Sir, this is a blog post.

There are always exceptions. But I also grew up in a rather rural area of Canada - and spent great period of time in very rural Canada - as in on an actual working farm 20 km from the nearest town. Some people needed their trucks, no doubt. But I have two observations about this:

It shouldn’t be an arms race, first of all. What is the end result? Everyone in a Sherman tank? Sure, SUV’s are somewhat safer for the occupants in general. Especially when going against a sedan, or compact. So, now I can’t drive a sedan or compact because you’re selfish? Also, there are plenty of circumstances where…

Same people want a gun that can fire 8,000 rounds a minute and never jam, for the one in a million circumstance where that would be necessary.

If you only need a huge SUV to protect you from other huge SUVs, then buying an even huger SUV is just an arms race, not actual safety.

You could shuttle your family around in a sedan as well. Depending on the Subaru, it may not be that big really. 

“Small penis inside!”

When Ford starting selling the little Transit here (and Benz sold a small van too) contractors around me snapped them up because full size pickups were tough to maneuver and street park when working on job sites. Granted I live in a small very dense area of the NYC area, but if they could get by with these why can’t a…

The same across Asia, they drive everything and anything in there in road conditions that are nonexistent

the fact that farmers have been importing kei trucks in troves because it just does the job should be more than proof about that

Im sorry but they don’t. A small car with good traction (awd not necessary) can handle cross county travel just fine. America isn’t the only country that has vast open stretches of open country, but we are one of the few that makes excuses to buy big ass trucks. 

And in a pinch you can break into it while the owner is gone and get a free gun.

If I put stickers on my car, I’d be strongly tempted to add one of these:

My freedom is more important than your health

At least they labeled the contents for easy avoidance.

My first day of NC Miata ownership, a guy in a Ram almost drove into me in a grocery store parking lot. Still, that was the only incident in years. Don’t let your fears of what might happen keep you from enjoying life. Buy the Miata.

Go forth and kill.

Rugged individualism

Agree completely. An angle of attack of (AOA) of 40 degrees is a missile not a plane, which, a little research on Boeing’s own site says is closer to 10-12 degrees.

It’s a dart. Or a missile. Its performance comes from thrust not lift, is what I’m getting at. Or more accurately, its relative thrust to drag. Yes, there is some lift, but its tiny compared to it just being a low drag dart. It’s a clever interpretation of what a paper airplane is...but I would say this is a record…