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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

I believe the above picture speaks for itself.

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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

That thing's bigger than the room I live in!

Tell me that's an "artist's conception" joke...

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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

I dunno. You tell me?

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Posted by Chimaera on :

Ah, it's not that bad, it will only take up four or five parking spaces at the local mall

And it won't cost more than a couple hundred dollars to fill up the gas tank

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Posted by Mikey T (Member # 144) on :

My God!!! IT'S A LINCON NAVIGATOR ON STEROIDS!!!

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Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :

I want one. >:-D

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Posted by Curry Monster (Member # 12) on :

Another Yank tank? *L*

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Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :

A. I don't think it's real.
B. if it's real, I WANT ONE!!

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Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

What IS IT with men and SUV's?!

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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

Close. It's "What is it with men (or for that matter, women)of low brain mass and SUVs?"

I like having a vehicle that's big enough to be comfortable in. Any bigger is just too much.

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P.S.: I don't know if any such vehicle exists outside of that graphic, but if it does, it is certainly a one-off show vehicle, and not a production item.

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

It looks like a semi with a very extended sleeper cab.

I doubt you'd be able to drive it without a commercial license, if that's the case.

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Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :

Seen that before, it is a phony take off on the outrageous growth of the Sport Utes. I dislike SUV's a great deal by the by.

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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

Well, I don't like them either unless that's the vehicle you need. If you have to haul horse trailers and cattle and farm equipment, maybe you need an SUV.

On the other hand, if you just want one because you like the "master-of-all-I-survey" driving position and the fact that any geo metro gets in front of you's gonna get smashed like a bug, I think you're head is filled with fertilizer. It's getting a sledgehammer to drive tacks, folks!

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Posted by Xentrick (Member # 64) on :

I kind of wish someone *would* built such a monster---the yuppies in my wannabe-LA town would rush out in their Suburbans and Jeep Cherokee Laredos and Yukons and Lexis SUVs to buy them, then try to drive a 4 meter truck into a 3 meter parking garage at the local Nordies, or scream at the valet parking kid to not scratch the paint.

Out here, SUVs have been mistaken for tanks with some implied guarantee that you and your 2.5 children will never ever get hurt in one. You can drive down the road with the cellphone glued to your ear and the car will protect you from all harm.

Some days, seems that most of the people in this pompous burg have "off-road" vehicles...and never go off road. They have "sport/utility vehicles" but they don't get them dirty---they buy a gourmet coffee on Sunday morning and pay Mexican kids to detail their *ing land barges.

sorry, this touched a nerve. I don't hate the cars so much as the wankers who expect special respect for owning them.

Posted by Gaseous Anomaly (Member # 114) on :

I'm just waiting for Krenim's
"Ah, we meet at last, Optimus Prime!"

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Posted by Diane (Member # 53) on :

I'd love to see that one do some major flips.

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Posted by Curry Monster (Member # 12) on :

There's some confusion between what you Yanks call an SUV and what we aussies call a 4wheeler. You see, a 4wheeler is for serious off roading, whilst the impression I get of yanky SUV's is that they are somewhat overstuffed, oversoftened and largely overpriced fuel guzzlers. (Badly assemled too, if the Suburban and cherokee are anything to go by). Correct me if I'm wrong?

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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

I'd like something small, fairly quick, that seats four, is good on snow, and won't take a lot of damage in a collision (read: heavily armoured)

I'd have said a Bradley, but I hear those things can be deathtaps.

That way I could drive like all the $#%$#&@s in Fayette County and not have to worry.

"Hey! That guy's drunk! ...LET'S CRASH INTO 'IM!"

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Posted by Xentrick (Member # 64) on :

Daryus, you're right on about the difference between SUV's and four-wheelers. 4x4s are used by labor-class people who need them to haul people or cargo over rough terrain: farmers, ranchers, forest rangers,etc.

SUV's, on the other-hand, have become a replacement for the traditional station wagon of the 1970's. They have the rep as tough 4x4's, but many of them are only two-wheel drive, and crash-tests have proven them as vulnerable to damage as common cars.

My brother refers to SUV's as grocery-getters, and I concur.