Idiot SUV owners have trouble selling

[luchabee]

I might try to deflate a little bit of the smugness on this board when it comes to SUVs. (I’m pretty conservative, but I drive a boring American sedan.) However, there is much to be said for larger cars for protecting families. Like many of the unintended consquences of the “Green” movement (food shortgages because of ethanol and limited domestic oil production), our highway fatalities will likely increase with many people driving in hybrids and cars like the Honda “Fit.” If I had a family, I would likely drive the largest car I could afford to fuel (while acknowledging that SOME of the SUVs are prone to rollovers).

Concerning increased deaths from smaller cars, here is a recent study below showing the correclation between higher CAFE standards and highway fatalities. (Many of you green types will have wished you were in a larger car as traffic suddently stops before you on the freeway and you’ve got no place to go.)

God love ’em for their concern for the environment (and attempting to keep us off foreign oil, etc.), but I find many of my single liberal friends only see the world through their lense and have a difficult time putting themselves into other people’s shoes. If you have a family . . . you do not want to be cramming the two children you love more than anything in a Prius. I’ve even heard flack about mini-vans being too large . . . again they didn’t have any kids. Why not strap the kids on a backpack and take them around on a motorcycle?

Here’s the information on the CAFE standards and increased highway deaths: http://www.nationalcenter.org/NPA546CAFEStandards.html

[seattle-relo]

Gheez, what about the gas guzzling audi’s and bmw’s? My husband’s audi gets almost as bad gas mileage as my explorer…maybe we should get them off the road too!

[seattle-relo]

Gheez, what about the gas guzzling audi’s and bmw’s? My husband’s audi gets almost as bad gas mileage as my explorer…maybe we should get them off the road too!

[seattle-relo]

Gheez, what about the gas guzzling audi’s and bmw’s? My husband’s audi gets almost as bad gas mileage as my explorer…maybe we should get them off the road too!

[seattle-relo]

Gheez, what about the gas guzzling audi’s and bmw’s? My husband’s audi gets almost as bad gas mileage as my explorer…maybe we should get them off the road too!

[seattle-relo]

Gheez, what about the gas guzzling audi’s and bmw’s? My husband’s audi gets almost as bad gas mileage as my explorer…maybe we should get them off the road too!

[nostradamus]

I have friends who drive all kinds of cars, including the big ones. The reason I don’t like huge vehicles is because the drivers feel overly confident in them and tend to tailgate or use less caution when they feel protected by their 5 tons of metal. I also don’t like them because they block the view, you can’t see around them or over them. For me it has nothing to do with gas consumption. Also, they just plain take up too much space (on the road, in the parking lot, wherever). If you’ve ever traveled you’d know why there is such an auto trade deficit: our vehicles don’t fit on foreign roads.

I must admit that it’s good to have friends with trucks, so I can hit them up when I need some junk hauled!!! ;D

[nostradamus]

I have friends who drive all kinds of cars, including the big ones. The reason I don’t like huge vehicles is because the drivers feel overly confident in them and tend to tailgate or use less caution when they feel protected by their 5 tons of metal. I also don’t like them because they block the view, you can’t see around them or over them. For me it has nothing to do with gas consumption. Also, they just plain take up too much space (on the road, in the parking lot, wherever). If you’ve ever traveled you’d know why there is such an auto trade deficit: our vehicles don’t fit on foreign roads.

I must admit that it’s good to have friends with trucks, so I can hit them up when I need some junk hauled!!! ;D

[nostradamus]

I have friends who drive all kinds of cars, including the big ones. The reason I don’t like huge vehicles is because the drivers feel overly confident in them and tend to tailgate or use less caution when they feel protected by their 5 tons of metal. I also don’t like them because they block the view, you can’t see around them or over them. For me it has nothing to do with gas consumption. Also, they just plain take up too much space (on the road, in the parking lot, wherever). If you’ve ever traveled you’d know why there is such an auto trade deficit: our vehicles don’t fit on foreign roads.

