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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.[/quote]

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

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.

[b]Also, height is a big part of the issue. [/b]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. [B]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.[/b] 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. [b]Unless you have a a concrete reasons for needing one (needing, not wanting), it is the socially responsible choice[/b].[/quote]
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.[/quote]

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