From: "John Oellrich" 

David,

The press does anything it can to increase sales, usually with speculative
articles. I wouldn't use that as an argument.

--
john

oellrich{at}earthlink.net


"David N. Barnett"  wrote in message
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> On Fri, 17 Jan 2003 09:21:50 -0600, "Ronnie T. Mungo, Boy Genius"
>  wrote in message :
>
> | And I don't like people who think they have the right to pass judgements
on
> | others because of the vehicles they choose to buy. It strikes me as very
> | snotty.
>
> Then why do you suppose it's been an anti-SUV feeding frenzy in the
> press the last couple of weeks?  Non-SUV owners wouldn't be so
> resentful if there wasn't a good reason.  And I think that reason is
> that a large percentage of SUVs on our city streets are being driven
> obnoxiously.  People resent this obnoxiousness, and take it out on the
> driver's choice of vehicle.
>
> Besides, SUVs simply are not as competent a vehicle, on pavement, as a
> passenger car, and they're hard to see around.  Quite simply, they
> make my life on the road more difficult.
>
> --dnb
>
> ps:  I do not lump pickup trucks or vans in with SUVs.  I don't see
> them being driven as annoyingly out on the streets, and a much larger
> percentage of them are being used as they were intended, by honest
> tradesmen.

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