Why are SUV's the only vehicles that get ripped on for gas guzzling?

[MikeMike]

how good of gas mileage do pre 80's cars get? how about sports cars? the mustang v8 gets 16mpg/22mpg. my dads Avalanche averages 16 mpg city, and highway.
BMW 540I 15/22 mpg

and SUV's get ripped on!! hell there are very few sports cars that get good mileage, the corvette does because it is well engineered w/ a 6 speed. yes SUV's get worse gas mileage, but what is 1 or 2 miles per gallon? thats not much. the average difference in MPG from what i saw was around 5-7mpg, that is what, 60 miles a tank?

and the type of gas you use drastically changes your gas mileage, i am talking brand, not octane. shell gets the best gas mileage for me, and my father, marathon is ok. BP is the worst. Sheetz, which is located in PA, OH, and i think VA, gets mileage around shell, however they are constantly 30-40c cheaper per gallon.

yes, this was a PRO-SUV rant.

MIKE

 

[zimu]

lincoln navigator gets 11MPG on the highway.

 

[minendo]

Face it. Your car still sucks.

 

[dirtboy]

Because dumb people like to find something that is easy to hate.

 

[Mill]

Because people are goddamn idiots, and some how think that high gas prices(which slows the economy) doesn't effect them or the rest of us. Not only that, but they tend to be irrational pig fvckers simply because they can't stand that someone does/owns something they don't agree with. Thus they are happy that I have to pay higher gas prices for my car(which gets good gas mileage) and they are happy that it slows the economy. To them getting their way is worth the problems to the rest of society. They are simply morons who fvck pigs.

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: Mill
Because people are goddamn idiots, and some how think that high gas prices(which slows the economy) doesn't effect them or the rest of us. Not only that, but they tend to be irrational pig fvckers simply because they can't stand that someone does/owns something they don't agree with. Thus they are happy that I have to pay higher gas prices for my car(which gets good gas mileage) and they are happy that it slows the economy. To them getting their way is worth the problems to the rest of society. They are simply morons who fvck pigs.

agreed, pig fvckers the lot of them.

 

[murphy55d]

Originally posted by: Ameesh

Originally posted by: Mill
Because people are goddamn idiots, and some how think that high gas prices(which slows the economy) doesn't effect them or the rest of us. Not only that, but they tend to be irrational pig fvckers simply because they can't stand that someone does/owns something they don't agree with. Thus they are happy that I have to pay higher gas prices for my car(which gets good gas mileage) and they are happy that it slows the economy. To them getting their way is worth the problems to the rest of society. They are simply morons who fvck pigs.

agreed, pig fvckers the lot of them.

damn straight.

<-happy SUV owner

 

[bernse]

Originally posted by: murphy55d

Originally posted by: Ameesh

Originally posted by: Mill
Because people are goddamn idiots, and some how think that high gas prices(which slows the economy) doesn't effect them or the rest of us. Not only that, but they tend to be irrational pig fvckers simply because they can't stand that someone does/owns something they don't agree with. Thus they are happy that I have to pay higher gas prices for my car(which gets good gas mileage) and they are happy that it slows the economy. To them getting their way is worth the problems to the rest of society. They are simply morons who fvck pigs.

agreed, pig fvckers the lot of them.

damn straight.

<-happy SUV owner

Yeah!

My SUV Luvs Iraqi Oil!

 

[Budmantom]

Yeah they all suck.

 

[Shockwave]

Originally posted by: Ameesh

Originally posted by: Mill
Because people are goddamn idiots, and some how think that high gas prices(which slows the economy) doesn't effect them or the rest of us. Not only that, but they tend to be irrational pig fvckers simply because they can't stand that someone does/owns something they don't agree with. Thus they are happy that I have to pay higher gas prices for my car(which gets good gas mileage) and they are happy that it slows the economy. To them getting their way is worth the problems to the rest of society. They are simply morons who fvck pigs.

agreed, pig fvckers the lot of them.

You know the day has went weird when you agree with Mill AND Ameesh all in one post....

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: Shockwave

Originally posted by: Ameesh

Originally posted by: Mill
Because people are goddamn idiots, and some how think that high gas prices(which slows the economy) doesn't effect them or the rest of us. Not only that, but they tend to be irrational pig fvckers simply because they can't stand that someone does/owns something they don't agree with. Thus they are happy that I have to pay higher gas prices for my car(which gets good gas mileage) and they are happy that it slows the economy. To them getting their way is worth the problems to the rest of society. They are simply morons who fvck pigs.

agreed, pig fvckers the lot of them.

You know the day has went weird when you agree with Mill AND Ameesh all in one post....

Agreed!! I don't come in and shine a flash light on them while they're pleasuring themselves to Hentai cartoons, so all the SUV bashers can take a stick and shove it where the sun don't shine. If people want to buy SUVs and pay more at the pump, fine by me.

