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My wife beats the arse off our 2013 Sienna lol, probably whilst using the phone and yelling at the kids.
The Sienna is a very quick van, don't take one on without knowing what you are up against lol
The OEM tires are going to be knackered by 20K, just as well because they are dangerous in the snow.
Yup. Stop light drag racers everywhere live in fear of the Toyota Swagger-Wagon!
Percentages are used for scare tactics. You'll note that your stats are misleading in that you are trying to paint the picture than 78% of SUVs flip over and that's factually incorrect. What they are talking about is fatalities. The total number of rollovers for fatalities is still in the hundreds per year. What your stats are REALLY saying is that IF you are in a rollover, you are more likely to die in an SUV than in a car, not that more SUVs roll over. But you are very unlikely to get into a rollover in the first place. Total number of rollovers tend to be in the 2000-4000 range annually.
Compare that to how many SUVs are out there and you'll see that very few SUVs actually flip over. Not enough to worry about unless you're a crap driver or drunk, which is still a factor in over half the fatalities on the road. Fact is, twice as many CARS flip over annually as SUVs in sheer numbers! While the RATE (number of rollovers per hundred vehciles of that type on the road) is slightly higher for SUVs than cars, the totals are still in the .0001-.0002% range for either (i.e. only .0001% of cars and .0002% of SUVs flip over). It's pretty easy to be in the 99.9998% of SUVs that DON"T flip over, even driving fast in the corners.
Actually it looks like "light trucks" rollover more often than passenger cars:
This in intuitive as an SUV's higher center of gravity should lead to more rollovers if everything else is equal.
You're quoting percentages again (per x number is a percentage, not a total number), not total numbers. If you're going to use percentages, look at the total numbers of them that roll vs the total number of them on the road.
In all cases, it's less than .0001-.0002% that roll over. And in total numbers, twice as many cars roll over as light trucks/SUVs. Yes, the RATE is higher, but the TOTAL number is lower.
Since you want to continue to use percentages, let's take another look: There are 200 MILLION passenger vehicles on the road and less than 3% of them get into ANY KIND of accident per year. Of those, less than 1% are rollovers. yes, 1% OF 3%.
Again, sources are NHTSA and FARS.
Oh, BTW, SUVs may have a higher center of gravity, but they also have a wider track, leading to a very similar center of mass and roll center.
A friend wanted to get a car for his mum, she insisted on minivan when obviously she's the only one to ride in it all the time. All kids are grown and away from home.
It's in the mind. I think a single man will not put his money on minivan. I won't. I was looking for something small, powerful, well not a race car and fuel efficient and have found it in corolla, so much that I don't want to drive my crv anymore
Minivans are aimed at a certain segment of the car-buying public, but have taken a hit popularity courtesy of the SUVs out there, even though the minivans currently in the market are very good.
It's in the mind. I think a single man will not put his money on minivan. I won't. I was looking for something small, powerful, well not a race car and fuel efficient and have found it in corolla, so much that I don't want to drive my crv anymore
I hate CRVs. It's a practical little SUV (for small humans) that is pretty efficient, but when I step on the gas nothing happens except it buzzes a little louder.
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