing an SUV. SUVs, originally Army vehicles that evolved into the favorite of executives and soccer moms, appear to offer protection from other vehicles and people, and perhaps an escape from urban life. Appearances are misleading. Fewer than 5% of SUV owners will ever use their off-road capabilities, and SUV drivers are far less safe than motorists driving regular cars. Bradsher points out that SUVs contribute to more than 3000 needless highway deaths annually – a toll greater than that of Sept 11th’s World Trade Center disaster. The public needs to know that rollover death rates for sport-utes are double those of regular passenger cars and that SUVs kill non-passengers as well, causing an additional 2,000 deaths a year in vehicles they strike. Less well known is the tendency of SUVs such as the Ford Explorer to flip over after striking a guardrail or having a tire fail – problems that don’t affect cars. Sport-utilities pollute more, are harder to control, utilize under-sized brakes and consume more fuel than cars, all because of increased weight. SUV buyers need to think twice before purchasing these tanks on wheels. Bradsher concludes, “SUVs represent the biggest menace to public safety and the environment that the auto industry has produced since the bad old days of the 1960s.”‘

http://www.safecarguide.com/exp/suvs/idx.htm

It looks like SUV owners are not only selfish, but they are easily duped as well.

[four walling]

That article was ancient news from 2002.

Most SUV’s come with stability control standard nowadays and that has erased the dangerous handling issues.

I beleive that stability control has been mandated to be in all vehicles within the next couple of years.

[four walling]

That article was ancient news from 2002.

Most SUV’s come with stability control standard nowadays and that has erased the dangerous handling issues.

I beleive that stability control has been mandated to be in all vehicles within the next couple of years.

[four walling]

That article was ancient news from 2002.

Most SUV’s come with stability control standard nowadays and that has erased the dangerous handling issues.

I beleive that stability control has been mandated to be in all vehicles within the next couple of years.

[four walling]

That article was ancient news from 2002.

Most SUV’s come with stability control standard nowadays and that has erased the dangerous handling issues.

I beleive that stability control has been mandated to be in all vehicles within the next couple of years.

[four walling]

That article was ancient news from 2002.

Most SUV’s come with stability control standard nowadays and that has erased the dangerous handling issues.

I beleive that stability control has been mandated to be in all vehicles within the next couple of years.

[Coronita]

It seems that idiot SUV owners are going broke paying for gas and the entire gaggle of these morons is trying to unload these monstrosities at once. Not surprisingly, they're finding it difficult to find another greedy dimwit to take the unpractical, resource-hogging land boats off their hands.

I hope all of these morons take a huge collective bath. These people have been wasting resources and unnecessarily destroying the environment for years because they deemed it their God-given right to do so. I wonder how many of these nitwits are Bush voters? Probably greater than 90% I would imagine.

 

Actually there is sort of a misconception about all SUVs. Some actualy are pretty decently efficient.

Take my wife's Acura SUV versus my car.

Her car is a 6 cylinder 3.5 liter engine.

Mine is a turbocharged in line 4 cylinder.

Guess which is getting better gas mileage?

Yup, my wife gets about 18miles/20miles. I do about 16miles/18miles.

Just because one has a larger engine doesn't equate to better gas mileage. I can tell you much of what has to do is driving style.

I'm heavy footed, and routinely drive hard, and let my car idle for 2 minutes prior to shutting down (to cool the turbo). I'm doing more damage to the environment. Some of the latest SUVs are rated 25mpg average.

People are more likely to get hard hit paying for premium gas from a lot of these cars than anything else.

 

Frankly, with an toddler, I wouldn't consider putting my kid in a smaller car most of the time for long road trips. SUV with the child seat tethered in in the center of the second row seat is the only place I'd put her most of the time. Despite car safety technology, bigger cars usually still wins.

 

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—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

It seems that idiot SUV owners are going broke paying for gas and the entire gaggle of these morons is trying to unload these monstrosities at once. Not surprisingly, they're finding it difficult to find another greedy dimwit to take the unpractical, resource-hogging land boats off their hands.

I hope all of these morons take a huge collective bath. These people have been wasting resources and unnecessarily destroying the environment for years because they deemed it their God-given right to do so. I wonder how many of these nitwits are Bush voters? Probably greater than 90% I would imagine.

 

Actually there is sort of a misconception about all SUVs. Some actualy are pretty decently efficient.

Take my wife's Acura SUV versus my car.

Her car is a 6 cylinder 3.5 liter engine.

Mine is a turbocharged in line 4 cylinder.

Guess which is getting better gas mileage?

Yup, my wife gets about 18miles/20miles. I do about 16miles/18miles.

Just because one has a larger engine doesn't equate to better gas mileage. I can tell you much of what has to do is driving style.

I'm heavy footed, and routinely drive hard, and let my car idle for 2 minutes prior to shutting down (to cool the turbo). I'm doing more damage to the environment. Some of the latest SUVs are rated 25mpg average.

People are more likely to get hard hit paying for premium gas from a lot of these cars than anything else.

 

Frankly, with an toddler, I wouldn't consider putting my kid in a smaller car most of the time for long road trips. SUV with the child seat tethered in in the center of the second row seat is the only place I'd put her most of the time. Despite car safety technology, bigger cars usually still wins.

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

It seems that idiot SUV owners are going broke paying for gas and the entire gaggle of these morons is trying to unload these monstrosities at once. Not surprisingly, they're finding it difficult to find another greedy dimwit to take the unpractical, resource-hogging land boats off their hands.

I hope all of these morons take a huge collective bath. These people have been wasting resources and unnecessarily destroying the environment for years because they deemed it their God-given right to do so. I wonder how many of these nitwits are Bush voters? Probably greater than 90% I would imagine.

