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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
You want to get bent out of shape over people driving things they don’t need, focus on people driving overpriced Land Rovers and Mercedes that have no objective, meaningful advantage over a similar style vehicle half to 1/3 the price, or focus on the sudden trend of turning SUVs into all out busses (Yukon, Escalade, etc).
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You’re talking about buying a luxury brand over a non-luxury brand, which doesn’t impact usability. I think we all know people buy them out of want — not need — and they’d be the first to admit that they could have gotten a similarly-sized vehicle for a third of the price, but it simply wouldn’t be as nice inside, wouldn’t drive as nicely or ride as quietly, etc.
The truck discussion is one aimed at form factor, which is directly tied to usability and particularity in-town usability where some of them can’t even fit in parking garages, and fitting them in a parking space is seemingly impossible for their owners (or at the very least makes the space beside them unusable). Although I also agree that the North American brands making their full-size SUVs as big as primary schools on wheels are an awful trend. I think the same applies to vehicles on the whole, but it is especially bad with the Big 3’s trucks and GM and Ford’s SUVs.