Question of the Day: What's a Dependable Small SUV?
Let's face it: Despite the looks you’ll get when you tell your friends, you still need an SUV. Maybe you have kids, maybe you’re hauling equipment and supplies to and from work every day. Whatever the reason, you’re not looking for anything hulking — just an efficient, reliable vehicle that can serve your everyday needs. Ask.cars.com can help you whittle down your choices.
What’s a dependable small SUV? (Ask.cars.com)
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"Let's face it: Despite the looks you’ll get when you tell your friends, you still need an SUV."
Right...just like you "need" a 5-bedroom house, a big-screen TV, an automatic drip coffeemaker, 400 thread-count sheets, or a hole in the head.
Maybe the line should be, "Let's face it: Despite the fact that it will confirm to your friends that you're a selfish jerk, you still want an SUV."
Every now and then I feel guilty when I key a SUV (exception are the cute-utes) for making me squeeze out of my car because they take up not only their parking space room but also mine. Good thing that within a few steps I get over it. I don't know what it is but Explorer owners have no clue on how to park.
Where I live, SUV is indeed a necessity. My car is currently buried in snow deeper than bumper height. The plough guy was called yesterday before the second snow started . . . it's 9hrs after the appointed time, still no hint of his whereabouts. Beyond the 80ft driveway, we have a 500ft town road not yet ploughed, also covered in over a foot of snow. There is just no way my car can drive through that. My AWD SUV with high ground clearance, however, already made a trip to the store for baby food this afternoon.
If you do not need an SUV, good for you. Some people may not even need a car; I lived in Cambridge for half a decade without a private motorized transport at all. I had a bicycle and a T-pass. As for the gentleman admitting to petty property crime (keying SUVs), well, just remember karma when the folks without cars decide to torch your car for the heck of it just because your car ownership becomes the subject of envy.