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I vividly remember one car commercial: A guy is in the gym, and an announcement is made over the speakers: "There's a tan minivan with its lights on." He looks around, obviously hoping nobody sees him, and then gets up. Presumably to turn his lights out.
The ad was for some SUV or another. Basically saying that minivans were something to be ashamed of driving, but SUVs of course were butch and manly and you should buy one of ours right now, you wimp!
For most people, SUVs are minivans that look butch and are marginally less useful.
Don't get me started on the whole "safety" thing--the average SUV is actually less safe in a collision than the average car. Slightly less so for the occupants of the SUV, substantially so for pedestrians or people in other vehicles. (This information is old, it may be outdated now, but AFAIK SUVs still have less-strict safety standards to meet than cars.)
I'm mostly salty because I like little tiny cars that SUVs can easily run over.... And because my wife insisted we get a 4WD one because it sometimes rains where we live....
-soD
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