Why do people drive SUVs?

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25. SUVs combine some of the positives (and negatives) of both a van and a truck

Essentially an SUV is a truck with a camper shell on it but the bed has space for passengers and/or heavy stuff - like say if you want to haul around an engine (I hauled home an engine a friend and I rebuilt in the trunk of my chevy caprice once, not really ideal) or a huge crate with some heavy stuff in it.

Of course they have some of the poor handling characteristics of trucks and just as bad or worse gas mileage. They do tend to handle a little better than trucks though, sort of like a van since they have a better weight balance than a truck with an empty bed.

That said, I have not owned an SUV (or a truck or a van). I prefer sports cars. I am tall and lean and need the leg room of sitting on the floor and putting my legs forward. In a truck or SUV or van or even many cars my knees hit the dashboard. Also some people do like the high seating position, but I hate it. I like being anchored to the ground.