Comment by Wiretrip

7 years ago

The problem is, they're just bad vehicles. They don't handle well, they guzzle fuel and they kill more pedestrians. There is no point in them unless you're a farmer.

> There is no point in them unless you're a farmer.

There are plenty of trades that benefit from using a truck other than just farming.

  • Yes true, but I was really referring more to SUVs. Worldwide there is a real problem with this trend, and it is nearly all marketing. Certainly the average school run in the UK does not benefit form the extensive use of SUVs.

This is a very rational point of view but to be completely valid consumers would have to be rational consumers which I really don't see.