 

Actually there is sort of a misconception about all SUVs. Some actualy are pretty decently efficient.

Take my wife's Acura SUV versus my car.

Her car is a 6 cylinder 3.5 liter engine.

Mine is a turbocharged in line 4 cylinder.

Guess which is getting better gas mileage?

Yup, my wife gets about 18miles/20miles. I do about 16miles/18miles.

Just because one has a larger engine doesn't equate to better gas mileage. I can tell you much of what has to do is driving style.

I'm heavy footed, and routinely drive hard, and let my car idle for 2 minutes prior to shutting down (to cool the turbo). I'm doing more damage to the environment. Some of the latest SUVs are rated 25mpg average.

People are more likely to get hard hit paying for premium gas from a lot of these cars than anything else.

 

Frankly, with an toddler, I wouldn't consider putting my kid in a smaller car most of the time for long road trips. SUV with the child seat tethered in in the center of the second row seat is the only place I'd put her most of the time. Despite car safety technology, bigger cars usually still wins.

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

It seems that idiot SUV owners are going broke paying for gas and the entire gaggle of these morons is trying to unload these monstrosities at once. Not surprisingly, they're finding it difficult to find another greedy dimwit to take the unpractical, resource-hogging land boats off their hands.

I hope all of these morons take a huge collective bath. These people have been wasting resources and unnecessarily destroying the environment for years because they deemed it their God-given right to do so. I wonder how many of these nitwits are Bush voters? Probably greater than 90% I would imagine.

 

Actually there is sort of a misconception about all SUVs. Some actualy are pretty decently efficient.

Take my wife's Acura SUV versus my car.

Her car is a 6 cylinder 3.5 liter engine.

Mine is a turbocharged in line 4 cylinder.

Guess which is getting better gas mileage?

Yup, my wife gets about 18miles/20miles. I do about 16miles/18miles.

Just because one has a larger engine doesn't equate to better gas mileage. I can tell you much of what has to do is driving style.

I'm heavy footed, and routinely drive hard, and let my car idle for 2 minutes prior to shutting down (to cool the turbo). I'm doing more damage to the environment. Some of the latest SUVs are rated 25mpg average.

People are more likely to get hard hit paying for premium gas from a lot of these cars than anything else.

 

Frankly, with an toddler, I wouldn't consider putting my kid in a smaller car most of the time for long road trips. SUV with the child seat tethered in in the center of the second row seat is the only place I'd put her most of the time. Despite car safety technology, bigger cars usually still wins.

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

It seems that idiot SUV owners are going broke paying for gas and the entire gaggle of these morons is trying to unload these monstrosities at once. Not surprisingly, they're finding it difficult to find another greedy dimwit to take the unpractical, resource-hogging land boats off their hands.

I hope all of these morons take a huge collective bath. These people have been wasting resources and unnecessarily destroying the environment for years because they deemed it their God-given right to do so. I wonder how many of these nitwits are Bush voters? Probably greater than 90% I would imagine.

 

Actually there is sort of a misconception about all SUVs. Some actualy are pretty decently efficient.

Take my wife's Acura SUV versus my car.

Her car is a 6 cylinder 3.5 liter engine.

Mine is a turbocharged in line 4 cylinder.

Guess which is getting better gas mileage?

Yup, my wife gets about 18miles/20miles. I do about 16miles/18miles.

Just because one has a larger engine doesn't equate to better gas mileage. I can tell you much of what has to do is driving style.

I'm heavy footed, and routinely drive hard, and let my car idle for 2 minutes prior to shutting down (to cool the turbo). I'm doing more damage to the environment. Some of the latest SUVs are rated 25mpg average.

People are more likely to get hard hit paying for premium gas from a lot of these cars than anything else.

 

Frankly, with an toddler, I wouldn't consider putting my kid in a smaller car most of the time for long road trips. SUV with the child seat tethered in in the center of the second row seat is the only place I'd put her most of the time. Despite car safety technology, bigger cars usually still wins.

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[paramount]

I have (2) large SUV’s and a large pickup.

As far as politics, I don’t care if it’s Obama or Clinton, as long as it’s not a Republican.

I actually thought about trading in my baby SUV (an Expedition) for an Accord or something like that. It had nothing to do with MPG, just want some of the latest safety features (stability control, side airbags, etc…).

Trading in for MPG is usually a mistake and the payoff typically takes years and years.

[paramount]

I have (2) large SUV’s and a large pickup.

As far as politics, I don’t care if it’s Obama or Clinton, as long as it’s not a Republican.

I actually thought about trading in my baby SUV (an Expedition) for an Accord or something like that. It had nothing to do with MPG, just want some of the latest safety features (stability control, side airbags, etc…).

Trading in for MPG is usually a mistake and the payoff typically takes years and years.

[paramount]

I have (2) large SUV’s and a large pickup.

As far as politics, I don’t care if it’s Obama or Clinton, as long as it’s not a Republican.

I actually thought about trading in my baby SUV (an Expedition) for an Accord or something like that. It had nothing to do with MPG, just want some of the latest safety features (stability control, side airbags, etc…).

Trading in for MPG is usually a mistake and the payoff typically takes years and years.

[paramount]

I have (2) large SUV’s and a large pickup.

As far as politics, I don’t care if it’s Obama or Clinton, as long as it’s not a Republican.

I actually thought about trading in my baby SUV (an Expedition) for an Accord or something like that. It had nothing to do with MPG, just want some of the latest safety features (stability control, side airbags, etc…).

Trading in for MPG is usually a mistake and the payoff typically takes years and years.

[Author]

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