[Spridgets] L(A)JC

[bjshov8 at tx.rr.com]

I've called people on it before, and all they say is that they can buy what they want to buy.  I do see a lot of people driving them that seem to not have a real need for them.

I don't see where there is any prestige or pride in driving what is basically a truck.  I prefer to drive a car, usually a midsize or smaller car.  It is much nicer, safer, faster and more comfortable than any of the big trucks that people drive.

I had a friend that owned a BMW 325.  He traded it for a big Toyota SUV, and then told me how much better it was than the BMW.  This is a single guy with nothing to carry in the car but himself.  I figured he really didn't know how to appreciate the qualities of the BMW.  I'm not a BMW fan but I don't think Toyota makes anything that is better than anything BMW makes.

My wife wanted an SUV so we bought her a Jeep Grand Cherokee.  I was OK with it only because we do use it a lot for camping trips and it might be one of the few on the road that is actually used a lot off road.  Plus she uses it to carry furniture and so forth.  We bought a piece of furniture recently and she commented that "it's a good thing we have this big car".  It is time for her to get a new car and I'm trying to get her to agree to something a little better on fuel economy.  The last time she and I were off road in the Jeep it was a very rough trail and she announced that it was the last time she wanted to do it.  I guess someday I'll have to get my own Jeep if I want to keep doing offroad.  Whatever she selects though I won't be able to have much influence over her because she is one that will buy what she wants to buy, without regard to size or efficiency.


 
> Oddly, some see it as an "expression of freedom".
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> Personally speaking, in addition to conservation, I like small, nimble vehicles. 
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> For daily travel, I have never had the need to drive a truck-like vehicle and I 
> will argue that most of the people driving Range Rovers, Suburbans, Denali's, 
> Tahoes, Wahoos, Yahoos, Cadillac and Lincoln trucks, those half-truck things 
> with 4' beds, Honda Ridgelines/Clothelines whatever you call them, and so-on, 
> have little practical use for them.