The whole pickup truck and now SUV thing started with the original pollution controls on passenger cars and a macho image thing that got blended with the mistaken idea that having no pollution controls meant a better vehicle. It started to be the "thing" to have a truck instead of one of those wussy cars with all that garbage on them. Detroit picked up on this quickly and started tricking trucks out with all sorts of car appendages, soundproofing, fancy upholstery, SOUND SYSTEMS, etc., making what had been a working tool become the basic mode many people used to simply get their average 150 lb.-220 lb. bodies from place to place, a ton or so of steel racing all over the place instead of half as much, more elegantly and more comfortably, in a passenger car.
As trucks were then a small part of the total transit picture Congress went along with exempting them from lots of basic rules for passenger vehicles, pollution, gas mileage, safety, crashworthiness, and for some reason people lapped that right up.
Then, out of the tricked-up truck sprang the SUV and somehow, they became trendy and ID'd with macho "Can't tell me what to do" types. The world is much the worse for the phenomenon.
Talk about waste of gas, oil, etc., and worst of all they're more dangerous than good cars, not safer, and there are a lot of good people as well as fools who are no longer with us because they felt invincible and could easily make them go fast but couldn't stop them from skidding or tipping off the road at speed and rolling.
I call them Road Hippos. The sooner the entire breed dies out, like the dinosaurs, the better for everyone.

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• Snow & SUV Hell, Russell Giuliano, Tue, 1 Mar 2005 06:28:13
  • Sh*tty ugly vehicle, john, Mon, 28 Mar 2005 07:15:09
  • It amazes me when opinion get so personal..., JDSaab, Wed, 2 Mar 2005 15:26:58
    • nothing personal here either, Steven W, Wed, 2 Mar 2005 20:12:58
      • You won't catch me near a Stanley, only Plumb!, GregR, Thu, 3 Mar 2005 05:25:38
    • Hey, nothing personal here ....., vsfoxe , Wed, 2 Mar 2005 18:28:22
  • Cool rant!, Saana88 , Tue, 1 Mar 2005 20:55:06
    • Even my VAN is better than most SUV's, Steven W, Wed, 2 Mar 2005 14:19:34
  • Russ,I luve ya' babe, but I se another side..., Chaz, Tue, 1 Mar 2005 19:31:56
    • Re: Russ,I luve ya' babe, but I se another side..., jp, Wed, 2 Mar 2005 14:41:10
      • Unibody construction is what I meant, and you are wrong, Chaz, Fri, 4 Mar 2005 04:05:46
    • I'm no stranger to the SUV either, Russell Giuliano, Tue, 1 Mar 2005 20:40:47
      • accident survival vs accident avoidence, steven W, Wed, 2 Mar 2005 16:44:40
  • Patience...they end upside down soon., JohnB, Tue, 1 Mar 2005 15:44:47
    • Oh yea, I' ALL TOO FAMILIAR with idiot DC drivers, Steve W, Wed, 2 Mar 2005 16:47:30
    • Re: Patience...they end upside down soon., arabiflora , Wed, 2 Mar 2005 00:43:08
  • I'm impartial. But will clearly state that if....., vsfoxe , Tue, 1 Mar 2005 15:06:49
    • I helped stir it up, so I kinda' have to stay in?, JDSaab, Tue, 1 Mar 2005 17:29:43
      • Our troops are defending your right to drive an SUV n, Russell Giuliano, Wed, 2 Mar 2005 04:17:26
    • Ouch...my Audi 4.2A6 weighs 4068 lbs..., JohnB, Tue, 1 Mar 2005 15:46:21
  • Just so I understand this correctly..., JDSaab, Tue, 1 Mar 2005 09:42:09
    • what's wrong with TWO vehicles???, Steven W, Wed, 2 Mar 2005 14:22:45
    • No, you don't get it, Russell Giuliano, Tue, 1 Mar 2005 11:30:24
      • Re: No, you don't get it, Pete Kelly, Tue, 1 Mar 2005 13:13:46
      • Thanks for the help on what SUV means..., JDSaab, Tue, 1 Mar 2005 12:22:44
    • The whole SUV-pickup thing, RayF, Tue, 1 Mar 2005 11:19:33 <-- Viewing This Message
    • Re: Just so I understand this correctly..., Finch, Tue, 1 Mar 2005 10:40:53
  • Re: Snow & SUV Hell, saabrocket, Tue, 1 Mar 2005 07:10:18
    • Re: Snow & SUV Hell, Pete Kelly, Tue, 1 Mar 2005 08:13:58
      • the disco.., KTurner, Tue, 1 Mar 2005 11:25:38
        • Re: the disco.., sandy hague, Tue, 1 Mar 2005 16:20:12
        • Re: the disco..it's a series 2 and I agree, Pete Kelly, Tue, 1 Mar 2005 13:04:22
          • generalizations=love/hate, sandy hague, Tue, 1 Mar 2005 16:14:37

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