I'd never own one, but sometime I just have to admire the "too much is never enough" approach. :eek: :D

I WOULD, however, own a Unimog and/or a GWagen if I had the extra cash. I don't even like most SUVs or pickup trucks, and not for any self-righteous environmental or highway-safety reasons....just personal preference. I also really have no need for one, but the Unimogs sure look like fun, and the GWagen is just damned good-looking! :D

Mike

Ok someone beat me to it! :eek: Who buys something like that? They must cost $100k? Don't people with cash to burn spend their money on good stuff these days? Like a Ferrari or boat?

Back to my original point, people will buy anything if:
1. It is cheap enough.
2. If they think they need it.

If you think about it the SUV=sport utility vehical that theirs a catchy phrase that someone must have thought up one night. :rolleyes: Peoples purchases can be minipulated by proper marketing it is almost scary. What did people do before all of these great barges roamed the land? Station wagon! :D Guess what is coming back but with different names!

But a Hummer is responsible for none of that. 10 billion people with material needs and desires are responsible. How does burning a Hummer do anything but create an exercise in deception?

...metaphors of the mind my friend. A good burn represents a cathartic cleansing of the soul. Other than that, how the hell should I know? I don't advocate such activities, but I do understand from whence they spring...

Burning an SUV to the ground would produce more toxic emissions in a matter of an hour or so than the vehicle would produce during SEVERAL YEARS of normal use.

As usual, such radical enviro-terrorists are shooting themselves in both feet: Now the perpetrators have made themselves into criminals, AND they have contributed needlessly to the problem (pollution) that they are claiming to be against!

:rolleyes:

Mike

...methinks we have an over-abundance of hypocrits in our midst.

Only accident I ever had in the 14 years of driving my Sunbeam Alpine, was when a neighbor couldn't see it and backed her F250 pickup into my left rear quarter panel.
Guess that was my fault for owning too small a car!

Lately, most of the aggressive SUVs menacing my Honda on the highway, seem to be those full size, jacked-up extended-cab pickups. Their owners think they're driving sportscars. Here, one of them recently drove over the top of a car on I66 and killed three people. My brother's '94 4Runner is only a 'midsize' SUV but I think it's scary to drive!
Don't really have many other gripes with SUVs and Hummers, except as major examples of waste. Glad all the gas my Accord is saving, keeps these monsters on the road!

Don't need to burn them! Don't need to ban them!
Just make them subject to the same safety, emissions and fuel economy regulations as the rest of the consumer vehicles.

Happy Motoring, Mark

Now THAT is cool! I think the Air Force used to use those on the flight line... Crew Chief trucks. The original "6 pack" (6 passengers). Just out of curiosity, what are you asking? I have no idea what the market on those things it.

Chris

Dead-on, Mike. And *I* stand by your comments, too.

Chris

The original use for a Suburban
 

As GM likes to point out, the Suburban dates way back to 1937. But what they DON'T say is who was buying them, other than the Park Service and Mark Trail.

The main buyers of these things were FUNERAL PARLORS. They are useful for ferrying bodies around on non-ceremonial occasions, ie, over to the embalmer's, from the hospital or morgue to the funeral home, etc. Hearses tend to make people feel creepy. Besides, they are expensive to buy and maintain. The hearse needs to always be in nice shiny condition.

...an eminently sensible solution--also need to completely remove the absurd tax loopholes for SUVs.

Thanks for referring to me as a friend. That is an honor.

Is the bigger issue one of folks unwilling and/or incapable of identifying and working towards resolving issues, or perhaps merely one of convenience? An lashing out here a hateful moment there an occasional timely burning, and everything is okay?

Hey Ted, take her for a test drive and get her to park the SUV in a Wallmart parking lot, close in.

I drive SUV's and 4X4's for a living. Much less often now that I'm mostly desk-bound Damned if I'd ever own one unless I had a farm or business requirement for one. Lousy ride, horrible parking, terrible mileage, and expensive maintenance if you use it off-road.

...sorry if I triggered your involuntary gag reflex--my bad.

....meaning?.....

Mike