Mark & Juanita wrote:

: Funny thing is, the same people who are trying to kill SUV's are
: responsible for the rise of the SUV and the death of the station wagon.
: Station wagons died because the car mfg's couldn't meet average fleet
: mileage standards if they kept station wagons in their product
: offerings.

The car mfgs are exploiting a loophole in the law, under
which SUVs are classified as farm vehicles, and thus not
subject to the safety and mileage regulations cars are under.

How exactly is this the result of "the same
people" doing anything?


:However, people still had things they needed to haul that
: required more than an econobox.

Unh huh. That explains all the single-rider
SUVs we see on Tucson's roads. Hauling a coupla bags
of groceries home from Safeway.

The idea that most SUVs are used mostly for hauling
heavy loads is a sad little fantasy.

-- Andy Barss