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Regarding parking of large SUV's, I think there are some factors helping with coping with the larger vehicles.
Many people now shop at big box stores (whether they like it or not) which typically have huge parking lots able to handle these larger vehicles. Movie theaters are multi plex venues with huge parking lots, grocery stores are bigger, etc., etc., etc.
On the flip side, have you ever measured up a full size '60's 4 door sedan or a '70's 4 door wagon? Those were the common cars for people and they were huge and on par with some of our large SUV's that are available (along with most likely similar gas mileage to boot!). People piloted those around with no problems back then.
We've got more space in the US verses more crowded European countries, so I think we can more easily 'get away with it' here than our counterparts in other parts of the world.
However, I'd be curious to see how people cope with a large SUV in a major US city where parking is at a premium and there just isn't the space for such a large vehicle.
Jay
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