Interesting video on why these large SUVs have become the most popular new vehicle to buy, using clever marketing tricks to convince people they need the more impractical and unsafe option.

  • @Lemmy_Mouse
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    11 year ago

    Yeah that’s understandable. The chains on tires is a great point for snow but for dirt roads that become muddy the ground clearance is still an issue. A perfect solution to this (AFAIK as I wasn’t around when they were a company) the AMC Eagle was a sedan with 4x4 and what looks to be either 1ft or close to it of ground clearance. It’s a shame they went under, that vehicle in particular looks interesting to me due to it’s unique characteristics and expanded use value.

    I understand the landed argument and this is certainly prevalent in rural America. Of course it isn’t our job to worry about the pette bourgeois I didn’t mean to confer that. I was thinking more of trailer parks whereby workers rent trailers not drive them in there and towns where workers rent around the immediate area which can take them through rough terrain due to the underdevelopment of the area. I will also say that most people who live in these areas are either pette bourgeois or working class, taking “many rich” relatively.

    Agreed. Gas prices are in general very high right now, this is even worse for those with large vehicles.