I must admit that it’s good to have friends with trucks, so I can hit them up when I need some junk hauled!!! ;D

[nostradamus]

I have friends who drive all kinds of cars, including the big ones. The reason I don’t like huge vehicles is because the drivers feel overly confident in them and tend to tailgate or use less caution when they feel protected by their 5 tons of metal. I also don’t like them because they block the view, you can’t see around them or over them. For me it has nothing to do with gas consumption. Also, they just plain take up too much space (on the road, in the parking lot, wherever). If you’ve ever traveled you’d know why there is such an auto trade deficit: our vehicles don’t fit on foreign roads.

I must admit that it’s good to have friends with trucks, so I can hit them up when I need some junk hauled!!! ;D

[nostradamus]

I have friends who drive all kinds of cars, including the big ones. The reason I don’t like huge vehicles is because the drivers feel overly confident in them and tend to tailgate or use less caution when they feel protected by their 5 tons of metal. I also don’t like them because they block the view, you can’t see around them or over them. For me it has nothing to do with gas consumption. Also, they just plain take up too much space (on the road, in the parking lot, wherever). If you’ve ever traveled you’d know why there is such an auto trade deficit: our vehicles don’t fit on foreign roads.

I must admit that it’s good to have friends with trucks, so I can hit them up when I need some junk hauled!!! ;D

[blahblahblah]

Concerning increased deaths from smaller cars, here is a recent study below showing the correclation between higher CAFE standards and highway fatalities. (Many of you green types will have wished you were in a larger car as traffic suddently stops before you on the freeway and you’ve got no place to go.)

SUVs are not safer than regular cars, heavier cars are not safer than lighter cars in general. They are harder to steer in an emergency, they don’t handle as well, and they don’t stop as fast. It’s simple physics. They do however transmit a lot more energy to their target in an accident. So if you just want to protect your family but you don’t give a shit about anyone else (like 99% of Americans), drive a big old Excursion. That way when you run into a Prius after losing control at 80mph on I5 you’ll kill the hippie family driving it but you might make it out allright. It’s the American way.

Check out High And Mighty for more on this topic…

[blahblahblah]

Concerning increased deaths from smaller cars, here is a recent study below showing the correclation between higher CAFE standards and highway fatalities. (Many of you green types will have wished you were in a larger car as traffic suddently stops before you on the freeway and you’ve got no place to go.)

SUVs are not safer than regular cars, heavier cars are not safer than lighter cars in general. They are harder to steer in an emergency, they don’t handle as well, and they don’t stop as fast. It’s simple physics. They do however transmit a lot more energy to their target in an accident. So if you just want to protect your family but you don’t give a shit about anyone else (like 99% of Americans), drive a big old Excursion. That way when you run into a Prius after losing control at 80mph on I5 you’ll kill the hippie family driving it but you might make it out allright. It’s the American way.

Check out High And Mighty for more on this topic…

[blahblahblah]

Concerning increased deaths from smaller cars, here is a recent study below showing the correclation between higher CAFE standards and highway fatalities. (Many of you green types will have wished you were in a larger car as traffic suddently stops before you on the freeway and you’ve got no place to go.)

SUVs are not safer than regular cars, heavier cars are not safer than lighter cars in general. They are harder to steer in an emergency, they don’t handle as well, and they don’t stop as fast. It’s simple physics. They do however transmit a lot more energy to their target in an accident. So if you just want to protect your family but you don’t give a shit about anyone else (like 99% of Americans), drive a big old Excursion. That way when you run into a Prius after losing control at 80mph on I5 you’ll kill the hippie family driving it but you might make it out allright. It’s the American way.

Check out High And Mighty for more on this topic…

[blahblahblah]

Concerning increased deaths from smaller cars, here is a recent study below showing the correclation between higher CAFE standards and highway fatalities. (Many of you green types will have wished you were in a larger car as traffic suddently stops before you on the freeway and you’ve got no place to go.)

SUVs are not safer than regular cars, heavier cars are not safer than lighter cars in general. They are harder to steer in an emergency, they don’t handle as well, and they don’t stop as fast. It’s simple physics. They do however transmit a lot more energy to their target in an accident. So if you just want to protect your family but you don’t give a shit about anyone else (like 99% of Americans), drive a big old Excursion. That way when you run into a Prius after losing control at 80mph on I5 you’ll kill the hippie family driving it but you might make it out allright. It’s the American way.

Check out High And Mighty for more on this topic…

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