Can you help me better understand why women want a SUV over a sedan?
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Was it a soapbox wedding?
that's too old fashioned now you just straddle a step.
I am of 2 thoughts.. beggars cant be choosy.. and if they want a CUV let them buy one?
An expression nobody under 60 uses.......
There was an answer for this Car or SUV quandary…
Boomers will remember
STATION WAGONS! We had an 850 Turbo Wagon. Drove like a car..hauled like a SUV. Cars like BMW M3 wagons exist, but not in the USA.
Also the reason why short gals want “better visibility“ is all the other gals driving SUVs and Duallys in front of them.
Yep, you read that right, read it again, station wagons, then head for the eye bleach young wippersnappers!
Boomers will remember
STATION WAGONS! We had an 850 Turbo Wagon. Drove like a car..hauled like a SUV. Cars like BMW M3 wagons exist, but not in the USA.
Also the reason why short gals want “better visibility“ is all the other gals driving SUVs and Duallys in front of them.
Yep, you read that right, read it again, station wagons, then head for the eye bleach young wippersnappers!
Actually a dynamite box.
I don't like getting into low roof height sedans. You either put you butt in first and swing legs in or stretch across to get in and all this is not very dignified for ladies or me. The small SUV/COVs offer you a much better choice on getting in or exiting. In addition, I prefer the higher setting. The only down sides is they use more fuel at highway speeds and in an accident, they are more prone to roll-overs. I really like my MAZDA CX5 SUV
Yes-the CUVs have the height so you don't have to fold yourself in to them. The hip swivel point is what it's called.
When I was about 4, I did exactly that, luckily at low speed. A few months later, my parents bought a two-door car, so nobody could fall out of the back. They didn't replace it with a four-door until my youngest sibling was nearly 7.
I owned only two-door cars myself until relatively recently (2014). I never had as much difficulty getting in and out of the back of 2-doors as getting in an out of small 4-doors that don't have enough space for size 13 feet to pass between the rear seat and the door opening.
Sometimes I wonder if the reason that Virginia has a vehicle safety inspection is that they know this state is filled with too many people who'd rather spend their last $10 on 6-pack instead of a headlight bulb.
When I was a kid in the late 60s/early 70s, the essence of a US car - especially sedans - here in Germany was, that it is basically a living room you can drive around.
It was all about comfort at cruising speed - nothing sporty about it. You could even have a huge sofa as front seats, cause - let's be real - that thing drives like a rubber boat with outboard motor on a syrup lake. You not gonna see any G-forces going around a corner, that would warrant bucket seats. We had a 1967 Buick station wagon back than, and I loved it. Compared to that, the tiny German sedans at that time, looked like toys that could fit in the back of our Buick.
Fast forward 55 years - I still love spacious, not sporty cars. I want to get in and out with dignity and ease,, not climbing out or crawling in like an animal. I couldn't care less about anything race-carish, I still want a comfortable driving living room.
So I had a lot of mini vans over the years, Transport, Voyager, Espace etc. - well they don't make em anymore - so the next best thing is a SUV. And I guess that's the reason why a lot of folks like SUVs.
It was all about comfort at cruising speed - nothing sporty about it. You could even have a huge sofa as front seats, cause - let's be real - that thing drives like a rubber boat with outboard motor on a syrup lake. You not gonna see any G-forces going around a corner, that would warrant bucket seats. We had a 1967 Buick station wagon back than, and I loved it. Compared to that, the tiny German sedans at that time, looked like toys that could fit in the back of our Buick.
Fast forward 55 years - I still love spacious, not sporty cars. I want to get in and out with dignity and ease,, not climbing out or crawling in like an animal. I couldn't care less about anything race-carish, I still want a comfortable driving living room.
So I had a lot of mini vans over the years, Transport, Voyager, Espace etc. - well they don't make em anymore - so the next best thing is a SUV. And I guess that's the reason why a lot of folks like SUVs.
The same reason they prefer tall men, feeling of safety and protection.
