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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
Anecdotes and bias. I'm not buying it.
If you wanted to talk about "kinetic ripple", that's what you should have talked about. Blaming one type of car is silly and distracts from the point you're trying to make.
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I've been meaning to get back to this one for quite a while.
Blaming one type of car isn't necessarily irrational.
I do it all the time and in my mind I'm rational! (Truth: in my mind I'm not, but on this topic I am!)
For example, there are several types of blame I place specifically on full-size 4x4 pickups and SUVs (even though I have one). You know the ones:
*there's not a scratch on 'em and they have hard tonneaus- tells me the owner threw in the towel on it being anything but a ginormous commuter car.
*lifted, diesel, dually, or some combination thereof- rarely seen doing actual work that requires anywhere near that capacity. Compensating for "shortcomings".
*prone to exaggeration in other areas too, like mpg claims.
