once upon a time suv's were actually for off road work and fun. As they advanced so did the look of them, they got nicer and famous people decided they wanted to own them as a sign of status, as hey bought them, the general public followed suit, and bought them, as a sign of their status,(much like BMW's Mercs and so on) problem is much like BMW's they have become very common as prices have come down. Now they are no longer as high a status symbol, and i dont even think most can go off road even slightly so the world is then left with many SUV's clogging up the small roads, causing serious pollution, and generally causing a problem.

Get a real 4x4 or get an estate, but NEVER get a SUV...

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Right, there was a show on belgian television, called Peking express. 6 couples hitch-hike from Moskou to Peking. Along the road they could race with Ural-trucks! Now THATS what i call a 4x4!  

Nice to see there are some people around who share my idea about those ridiculous vehicles!

mentallity:

big cargo space
mine is bigger than yours
and if hit will do more damage to the other guy (i.e. an excuse to be a bad driver)

We have large SUV's but that is because we have a family of 6 and things like horse trailers to tow. I personaly detest cars, I couldn't see myself driving a car. An SUV is more usefull, durable, safer, and easier to use. I guarantee when you hit an elk or a deer, or whatever you guys have in Europe, you are going to be wishing you were in an SUV than a car.

Where I'm from, nobody drives a car except for the little old ladies.

If someone can afford to put gas in it than why are you knocking them?

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Lets put this straight. If you hit an elk in any sort of vehicle your going to wish you hadn't. A two ton elk is going to decimate anything short of a tank if you hit it.

As to SUV's being safer, this is a load of rubbish. No vehicle is easier to flip over than an SUV. When people drive them they think they're invinicible, so they drive recklessly, and so they're more likely to have an accident. Modern SUV's are not made of the same stuff as the old Jeeps and Land Rovers. They are not nearly so durable and safe either.

Personally I believe that the only true off roading vehicle in production today is the Land Rover Defender. And even these arn't as good as their forebearers. All these American SUV's are just oversized gas guzzling excuses for a 4x4.

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Yeah well thats G.B., I wouldn't want to drive one there either. right now it's a $1.77 for unleaded, even less for the diesel our truck takes, so "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damm" if my truck sucks gas.

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You answer me this: head on collision between a sedan and a Suburban, or even a small SUV Vs our Ford F-350. Who is going to come out the winner, or better off than the other?

He he, just wait a month till we have bash bars on it too......


Woodlouse,
You will be wishing less in an SUV.
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Also 1 ton=2000lbs. Aveage weight of elk=400-700Lbs. If you know of  a 2 ton elk please by the sake of GOd tell me where you last saw it so that I can come shoot it and be in the record books for the next 1000 years and eatlike a king untill then.

Yes I will admit that SOME drivers of SUV's drive stupid. BUT, I've seen plenty of morons in cars doing things every bit as stupid and ofter dumber. THere are plenty of a**holes in sports cars, and normal cars, that defy the laws of retardedness and stupidity.

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If that were true than the U.S. military wouldnt drive Chevy SUV's and hummers now would they.

Frankly after listening to you for a month or so now Woodie, you sound like you simply don't like anything that comes from the states.