E, I agree that targeting SUVs as the bad guys is an oversimplification. However there is a major difference here in what the car makers are required to do. Crash protection? Cars have stricter requirements. Emisions? Cars have stricter requirements.
But IMHO, the real difference is between people who want to make a difference versus people who for whatever reason dont. Some may say they want to make a difference but when it comes down to it, their actions speak for themselves. So, you say you want to save the environment but you drive a honking vehicle that guzzles gas because you think its cool, then you've shown that you think being cool is more important than considerations for the environment. If its an SUV, then it very likely polutes more than a car that gets the same mileage and again you've shown what you really think. You say you care about your fellow man but if you get in an accident with that monster vehicle youre driving, youre more likely to kill him. I agree that if youre a farmer and driving a honking truck, then youre probably not trying to be cool(youre most likely broke too) and that if I see you driving on the highway in an suv by yourself, that I dont have enough info to judge. However, I'll shamefully state as an american that by the averages (amount of people driving long distances repeitively alone in oversize vehicles) that we dont give enough of a hoot about the environment. But hey, were all about free speech and I guess were excersizing it. DRE -----Original Message----- From: Erika L. Walker-Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 12:09 PM To: CF-Community Subject: SUV's and Dead Horses Not to beat to beat the dead horse here ... But I was looking up some fairly popular cars versus a couple of SUV's ... And I think some of the differences in gas mileage is negligible and even a couple of SUV's came out ahead of popular cars ... So I think it's all pretty relative and comes down again to the fact people really shouldn't generalize, as some SUV owners try to own the best one for the environment while still getting the vehicle they want and enjoy, while some car owners don't realize that an SUV does better on the road then their car. Now there's no reasoning for the Lincon Navigator people other than they have the money to waste I suppose ... But others should be given a bit more slack since their SUV only does 1 mpg less than the popular minivans. That's hardly something to crucify over ... But then again, what do I know. Interesting stuff. Of course there's lots of great family cars in this list that do great on mileage. (most of this is 2002 data) Cadillacs http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/bymake/Cadillac2003.shtml Lincolns http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/bymake/Lincoln2002.shtml Mercedes http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/2001cartablef.jsp?id=18214 Ford Explorer Sport SUV http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/18071.shtml A ford station wagon http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/18009.shtml The popular Ford Mustang http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/17424.shtml A ford minivan http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/18026.shtml Chevys http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/bymake/Chevrolet2002.shtml Toyota SUV http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/18131.shtml Another Toyota SUV http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/18246.shtml All Toyotas http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/bymake/Toyota2002.shtml Jeeps http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/bymake/Jeep2002.shtml Cheers, Erika ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
