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Trucks hold own even as gas rises

Discussion in 'Other Cars' started by cwerdna, Nov 11, 2007.

  1. cwerdna

    cwerdna Senior Member

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    http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artic.../711100375/1148

    Sigh... yet another one of many who is fine w/13 mpg SUVs, thinks that SUVs are "cooler" and that you "really do need that extra room."

    "Dan Mulligan of Cranberry, N.J., didn't need prompting to sell him on a 2007 Dodge Durango with a 5.7-liter V-8 engine that gets about 13 miles per gallon in city driving. His wife uses the SUV to get to work and carry their toddler and 6-year-old.

    He considered a more fuel-friendly crossover or minivan, but felt an SUV was "cooler."

    "Do you want your family out there in a tiny car versus all those other big trucks? Or do you want them out there in a truck, too?" he said.

    "And when you have a family, you really do need that extra room..."
     
    #1 cwerdna, Nov 11, 2007
  2. micheal

    micheal I feel pretty, oh so pretty.

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(cwerdna @ Nov 11 2007, 04:55 AM) [snapback]537931[/snapback]</div>
    Double sigh. Someone needs to show him the stats on the crash/mortality rates in SUVs. Not to mention having too small kids means you must have a 7-passenger SUV.
     
    #2 micheal, Nov 11, 2007
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(cwerdna @ Nov 11 2007, 01:55 AM) [snapback]537931[/snapback]</div>
    What extra room?

    A Honda Odyssey can hold a 4x8 foot sheet of plywood or drywall FLAT on the floor. I'd be willing to bet lunch that the Durango can't do that.

    So again, what extra room? :rolleyes:


    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(n8kwx @ Nov 11 2007, 02:48 AM) [snapback]537943[/snapback]</div>
    I was bored and checked. From Honda and Dodges sites:

    Odyssey - cargo room (behind 1st row seats) - 147 cubic feet
    Durango - cargo room (behind 1st row seats) - 102 cubic feet

    Wow! The minivan has 50% more cargo room!
     
    #3 n8kwx, Nov 11, 2007
  4. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    "And when you have a family, you really do need that extra room..."

    Wow... their baby must take a crap every 5 mins to need that space for Huggies/Pampers.

    My uncle/aunt have a 5 year old daughter. They got around perfectly fine with a 14 cu. ft. Honda Accord. They've even taken a few road trips.

    Maybe they should stop feeding their baby coca-cola and dominoes.
     
    #4 Tideland Prius, Nov 11, 2007
  5. tripp

    tripp Which it's a 'ybrid, ain't it?

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    Yeah, but look at the source of the article.... My impression what that LDV sales were down but that SUV sales, particularly full sized SUV sales were down considerably.
     
    #5 tripp, Nov 28, 2007
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