Are 4 wheel drive passenger vehicles wasting precious resources?
We have the best roads in history.
Can anyone explain to me why we need 4 wheel drive passenger vehicles? I have one, an F150 it stays on the grounds, it is not licensed. It pulls wagons when the ground is dry. When the ground is wet it's useless. I use it for mobile storage. |
Yes in about 90% of the cases.
Its amazing that the automakers and thier marketing people have managed to convince the public that they need 4x4 when really 10% of trucks do. I saw a Ford document a few years ago and it stated that for the following years sales they planned to raise 4x4 share of thier truck line to 75% (top of my head memory). Side note, I hate marketing. |
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What bothers me the most is when people think their car can stop better with 4wd :/ |
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Marketing is the art of convincing people to buy inferior products or to pay more for them if they were going to buy them anyway as opposed to buying goods on their technical merits. I prefer efficiency myself over hype. |
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My attitude is, if you're looking for dog crap in the grass - you're going to be successful at only seeing crap. You can't smell the roses while looking for poo... and all that corny stuff. Marketing is not the art of convincing people to buy inferior products. That's the work of a charlatan. For all the work SVO and MetroMPG do marketing this website - I'd hate to think we're all here for inferior reasons. Marketing is not limited to the sale - your experience may be with those targeting sales, but that's not the entire scope. |
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Just having a 4th tire on a vehicle is wasteful. With a single rear wheel and drive going to that wheel, a differential isn't needed. |
I think were talking about 4wd as in trucks and suv's, but correct me if I am wrong. Yes, I absolutely HATE people that drive around in big 4x4's when of course, theres absolutely NO need for it. You know, the stereotypical lifted 80s chevy pickup with huge mudders and hacked off exhaust (or worse, echo cans). Rusted to pieces, NRA stickers, dead deer in the bed. They pass you when you're being careful on a snow-covered road in the winter. Not pass, but fly past you. Half the time you see someone off the road its one of these guys.
They also complain about gas prices. Can you tell I dont like these kinds of people? |
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I don’t need a commercial for laundry detergent to tell me I need it. When I go to the grocery store and go down that isle, I buy the stuff because I see it there and I realize I need to wash my clothes. Next time you see a car commercial, look and see if they talk about HP, fuel economy, headroom, legroom, trunk volume… or are they just putting up images of car racing around a corner of hearing an engine revving under load. There are countless examples of this but the beer industry is the best example and the worst offender. Beer should be bought purely on taste and price, when was the last time you seen them advertise about either of these qualities, they only promote an image. That is marketing, promoting an image, it has nothing to do promoting the merits of your product. Take a $5 tee shirt and put a Nike swoosh logo on it and bam, its quadrupled in value. That’s due to marketing because its still the same shirt, and that is why I think that marketing is about promoting inferior products or getting people to pay more for them than what there worth. Just my 2 cents. |
I'm sure up in Ontario, there are days when you need it. Northern climates, higher altitudes.
Front wheel drive is safer for the hotdogs, they can't get in as much trouble. Why isn't the front driven in two wheel drive, and the back idling. Only a few do this. Marketing departments that are separate from R & D and Production tend to be like the tail wagging the dog. Marketing as a subset of other depts. has worked. Marketing could make the world a better place. However, we find this instead: coupons, cash back, rebate, sale, 50% off, offer good until 04-14-08, only $20 a month for the first year, 30 day free trial, no interest until 2009, (translation-dear consumer we think you are an idiot) Oh here's a good one, tell us you made $3000 off the books and we'll give you a tax rebate. We'll tell you the latest breaking news after the commerial. (sorry your gone, click) Buy now, use the equity in you house What other as-sin-nine things have you heard? The total wasted resources is enormous... |
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I think the real need is for people that do work off road such as farmers, surveyors, construction workers etc. |
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