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The truth is, people first determine the budget that they have for a new or
used car. Next, they consider what sort of car they need, and they take into
account things like, do they "think" they need a vehicle that can haul home
a sheet of plywood from Home Depot, or do they intend to take a vacation and
haul around a load of sleeping bags and tents, or do they have a couple of
kids and need room for them plus a load of groceries.

I am not suggesting that these are valid reasons to choose a car, but they
are some of the reasons that people will use when making a selection. So,
let's take a look at a car buyer with a $30,000 budget. There are lots of
vehicles in this range, and a prudent buyer would select one that has the
lowest cost of ownership and can perform the expected tasks that the vehicle
will be called upon to perform -- this may include getting that sheet of
plywood home. Some buyers, me included, will be drawn to the BMW or Lexus
car models with four doors because we enjoy the sporty feel that this sort
of vehicle offers. We also enjoy the fuel economy that will range in the
high 20s, but we give up the ability to haul things home from Home Depot.
Other buyers will go toward the medium duty trucks, such as the Ford F150 or
similar Chevy models. These buyers will want the ability to haul loads of
plywood, and sacks of sand or cement. They sacrafice space for people, and
they give up good fuel economy, but they gain the ability to haul lots of
stuff. Other buyers will look at the SUV products like the Expedition or
Chevy equivelent, Tahoe (I think). These buyers will have the ability to
haul around lots of kids, more than either the BMW or the trucks, and they
can stuff the occasional sheet of plywood or sack of cement in the back.
They can also drag the boat to the river, or go deep into the woods on a
camping trip, two more things that the BMW can't do.

So, while you and I are driving down the highway in our choice of
transportation, we see all of the other people that also made a choice of tr
ansportation. We have no idea what prompted them to make that choice, and
frankly I don't care what motivated them to make the choice they made. What
we can't see is if they just took out a sheet of plywood and a sack of
cement. What we can't see is if they have three kids at home and need to
also fit $500 of groceries in the back. We have no idea if they are Boy
Scout parents that take 7 kids on outings 6 times a year.

Driving a 325hp Porsche is macho. Driving a Harley Davidson motorcycle is
macho. I like to think that my 3 Series BMW is macho ... These are all
acceptable forms of transportation only because they are small, but a macho
SUV is somehow a bad thing based upon the judgements of people that have no
idea of what the purchase decisions the buyers of SUVs faced. Get a life
people, and leave everybody else alone.




"Orlando Fernandez" <OFernandez@webtv.net> wrote in message
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turnkey4099@hotmail.com (Harry K)
Except for a very, very small percentage of the SUV on the road they are
bought because they are SUV, not to tow with, not to replace something
else, just because they are SUV and a SUV is macho, man, macho. Harry K

Orlando says:

You mean the Mickey Mouse cowboy image their owners portray? Their
gullible Nouveau Rich, though, seem to fit better in the Old West
WAGONS, where the speculators, the entrepreneurial ladies, and other
shady characters used to ride...

Have you noticed how much the new Hummer 2 looks like an Old Wagon?

"What worries me is not the violence of the few, but the indifference of
the many"

"Lo que a mi me preocupa no es la violencia de unos pocos, sino la
indiferencia de los muchos"

M.L. King Jr.

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