Hey SUV bashers, why not bash full size pickups or heck, even compact pickups. They're particularly efficient either.

 

[MikeMike]

all data i gathered was located.

Here

i would have included classic cars, but they were not listed, so i could not get deffinate values.

MIKE

 

[gwlam12]

they also pollute the air.

SUVs get ripped on cuz they're more prevalent.

 

[Viper GTS]

As far as true bashing (who cares what some idiot in a forum thinks), have you ever looked at the invoice for a Viper?

The gas guzzler tax is like $700 last time I checked.

Viper GTS

 

[ReiAyanami]

because they kill 5x more ppl than the average car while still being 6% more lethal to the driver inside when rollovers are factored in

1) so they waste gas
2) AND aren't safe

as for sports cars, they're a waste of gas true. but nowhere near as lethal as an SUV since they don't have 250% momentum "quad damage" bonus. plus the middle-aged balding semi-impotent man behind the wheel of a sports car is more responsible since he is going thru is mid-life crisis but necessarily wanting to end it. while SUVs are driven by egocentric inexperienced youngs that think they're invincible.

1) so they waste gas

 

[Chaotic42]

I don't like SUVs (The way they look), and I wouldn't buy one, but the anti-SUV people make me shake my head too.


<-Owns a car that's more fuel efficient than 99.9% of yours.

 

[Chiropteran]

Because SUVs are ugly, slow, unsafe, and they block visibility.

 

[edmicman]

Originally posted by: Chiropteran
Because SUVs are ugly, slow, unsafe, and they block visibility.

not when you're driving one!

 

[TheNinja]

Originally posted by: Chiropteran
Because SUVs are ugly, slow, unsafe, and they block visibility.

Add to the fact that the drivers are usually careless pricks who think that b/c they are bigger they can do what they want. And don't forget that the wonderful SUV's bumpers are much higher than normal cars so that those of us with cars get to have the SUV to come over top of our bumper and into our backseat or our windshield in an accident. And finally, most SUV owners/drivers have absolutely no concern for other drivers and only care about themselves and this self-centeredness shines through in the vehicle they choose to own and drive. Oh ya, and some of them guzzle gas too.

edit: see above response (maybe joking, maybe not) - point is most SUV drivers are self centered asshats who care only about themselves and their safety.

 

[Howard]

They aren't very fair in accidents.

 

[isasir]

Because bashing Hondas as riced-out POS is played out.

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: ReiAyanami
because they kill 5x more ppl than the average car while still being 6% more lethal to the driver inside when rollovers are factored in

1) so they waste gas
2) AND aren't safe

as for sports cars, they're a waste of gas true. but nowhere near as lethal as an SUV since they don't have 250% momentum "quad damage" bonus. plus the middle-aged balding semi-impotent man behind the wheel of a sports car is more responsible since he is going thru is mid-life crisis but necessarily wanting to end it. while SUVs are driven by egocentric inexperienced youngs that think they're invincible.

1) so they waste gas

complete bull.

take your sports car, lets use the mustang (see, im not GM biased!) it weighs 3450 lbs or 1547 Kg.
your typical SUV, lets use the Tahoe. it weighs 6500 lbs gvw 2wd or 2948 kg.

now, take your comfortable cruising speed in both. tahoe, i would say you are comfortable around 70 mph or 31.29 m/s (meters)
for the mustang, i would say you could comforably cruise at 90mph or 40.23 m/s

now, 31.29m/s * 2948kg = 92242N
and 40.23m/s * 1547kg = 62235N <--- thats a HELL of a lot of force, anyway you look at it. and yes, that is assuming 90-0 in 0sec. flat.

250% momentum damage? more around 67% more force.

so, because SUV's are made higher, they make themselves unsafe? hmm, why dont cars go higher, then it would be equal. think of it both ways.

middle aged, balding men drive sports cars, true, young teens drive mustangs, because they are cheap. middle-aged balding men also drive SUV's, my father drives one, most of my uncles drive them. you cant say young ppl only drive them.

and rollovers, ok, so certain suv's have a high center of gravity.

MIKE

 

[jagr10]

Who cares what people drive. People who can't afford SUV's are probably the ones that complain about them.

 

[Ornery]

Originally posted by: ReiAyanami

because they kill 5x more ppl than the average car while still being 6% more lethal to the driver inside when rollovers are factored in

1) so they waste gas
2) AND aren't safe

1) If you weren't driving a toy, to save a couple dollars in gas, you wouldn't have to worry about this
2) any SUV driver smart enough to wear a belt is PLENTY safe.

I'll go along with the pig fvckers comment, too!

 

[MikeMike]

jagr, that post was horrible, yea, the people who complain are the ones wo cant afford them, ARE YOU NUTS!!!! they aint that costly compared to other vehicles, beemers , jag's, sports cars, caddys, lincolns.

MIKE