"promoted by the color red" (whenindoubtflatout)
10/14/2013 at 05:21 • Filed to: Point/Counterpoint
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"promoted by the color red" (whenindoubtflatout)
10/14/2013 at 05:21 • Filed to: Point/Counterpoint | 0
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So let's discuss this like adults. This documentary's about 10-11 years but I still think it makes for interesting discussion. What do you think?
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Dunnik
> promoted by the color red
10/14/2013 at 06:27 |
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I think most SUV drivers do not want to be confused with the facts.
When I drive the Jeep Compass, the Mitsu RVR and the Toyota RAV4 at work and look at the warning on the sunvisor - that "abrupt maneouvers" will tip the car - I wonder what people are thinking when they buy them. High center of gravity plus short wheelbase may equal some advantage in the off-road circuit (witness the renaissance of the old Susuki Samurai) but it will kill in other circumstances.
Bricks
> Dunnik
10/14/2013 at 07:43 |
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I believe what they are thinking when they buy it is that it is the only option if wanting all wheel drive and space. I am certain most women buy them because they feel safer at a higher seating position. It is also an alternative for families than the minivan. My girl right now is in the market for a used vehicle and she has settled upon the Rav4 and the CR-V. To no avail have I been able to convince her to get a wagon
wkiernan
> promoted by the color red
10/14/2013 at 09:12 |
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Jeez Louise, look at that deliberate roll-over at about 7:40! The rollbar almost takes one of the guys in the Jeep out! (I'm hoping that was a crash dummy and not a live human being!)
Volvosaurus-Rex
> Bricks
10/14/2013 at 10:36 |
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People want to sit higher. It is an automotive trend that is not going away. Thankfully, car companies are realizing that and making more car-like SUVs for people that don't need a tip-o-licious-mobile but need to sit higher.
People will trade anything for that higher seating, including being able to afford something nice with low mileage.
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Dunnik
> Volvosaurus-Rex
10/14/2013 at 20:57 |
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Feeling safer and being safer are often two completely different things.
People feel safer in such SUV's, but they are not.
The automotive press, not wanting to bite the hand that feeds them, never points out the Emperor Has No Clothes.
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Volvosaurus-Rex
> Dunnik
10/15/2013 at 09:49 |
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Not sure your point here?
Trying to argue with average Joe or Jane consumer about the dangers of driving an SUV is like trying to win a political argument: You'll both be frustrated and nobody will change their opinion.
People, for whatever reason, feel better about sitting higher. People also like articles that reinforce their confirmation bias about one of the largest purchases they will make in their lives. They want to hear about what is good about the purchase they want to make, and they will consume information that reaffirms that. This is in contrast to "regular news" which is mostly about shock value and controversy.