• ccunix@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Or do you have a genuine reason that makes them advantageous?

    I have an SUV because:

    • my mother in law has mobility issues and struggles to get in/out of a saloon.
    • my wife has neck issues and the higher driving position is better for her
    • I like it (ok, that could make me an arsehole)

    Truth is that mine (BMW X1) is at most 5cm bigger in any dimension, if at all, than the car on which it is based (Mini Cooper). The extra size is an optical illusion.

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      1 year ago

      Also - the mass and form of an SUV makes them a good option in terms of safety. Smaller vehicles get crunched like pop cans, and trucks get sandwiched by their own bed if you hit a solid object.

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        Making yourself safer by making everyone else less safe still seems like an asshole move to me?

        Bumper height should have been regulated on city roads, then we wouldn’t have gotten this escalation. Work truck, sure. If you need one, you need one. But people who drive a massive gas guzzler to park it at the office and go up the elevator to work?