People with street parking only - why do you keep buying bigger and bigger cars?

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I’m hoping our that all our kids who grew up with SUVs will gravitate toward a different body style than what their parents drive. And just like fashion, car styles will be cyclical and the SUV trend will die off.

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I can't speak for your neighbors, but I can tell you why I am considering a 3 row SUV: because I have three kids under 6 and they'll be in car seats / boosters for years to come, and I don't think I can squeeze three across once the oldest switches to a booster. That's a big difference from when we were kids.

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Anonymous wrote:The new 2023 Hummer has Crab Mode. You can turn wheels sideways and go into spot.

And don't be mad if someone hits you, while you park in crab mode with 4" of space between you and the cars in front of/back of you.

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Anonymous wrote:I hate it. I don't even like the "small" SUVs. Everyone wants to drive around in a little mini-living room. I hate that 80% of the vehicles parked on my block these days are SUVs. It didn't used to be this way. It seems like the de facto choice for people with kids and/or dogs, and it's not necessary. Having one or two kids does not necessitate a Subaru Forrester or Honda CR-V.

Also, if you claim to care about the environment but you are purchasing a brand new, non-hybrid, non-electric SUV, you are full of it. Yes, these vehicles are not as gas guzzling as older model SUVs or the really enormous ones. They still use more gas than a smaller vehicle. And if you are using it for yourself or a small family of 3 or 4, you are allocating a lot of resources for your family to be moderately more comfortable. If you have to have a car (which I get -- we have to have a car too), you had lots of decent, more environmentally conscious, options, and you chose to get an SUV instead. You're a jerk.

A CRV is the same length as a new Corolla. It's true, look it up.

This is reflective of the fact that Corolla's are bigger than they used to be. Lots of car models are bigger than they used to be. Look it up.

Also, height is a big part of the issue. Small SUVs are not as tall as bigger SUV's, but they are universally taller than sedans and station wagons. It's part of what people like about them, actually, because people in this country are lazy AF and prefer to step in or up into a vehicle, than to step down into one. But the height of vehicles is a problem across the board because it decreases visibility. It's also a major issue in car-on-body collisions. A shorter vehicle with throw a person up and over the vehicle. But a taller vehicle, even a small SUV, will suck the body down and under. Thus taller vehicles are more deadly because people get literally run over, whereas a smaller vehicle will throw people (at least adult height people) clear of the vehicle.

SUVs are less safe and worse for the environment, across the board. Unless you have a a concrete reasons for needing one (needing, not wanting), it is the socially responsible choice.

Yep. As someone who only has a car that they actually need, constantly losing space and visibility on the road to the fleets of SUVs get so tiresome. It's become a real problem.

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Anonymous wrote:America is one of the wealthiest nations on earth and we can afford to buy massive vehicles, gas prices are only a token annoyance to many and reusable shopping bags are the extent of their actions regarding the environment. They don't care about....well, they just don't care.

Nope. We don't.

-New gas guzzling SUV owner. Sorry, not sorry.

Tell it to your kids, not me. They are the ones who are going to have to live with the consequences of your selfishness.

No, they won't. They're going to be just fine.

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Anonymous wrote:Because they are now working primarily from home so don’t have to worry about fighting for parking on a daily basis or commuting costs?

Do you have no clue how big cars were in the 60s/70s/early 80s? And people parked on the streets and managed to survive.

The population was much lower and people often didn’t have multiple cars. Thank you very much.

Then your argument would be that households should only have one car. Thank you very much.

You should have a tricycle.

🤷🏻‍♀️ Sorry you don’t understand the OP’s argument is without merit. I’ll keep my SUV and you can keep whining about it.

Bless your heart that you have to make for your husband’s small “vehicle.”

[Anonymous]

Did we all collectively forget that 30-40 years ago station wagons were ubiquitous and many models (e.g., Country Squire) took up as much street space as the typical SUV?

There will always be large vehicles on the market to accommodate a family's needs.