SUV drivers should be charged with TREASON!!!! (biggest, California, Dodge)

[FightinPhils]

Originally Posted by Greatday

Why does anyone need a car for work?

Why do people have to go to work at all?

Hey, there's an idea - everyone simply quit work - reduces the need for driving - thereby reduces the amount of oil needs -

Yeah - stop working everyone - NOW!!

OK, now you're just getting stupid. Unfortunately, work is a neccesary evil....why not try to get there in a more practical and responsible manner?

[FightinPhils]

Originally Posted by momof2dfw

Come ride w/ me for 1 day. You will see REALLY FAST why some people NEED an SUV for work. Otherwise, next time I have to deliver something to a customer before they have to shutdown a production line and all of my BIG trucks are out it will HAVE to be shutdown and I'll charge a DOUBLE DELIVERY FEE as I'd have to make more than 1 trip to break something down in order to get it to them. Try hauling a large piece of machinery in the back of a Fusion or such. Won't fit and it will make the bumper drag the ground. OR if it is something that is an "inhaliation hazard" and is REQUIRED by federal law to be in an "OPEN AREA" one NEEDS and MUST have a pickup truck to haul such.

Must be nice to have an easy office job Go find out how your company exists. Do they make and manufacturer something? Do they transport goods? There are MANY, MANY industries that would not survive one hour w/o having large vehicles be it personal large vehicles that are required by outside salespeople or delivery personel. Then the small business owner that has the 1 vehicle he uses to operate a business to support his family AND be their mode of transportation.

Go ahead and let them charge even MORE than they already do for people that MUST have a large truck/vehicle to operate a business. We ALREADY DO PAY OUT THE NOSE! All it will do is increase the prices on EVERYTHING you buy and consume.

Somehow all of these companies survived and deliveries were made BEFORE SUV's were common....before the term "SUV" was even around.

So now outside salespeople "need" SUV's? Huh? My father worked in outside sales for a manufacturer most of his life and always had mid-sized sedans as a company vehicle. Now all of a sudden salespeople need Durangos and Yukons?

[FightinPhils]

Originally Posted by momof2dfw

I'm one of those Suburban driving moms. I LOVE my Suburban but it does double duty. I can carpool w/ the other Suburban drivers in our neighborhood. This means that instead of 4 MORE cars going to and from the schools you only have ONE! Just think if more people did THAT! Then we also use it for business. We have large trucks for most but there are times like this week (short 4 day work week w/ 5-6 days of work due to the holiday) that every truck is on the road and we need a large vehicle for customer emergencies. Usually it is w/ my husband pickup. Yes, it is PAID FOR!!! WOO-HOO!!! I also get about 22 mpg and that is MUCH better than the Honda Accord I had in front of me earlier today belching grey smoke that was a fairly new car ! Get mad at HIM not me! I take GREAT care of my vehicles. But, if I DID trade it in that does NOT mean it would be "off the road". Someone else would simply buy it and be driving it. Who is to say they would take as good of care as I have and keep it running clean. No one. And I'd be stuck w/ a car payment. I've got two kids that I'm saving for college for instead. I plan my driving to fit our schedule and don't go somewhere I don't have to.

You get 22 mpg in a Suburban? Doubt it. Plus, even if you do, it isn't better than an Accord. I get 32 mpg in my Accord, and my wife's Corolla gets 38 mpg on the highway and 31 in the city. And I also doubt a new Accord was "belching" smoke....my Accord has 111,000 miles and runs like new....never anything wrong other than ordinary maintenance. And despite driving fuel-efficient 4-cylinders, I also carpool to work.

[Ultrarunner]

Originally Posted by MrKrabs

Somehow all of these companies survived and deliveries were made BEFORE SUV's were common....before the term "SUV" was even around.

So now outside salespeople "need" SUV's? Huh? My father worked in outside sales for a manufacturer most of his life and always had mid-sized sedans as a company vehicle. Now all of a sudden salespeople need Durangos and Yukons?

How far back would you like to go...

In the 50's the Willy's 4WD wagon was always a ranch favorite as was the Jeep Wagoneer's back in the early 60's...

The Chevrolet Suburban goes back to 1936 and the forest service bought a lot of Dodge Power Wagons.

[FightinPhils]

Originally Posted by Ultrarunner

I don't know how far back would you like to go...

The Willy's 4WD wagon was always a ranch favorite and many rural salesman drove Jeep Wagoneer's back in the early 60's...

Key words in there: RURAL and RANCH. Seems the posters on here talking about salesmen "needing" SUV's are city/suburban manufacturers and Dunder Mifflin-type places.

[Ultrarunner]

Originally Posted by MrKrabs

Key words in there: RURAL and RANCH. Seems the posters on here talking about salesmen "needing" SUV's are city/suburban manufacturers and Dunder Mifflin-type places.

Your right and a lot probably has to do with marketing...

Go to any California ski resort and half the cars seem to be all wheel drives or SUV's

Sales people today are also all about image...

I've followed this thread and I still can't see the connection between someone driving the kids to soccer practice in a Chevrolet Tahoe and Treason, a high crime punishable by death....

[momof2dfw]

Originally Posted by MrKrabs

Key words in there: RURAL and RANCH. Seems the posters on here talking about salesmen "needing" SUV's are city/suburban manufacturers and Dunder Mifflin-type places.

Nope baby. Try HEAVY industrial supplies. Ain't gonna fit in no corolla or camry. Besides having an SUV means I can make ONE TRIP to take the kids to school and then be able to head straight for the office. I guess in order to please you I should double back home, get out of the Suburban, get into a truck and THEN drive to the office. Talk about WASTE! That would DOUBLE the miles I drive daily. NO thanks and I'm only 7 miles from the office to home. Not to mention that means I'd need ANOTHER place to park ANOTHER vehicle. Can I get a 6 car garage? That would be GREAT! Oh, and YES I do in fact get 22 mpg in my Suburban. And YES, that WAS a fairly new Honda Accord (dark grey in color w/ the gas lid OPEN) belching grey smoke in front of me. Sorry, there are indeed people that drive those cars that DO NOT change the oil and filters.

And as Ultrarunner said, they DO go back DECADES!

[Greatday]

Originally Posted by MrKrabs

OK, now you're just getting stupid. Unfortunately, work is a neccesary evil....why not try to get there in a more practical and responsible manner?

First of all - my post was in jest - you know - HUMOR????

And, I do get to work in a very practical and responsible manner.

[sterlinggirl]

Originally Posted by MrKrabs

Key words in there: RURAL and RANCH. Seems the posters on here talking about salesmen "needing" SUV's are city/suburban manufacturers

Hey Krusty.....Where do you figure they got the name for the Suburban?

People that work on a ranch usually drive an old Dodge pickup with a diesel engine. Suburbans aren't made for real work.

[Ultrarunner]

Originally Posted by sterlinggirl

Hey Krusty.....Where do you figure they got the name for the Suburban?

People that work on a ranch usually drive an old Dodge pickup with a diesel engine. Suburbans aren't made for real work.

Glad you asked... here are two links:

History of the Chevrolet Suburban

Chevrolet Suburban

Origins of the word Suburban

The History of the Suburban