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[quote=Anonymous]Spin off from the thread about the mom who doesn't want to be friends with other moms who drive SUVs. That thread got bogged down in other things, but so many of the responses on that thread were about justifying driving an SUV that I think it merits it's own thread.

An SUV is the least environmentally friendly choice you can make. Yes, even a hybrid SUV. If you can afford a hybrid SUV, you could also afford a hybrid sedan or station wagon. You should look critically at the size, weight, and fuel efficiency of every car you buy (if you must buy a car). SUVs are worse on all fronts. Don't buy SUVs.

SUVs are also significantly more dangerous to the general public than smaller vehicles. SUVs are more likely to kill pedestrians and cyclists because they suck the person under the vehicle and crush them.

People will argue that they buy an SUV because it's safer for them to drive in. And on it's surface, this seems reasonable. In a collision, being in the heavier, larger vehicle is always safer. But ask yourself where that ends. If you buy a Rav 4 so that you are safer in a collision with a Camry, then what do you do when everyone has Ran 4s? Buy a Tahoe? Where does this end? Does buying an SUV really keep you safer, or does it just up the ante for what safety in a vehicle looks like, forcing everyone to buy larger and larger vehicles for "safety"?

Alternatively, if you have to buy a car (and really ask if you have to, maybe you don't need a car, or maybe you don't need two cars for your family, maybe there are ways to get away with less of these), buy the smallest safe car you can reasonable fit your family in. Then try to dive it as little as possible.

Ok, you can all yell at me and tell me how much you love your SUVs now.[/quote]

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