On Monday 02 July 2001 03:48 pm, you wrote:
> burns wrote:
> > Lee wrote:
> > > Not to worry there. At the rate we're sucking the next generation's
> > > energy reserves and consuming them in our SUVs I'm sure the sky will be
> > > quite visible in the future's darkened cities
> >
> > Errr, what about semis? Pickup trucks? in fact, any trucks? large
> > passenger cars (Lincoln town cars)? Winnebegos? buses?
> >
> > Most of these consume much more fuel than, say, a Chevy Blazer or a
> > 4-Runner.
> >
> > --
> > burns
>
> Yes they do, but the SUV in most of the USA exists solely to proclaim one's
> status and advertise one's success to the lowly who can't afford them. How
> else do you account for the fact that the majority of the people who drive
> them never take these four wheel drive vehicles off of concrete highways
> for fear of scratching the paint, or Detroit's recent switch to passenger
> car suspensions to avoid bruising the rosy red rumps of the energy
> swilling social climbers who drive them. And before anyone jumps down my
> throat, yes I do realize that there is a valid purpose for some SUVs;
> particularly, in Canada, Maine all the way south to PA where snow plays
> havoc with driving. But, how do you account for the fact that my home state
> of Florida is full of these slug mobiles. If one wishes to proclaim his/her
> status buy yourself a $1,000 hand made Italian suit and leave a little
> gasoline for the next generation.
>
> Lee
>
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Lee
OK, you have some merit here, but some or most women like the SUV becuase it
puts them higher up and they can see over the pickup trucks. Most do admitt,
& rightly so, that they do not not get good gas milage. We do not drive it
off road or on long trips as our ca does better. Yet they have become a
status symbol for the dead brain rich.
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