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points by kalleboo 1 day ago | 0 comments
It's the soccer mom treadmill.

Station Wagons -> Minivans -> SUVs

What's next? I hope we loop around back to station wagons.

[–] dzhiurgis 23 hours ago
Why? I know SW handle better, but who cares. Modern familys handle plenty well.
[–] kalleboo 17 hours ago
The taller the car the less safe it is for everyone around it.

And I rented an SUV once and was surprised by how small it was on the inside compared to the outside. Seemed way less practical than it could have been.

[–] bitmasher9 17 hours ago
They are tall for ground clearance. Fantastic if you deal with a lot of off road situations. Like all other things discussed in this thread, it is underutilized.

Still, I prefer driving a awd suv in winter if I am at risk of being in a snowstorm.

[–] kalleboo 16 hours ago
Yeah we're talking about soccer moms, they don't need ground clearance. Station wagons can just as easily have AWD, Subaru were famous for it.