why does there have to be a point in a thread... ive seen many threads with no meaning.. this just adds to the rest...

 

Pros/Cons for big vehicles

Pros -
convenient to have the room if needed (used by 1% of owners)
power to tow if needed (used by .00000001% of owners)
ease of entry/exit (compared to standard sedans, the xB is one of the easiest cars to get in/out of)

Cons -
Gas guzzlers
creates traffic (you can put 2 xB's in the same space 1 Tahoe takes up. Or you can put 10 motorcycles in the space 1 Tahoe takes up)
Less safe
Waste of resources

 

My dad drives an F-350 dualie and I drive a tC. The apple does occasionally fall far from the tree. My dad also hauls heavy loads on a regular basis, but I live in Houston and don't haul anything but a mountain bike. But, if I get almost run off the road by another soccer mom driving a Ford Excursion talking on her cell phone, I might scream, and perhaps follow her home to give her a piece of my mind...way off subject.

The moral to this story is: If you need a huge vehicle, buy a huge vehicle, but if you don't, then don't buy one. If you have the money, buy something flashy and be like all the other rich people in this town and buy a BMW, Mercedes, Lexus*, Audi, Porche, or ungodly expensive Italian sports car.

 

i feel you bro..

 

I grew up in ranch country and even today my dad still needs a 3/4 ton truck for his horse trailers, hay, etc and I have driven them plenty but I have no need. Mountain bikes and a surfboard are about as big as I get anymore.

I am glad on a daily basis to have a functionally sized car for living in a populated place. I can park, fit in neighborhoods, turn around when I need to, zip in and out of stupid drivers on the highway and I go to the gas station at most twice a week.

 

I think it just surprises the original poster because he may live in an area that doesn't have many "pimped out" SUV's.

Down in Louisiana, it's fairly standard to see an SUV with custom paint jobs, 24" wheels, chrome pipes, and odd slogans written on the sides of the cars in some kind of metallic script. In fact, that's sort of the norm.

It's called the "culture" of a shall-remain-unspecified ethnicity.

Hey, whatever. More power to ya. Sure you're big, safer, and can haul if you should ever want to scratch your "baby," ... but I'll happily roll with my $40 fillups every 3-4 weeks... but part of that comes from driving under 10 miles a day.

 

I'm originally from Shreveport and moved down to Houston and you certainly see more 'G-ed' out SUV's and the occasional old caddy painted to look like a bag of 'Skittles' in Shreveport. Down here, people just let perfectly good mercedes, BMW's, and Audi's go to waste with no modifications what-so-ever. Shreveport is just an interesting place.

 

And on top of that, Shreveport isn't as bad as Lafayette... where I'm originally from.


They don't call S-town "ratchet city" for nothing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u6m3JMd3qI

And yes, they're holding up their sneakers.

 

I think soccer moms in their mini vans talking on the cell are the most dangerous drivers out there. worse than bmw owners.

 

Small cars FTW!!... ok, I'm done now.

 

Not only do I hate huge road-clogging, inefficient, overpriced Chevy/Ford SUV's because 90% of the people that drive them could honestly do with something $30,000 cheaper and 30,000 cu. ft. smaller...

but I hate the families who contribute nothing to society but their five unruly crotch fruit who won't contribute anything else but a notch on their local party fraternity/sorority pledge board.

 

It's not about the vehicle by itself-it's about the people who use it and how they drive and the inconvenience it makes for the rest of the world and the fact they don't care.

 

I have a lot better things to worry about them what other kind of vehicles people drive.

 

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It's not about the vehicle by itself-it's about the people who use it and how they drive and the inconvenience it makes for the rest of the world and the fact they don't care.[/quote]

so lets get this straight, you know this women? you know whether she has other kids or not, and a husband/boyfriend..

cause you are stereotyping alot of people.. my dad boguht an expedition cause we are a family of 6, though we are all older now and drive our own vehicles, he still drives the expedition.. its great for buying large items such as furniture, aswell as great if we ever go do trips together.. you see his vehicle in a parking lot, and just him.. you are stereotyping him without knowing all the details.

 

Pakana, if you're case were true for all families, than the average household wouldn't contain 2 parents and 2.2 kids. So based off the AVERAGE, greybox is 100% dead on. The majority of families out there don't NEED a gigantic SUV. They get it because they feel 'safer' in it, when in reality, it doesn't make a difference what they're driving. Take a Smartcar and crash it into a Hummer, guess who wins? The Smart, 9 times out of 10.

 

im just saying.. there are many considerations why people need bigger vehicles other then the fact that they are "stupid,"

 

Yes, some people actually need it(I don't think anyone would argue with that), but when you look at the facts, the majority of people who buy large diesel trucks or 7 passanger SUV's, buy them as a daily commuter vehicle and nothing more.

 

im kinda curious, where do you have these FACTS? if i see them, then i will rightfully shut up, and leave this thread..

 

I really don't feel like searching, but I really can't see why you think everyone in America has 9 children and need to tow boats and trailers on a daily basis.

 

Im a single guy
No kids
probaly will never tow

But you know what I still buy an excursion or hummer or whatever because if I like it im going to buy it, so deal with it.