I hate SUV's Options

[ashes1850]

I just wanted to put it out there that I really hate SUV's and the gas that they suck up. Why would a person want to buy a car that gets like 10 mpg?

over in china they have a new car thats a cross between a van and a mini cooper and it gets 60mpg. They have laws about the dimensions and about minimum gas mileage. Why are we not following their lead? And the gov't wastes all their money and our money on technology to build a hybrid SUV which really does not exist as the electricity shuts off at about 40mph. So anyone who drives major roads uses up gas anyway. Unl;ess a family have like six children you don't need a big car. God forbid that children have to share the back of a sedan. Just getting those feelings off my chest.

[forkee]

In SUV's defense....

1) the new 2008 ford escape hybrid gets up to 34 MPG on city driving

http://www.fordvehicles.com/suvs/2008escapehybrid/

2) i too am guilty of gas guzzling. my sky redline gets 18 mpg on average, pretty bad for a 4 banger. but it does go to 60 in less than 5 seconds.

i dont think this thread was aimed at the gasoline issue. rather the small percentage of drivers out there who use their vehicle as an excuse to think that they own the road. sometimes its uncanny the similarities between a vehicle's size and the driver's ego but one needs to remember its only a fraction of the total amount of suv drivers, which are decent drivers.