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In rec.autos.driving Eric Lee Green <eric@badtux.org> wrote:
t: Which is cancelled out by a) the inability to see cars behind you
: due to the tall lift-gate (and often spare tire) blocking your rear

While I definitely agree it's foolish to ignore your rear end one could
counter this point by pointing out that the people behind you are supposed
to worry about you, and you are supposed to worry about the people in
front of you, so therefore being able to see in front is more important
anyways. Though I have to admit I find it annoyign when people get close
enough to my Pathfinder that their headlights disappear (specially at
night). I like seenig to my rear. Even if people aren't supposed to worry
about it, it is better not to get hit tahn be in the right and have a
damaged car (and dealing with insurance) or worse. 

:
 vision, and b) huge blind spots on the sides caused by you being unable
: to see low enough to see cars beside you.

Agreed... I always move over slowly in the Pathfinder in case I didn't see
anyone (that way they have time to honk or get out of my way). I'm not
sure if it is cause of the Pathfinder or all SUVs (I'm sure some are worse
about this than others). But there is definitely a spot I can't tell for
sure if there is some one there or not.

: It's also harder to park with a tall vehicle because the tall nose blocks
: your view of low obstacles in front of you. You must guesstimate to a much

Gotta disagree here. My Pathfinder is not hard to park and my Mom's
Trooper is downright easy to park (It is very easy to tell with hers where
the hood is). I mean evne with a small car the really low obstacles (like
a curb) you have to keep in mind when backing up. As for cars, you can
still see thenm easily enough to see where you are parking. Not sure if
this goes for the much larger SUVs, but for the two smaller types I have
driven (the Trooper and Pathfinder), this totally rings false.


: (especially the rear vision one -- one reason I did not buy an Isuzu
: Rodeo Sport was because I just flat couldn't see what was behind me).

I can see behind me, but not when people get close to me. Which irks me
when they are close enough I can't see their front lights (granted they
don't have to get as close as they do with the Porsche to do this). At
night this is especially bad cause the rest of their car is hard to see.
But, the car I found th hardest to see behind me was the Astro Van because
it had split doors vertically, so the big bar in the middle that was the
door seperator could easily hide a car behind it.

: offroad capability, or the towing capability, or any of the other real
: practical reasons to buy one. You don't have to invent imaginary

I'm not in denial. I boguht one cause I wanted one. I don't need space,
hell, I've been driving a tiny sports car for 6 years and managed. Really
all I needed was a car that would be more dependable than a 28 year old
car (that is very dependable for its age. I'd still say there's a lot of
cars 10 years newer or even newer than that I'd trust less than it). And
one I'd like enough I wouldn't miss the Porsche *too* much (I foresee
that only another Porsche could take the place of that car).

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