Comments on: Why SUVs?

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:21:00 +0000

I don’t like “SUVs” as we’ve taken to calling them (4×4 if youre British) because they block my view when I’m parking. If anyone wants to roll up in a 70s American tank pumping out the sweet sounds of a cast iron 5.7 litre V8, I’ll probably give them money to sit in it.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 09:24:42 +0000

Yeah, that is funny: according to the ad, the electric and petrol engines work toghether to produce “exhilarating V8-like performance”. Woo-hoo!

By: Gary

Gary — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 05:48:35 +0000

Incidentally, I’m highly amused that the latest Lexus – a major, major gas guzzler – is exempt from the congestion charge due to its hybrid status.

By: Gary

Gary — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 05:47:43 +0000

Oh yeah, I’d forgotten about particulates. Nasty buggers.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 20:59:44 +0000

Well, real car people don’t drive DIE-sels! ;-)

Noisy, unrefined clatter, always start smoking after a few thousand miles…

By: tm

tm — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 16:32:03 +0000

>typical, planet-killing Volkswagen TDi averages 50 to 60 mpg

remember that if it’s a diesel it may not kill the planet that much quicker, but due to the particulates it’s almost certainly killing *you* a whole lot quicker ;-)

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 10:54:09 +0000

Yeah, I think the Prius is way overhyped. To get decent mpg you need to drive very carefully. If you think about it, the losses on conversion of petrol energy to electric energy must eat up a lot of the gains from the smaller engine and generator braking.

I’m all for beating the smug bastards regardless, especially the ones with personalised plates proclaiming their virtue to the world…

By: Gary

Gary — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 09:36:30 +0000

On a slight tangent but still related: if the green car du jour, the Prius, averages 40-odd mpg and a typical, planet-killing Volkswagen TDi averages 50 to 60 mpg, should we be dragging Prius drivers out of their cars at traffic lights and beating them with clubs for their smuggery? There’s only 30ish g/km differences in their CO2 emissions…

By: Gary

Gary — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 09:31:38 +0000

I quite like the Warrior, I must admit. I suspect that somewhere in my psyche I have an inner redneck.

By: Joe90

Joe90 — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 16:20:35 +0000

Surely the main argument against Sindy Jeeps is that they’re ugly-looking. The worst offender here has to be the Mitsubishi Warrior, aka the Wife-Beater’s Wagon.

By: Squander Two

Squander Two — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 22:36:18 +0000

That’s even better. Let’s start a trend.

By: david

david — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:39:05 +0000

You are right – “Ute” is short for “Utility Vehicle”, but these are “Sport Utitlity Vehicles” rather than plain old “Utes” so surely it should be “Spute”?