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Dept store Quartermaster
Join Date: Jul 2001
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Originally Posted by dd74
SUVs - it's not just the inherent lousy gas mileage, it's the size of these monsters. When trying to make a left-hand turn in your little Porsche cars while facing a Yukon in front of you that's also trying to turn left the opposite direction - can you see around the Yukon? Can you see around it even if you were in a standard-sized sedan or wagon? How about parking at the mall or hardware store? The parking spaces are getting more narrow, and the SUVs are growing wider.
Sure, they have a purpose. Or did. But with sports wagons that get better mileage, are faster, and handle better such as the BMW, Mercedes, Volvo, Audi, to name a few, which also carry nearly as much cargo, the SUV is, IMO, eclipsed on the functionality front.
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Sounds like you're not a target customer, I wouldn't buy one if I were you
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12-09-2008, 10:40 AM
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