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Originally Posted by Moneyguy1
Shep:
You make a good point. When I had a young family, my wife, two kids, grandma and the family dog plus provisions for a week in the mountains fit in a Pinto Wagon with a rooftop carrier. Our second car was a 1965 Corvair turbo convertable. Later I got a Ford midsize station wagon in 1986 and used that sucker for haulng just about everything including 4 x 8 sheets of plywood and plasterboard. The "need" for huge vehicles is difficult for me to understand, and even more difficult to justify. It is not a "need", it is a "want", fueled in many cases by a selfish attitude that says "I got mine, to Hell with you". Granted, if I had an actual need for something that weighed 5,700 pounds and got 15 MPG for work, could say that is justified. My sone-in-law is a master electrician and does require a cargo hauler. What does he get? Used vans that are PARKED when no on the job. His regular vehicle? midsized crossover. He has the required two kids, wife and dog. How can he possibly live with such restrictions?
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What does his crossover get in town? 18? What does a minivan get 18/24 if you are not loaded down too much. But somehow he is to be applauded that he is not driving a "gas guzzler" getting ONLY 15/20 like the v8 chevy is rated.
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Later I got a Ford midsize station wagon in 1986
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And what kind of mpg did this thing get? I would be willing to bet money that a modern V8 truck gets as good if not better mileage.
All of you large vehicle haters have bought into the brainwashing without even a shred of rational thought.
