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Any tools still made in the USA?
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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?
Those "same people" were the ones who pushed so hard for the
imposition of mileage standards across all elements of car
manufacturers' product lines. The fact there was a loophole provided a
means for people to actually get what they wanted (I know, that's a
foreign and detestable concept to most statists), thus the growth of the
SUV's popularity. Had the CAFE standards not been so draconian, the
station wagon would have survived as a viable and popular product
offering, the SUV would never have become so popular -- law of
unintended consequences.
: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.
... and you see each and every use to which those people put those
SUV's. The fact they may be hauling a few bags of groceries when you
see them doesn't mean they aren't hauling a car load of kids and soccer
equipment some other time. Most folks don't buy a car for every task,
but pick the one that fits the total of all tasks to which they intend
to put it. But then, you knew that.
The idea that most SUVs are used mostly for hauling
heavy loads is a sad little fantasy.
-- Andy Barss
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