I’ll be that guy.

Buy the biggest SUV you can find. Because we don’t have enough SUVs on the road.

He’s talking about the age of the platform (and styling, I think), not the drivers.

How much torque does the engine produce at 1,200 rpm?

And therein lies the Camaro’s problem. Well done.

Are you an American?
If so, you’re probably too big for your car.

I’m with the curmudgeons on this one. You can hear “Turkey in the Straw” only so many times before you start looking for your grandmother’s knitting needles and eyes to jab them in.

Couldn’t you all have found a photo with a ‘77 Trans Am since that was the model used in the movie? The one you’ve shown is a ‘79 or ‘80.

Not unique benefits, no. A wagon provides more space, and the only reason one would need to sit higher is because all the other sheeple are sitting higher, too.

It’s not a stereotype if it’s true.

Move over; you are not the only one in this boat. I have a sedan and a coupe and they completely meet my automotive needs. The main reason people own SUVs is not because they offer any unique benefit but because automakers, who know that SUVs have the highest profit margins, convinced buyers that they need one. And,…

I dunno, or maybe the use of exaggerated rhetoric drove home the point to the oblivious friend/co-worker that he was being very presumptuous in asking to use the car?

Exactly this.  Thank you for synopsizing my own thoughts better than I could, myself.

Even the horrific misspelling of “privilege” (which is probably ironic in this instance, sorry, dude) can’t stop me from saying, “This man is abso-fucking-lutely correct and could not be more correct if he had a team of NASA engineers (along with the ghosts of Einstein and Oppenheimer) helping him.

Nah. Everyone, including your colleague, is entitled to their own objectively wrong opinion. As I said in response to your article; if it’s not yours, keep your monkey paws off.

This is an excellent suggestion. Infinitis are a bit underrated in the so-called luxury class. I have a 2014 Q60S (new moniker, older body style) with a 3.7L, which is the same motor that’s in that crossover. My coupe is a blast to drive and very very solid. The motor is a bit raucous, but it’s a naturally aspirated…

No, I get it. I lived in California for a while, but I was up north and only made it to SmelL.A. a few times.
I can tell you this, though; the behaviors you describe are far more prevalent than just SoCal. I’ve seen all of the driving acts you described here in the supposedly more genteel Midwest.

Orlove is correct. However, if you decide that you don’t want to make the correct choice, then make this one (sorry for the long link, but I’m on my phone).

This is the correct answer.

I agree that people are animals, but that doesn’t mean that it should be accepted or tolerated (which is what I think you’re saying with that last comment).