Good old Lee also invented the rebate when he came over to Chrysler after Henry the Deuce fired him.

Well Don, I’m not entirely sure where you’re coming from.

So, you don't look at the APR? You sound exactly like the payment shopper Tom described.

Of course, Tom is absolutely right in that buyers need to privately cross shop their financing before ever wandering into the dealer. Dealers will take advantage of your naivete if they can.

One other point I missed. The Acela line doesn’t run on “conventional track”. It uses a special Class 8 track designed for high speed rail with a legal speed limit of 165 mph.

Fuxsake, dude. How’s your Latin? Look up there word “de facto” for me and explain how it applies to a lack of high speed passenger rail in the U.S.

Damn, that’s one excellent humble brag game you’ve got going there.

Does GM not break out sales data by model? I’m pretty sure they do, no?

*This is a myth but roll with it”.

I wasn’t talking about people living in bigger cities. More of people in actual rural areas who have a 400 ft. driveway and the occasional foot of snow. And “no unimproved roads”? C’mon, that’s ridiculous.

I wouldn’t argue that curvy mountain road driving on icy surfaces would be better in a truck by any means.

Clearly you've never bent a $900 wheel on a Midwestern pot hole.

Your example of “one” traveling for only 49.9 miles very much proves my point.

C’mon man. My giant penis will absolutely not fit in a Peel P50.

C’mon, Einstein. The question Consumer Reports is answering in your post is which “small cars” are safest in a crash, not which vehicles of all types are safest in a crash.

So, touting that “one” high speed Acela train that travels for all of 49.9 miles somehow proves your point? LOL.

Pick-ups are every bit as good in snow as your GX. New ones have sophisticated transfer cases just like any other high end SUV. 

Manhattan Kansas was a convenient stand in to contrast with N.Y.C. The Kansas version is mostly a quiet college town, no? People living in rural areas surrounding it certainly drive a lot of trucks, I’m sure.

I would agree the cultural element plays a big part in the “bigger is better” paradigm.

Real winter weather is a big factor as are extreme seasonal temperature extremes that mid-continent areas endure. A 120 degree seasonal temperature variation is extremely hard on road surfaces.