Americans in most of their country are besieged by massive SUVs and pickups.
Driving a tiny little Japanese/Chinese import in, say, Oklahoma is asking to get literally run over.
Driving a tiny little Japanese/Chinese import in, say, Oklahoma is asking to get literally run over.
What kills me are the MASSIVE vehicles in the suburbs though. Why do you need a 3 ton suburban to drive around 2 kids on very clear, very well maintained streets? Why would you buy a 4x4 truck when the most off road you'll do is driving over wet leaves on your cul-de-sac in the fall?
2. You're on a site with a bunch of programmers who regularly use weird words for stuff that already has a name. Reading through HN is wading through a swamp of made up names and tech neologisms, you're just used to it already. I once told a software guy that our team's SWEs had migrated away from React and Node to Stork.JS and Blackadder. He nodded like that meant anything.
3. I like it and you can't stop me.
So much for unambiguous.
I note, also, that you didn't ask if anyone
> " heard it used in conversation or writing where the speaker's intention was a meaning that included people outside of America? "
which further explans why non-USAians like myself adopted the practice decades past of prefering clarity for precision.
The vast majority of people I know who daily drive SUVs and trucks do not own either a boat or camper.
A 2010 Toyota Corolla is most likely a better offroader, a 1.8t VW Passat is a better tow truck.
If not for the tax benefit these SUV's enjoy they are useless.
Safety.
I’m expecting and looking to get a full size SUV instead of the current crossover I drive.
It will be a pain to park in some areas/situations, but the safety it provides to the child is much more important to me.
The reason people love massive vehicles is because they're shitty drivers, they know they're shitty drivers, and they have no intention of changing. They want to text while driving and they want it to be the vehicle's responsibility to keep them alive when they go off the road or get run over by a train, or drift into the opposing lane. Keep your eyes peeled for these morons, keep your head on a swivel. If you're attentive you're already in the 90% percentile. Paying attention is better safety than even a seat belt.