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Another vote for the wagon here. Anything I can do to convince someone that they don't need an SUV is time not wasted.
Any safety feature available in an APC, er.. SUV is available in a sedan/wagon. And thinking of safety, what about the safety of other drivers on the road? SUVs block the view of the road for car-height vehicles while placing headlights almost directly at eye level for the car-height drivers. They also need thousands of dollars of high tech equipment to prevent rolling over with their higher center of gravity (for most drivers; I'd assume a hypermiler wouldn't get into such a situation where it all becomes necessary).
Worst accidents I've ever been in involved SUVs.
1) SUVs lined up on a street corner completely blocking view of oncoming traffic: pulling out enough to see traffic put us into traffic and resulted in my sister's Buick being totalled.
2) Stop and go traffic on the highway, lady commuting with single < 2yo child in the back of an XTerra skids and pushes the car in front of her into my car and then the car in front mine.
3) SUV in an intersection in the opposite direction wanting to make a left turn blocks complete view of rest of the road: my friend coming the other way goes to make a left and I end up with a Taurus in my door.
Unless you're off-roading, you don't need one and then you're better off with a Jeep anyway. Need massive space? Get a pickup truck (and the reason why they've been getting larger and higher is beyond me)
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