Why do people drive SUVs?

[NYC_SKP]

196. Trouble is sometimes that regional differences aren't appreciated.

Here in the central valley SUVs are ridiculously popular and driven largely by people with no need for them, who cannot drive or park them, and who make all manner of excuses for owning them.

Also, as shown in this thread, there's no consensus on what is meant by SUV, which I take in a knee jerk fashion to mean "stupid oversized stupid truck over 6,500 lb GVW", which isn't fair.

Of course they are utilitarian, and in 1986 my first new vehicle was an F-250 HD diesel that I used while remodeling a home in Rhode Island, and used to move back to California, then sold for something smaller.

When you mention 1935 vehicles I'm thinking of how small pickups were before the fifties, and how few vehicles of any sort were as heavy as a Suburban. Do people even know that they're driving vehicles to the mall that weigh more than delivery trucks and armored cars of the 1940's???

Peace to you, cherokeeprogressive.