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   XPost: alt.fan.michael-moore   
   From: tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS@yahoo.com   
      
   On 2011-02-15, Harry K  wrote:   
      
   >> > My guess is that around 90% of the SUVs sold was for the "macho".   
   >> > Mini vans would dothe same job most of the SUV on the road are doing   
   >> > more economically and even easier (lower access to the cargo   
   >> > compartment and easier to get in/out.   
   >>   
   >> So SUVs replaced the pinto wagons and other whimpy models. The SUVs   
   >> replaced the V8 wagons. BTW, minivans too are an outgrowth of CAFE   
   >> regulation relying on a light truck classification.   
   >>   
   >> > The old argument you used to use was 'replacement for the station   
   >> > wagon so it could tow trailers' ignoring that around 90% of station   
   >> > wagons never had a hitch attached.  Again the sensible replacement for   
   >> > the SW was the minivan.   
   >>   
   >> Once again dishonest Harry creates an argument for me and then knocks it   
   >> down. I could bother to respond, but I am guessing Harry is becoming   
   >> like GPStroll and is just trolling. Also once again, Harry has to   
   >> dictate what the sensible choice is to everyone else.   
   >>   
   >> But for the others, the SUV did replace the large passenger car and   
   >> station wagon, as did the minivan. 90% of SUVs never pull a trailer   
   >> either. It's not that they do, it's that they can.  - Hide quoted text -   
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   >> - Show quoted text -   
   >   
   > Back to your ad hominems.   
      
   harry, don't be dishonest about what I wrote in the first place and you   
   won't need worry about it.   
      
   > Nobody is arguing that the SUV _didn't_ replace those vehicles.  Only   
   > that it is not a logical choice.  But then most new vehicles sold   
   > would not be if it weren't for "I want" insteand of "I need".  I am   
   > probably more guilty of that than most.   
      
   I wrote "wants and needs" So what's your point? As to "logical choice"   
   that's an individual thing. Where is the V8 powered RWD minivan? Oh,   
   there aren't any. The logical choice to replace the small-block V8   
   station wagon is an SUV. The logical choice to replace a 6 cylinder   
   fairlane wagon would be a minivan or a V6 SUV. The logical choice to   
   replace a falcon wagon would be a V6 or I4 minivan.   
      
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