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91 [lbo-talk] more on fuel economy -- rank: 650

... seen in one. >> Based on my casual and unscientific observations, SUV drivers are more >> likely to be assholes than drivers of ... vehicles. <...> >> > > > Well, you may be right... I own a mini-SUV (Toyota RAV4), I do live > in New Jersey, and I ... during anti- > war marches, etc. > > --ravi Market research shows that SUV drivers are more selfish than drivers who choose other vehicles ... of irrational fears, and are more anti-social. Research shows SUV owners are more willing to put others at risk to ... not willing to do this to some extent only that SUV buyers are noticeably more willing to do this than others. The SUV appeals to persons

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Author:	John Thornton
Date:	Fri Jul 20 10:53:47 PDT 2007

92 [lbo-talk] more on fuel economy -- rank: 332

... have felt "obliged" to shell over 50 grand on > an SUV > when everyone in New Jersey seemed to own one. > > Based on my casual and unscientific observations, SUV drivers are more > likely to be assholes than drivers of ... vehicles. <...> Well, you may be right... I own a mini-SUV (Toyota RAV4), I do live in New Jersey, and I ...

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Author:	ravi
Date:	Fri Jul 20 08:19:34 PDT 2007

93 [lbo-talk] more on fuel economy -- rank: 166

... jhu.edu> wrote: > Based on my casual and unscientific observations, SUV drivers are more > likely to be assholes than drivers of ...

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Author:	Andy F
Date:	Fri Jul 20 08:19:21 PDT 2007

94 [lbo-talk] more on fuel economy -- rank: 262

... have felt "obliged" to shell over 50 grand on an SUV when everyone in New Jersey seemed to own on

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Author:	Wojtek Sokolowski
Date:	Fri Jul 20 07:45:53 PDT 2007

95 [lbo-talk] more on fuel economy -- rank: 332

Oh, SUV's were a lot of things, mainly -- a status symbol ... last twentyfive years. My last marriage broke up over an SUV. My ex went out to get the Sunday paper and ...

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Author:	joanna
Date:	Thu Jul 19 22:39:25 PDT 2007

96 [lbo-talk] more on fuel economy -- rank: 597

... it. One of the strangest contradiction in the reasoning for SUV purchases by women was fear of attackers. It was either ... women gave (I can't recall which) for purchasing an SUV. The SUV sat high enough that women felt no one could hide ... one can actually get under and out from under an SUV rather quickly and easily. Logically this reasoning should dictate purchasing ...

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Author:	John Thornton
Date:	Thu Jul 19 21:28:32 PDT 2007

97 [lbo-talk] more on fuel economy -- rank: 166

... Thornton wrote: > > > >Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > >but at the end the SUV marketing appealed to > > > atavistic and "reptilian" instincts already existing in ...

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Author:	Andy F
Date:	Thu Jul 19 14:52:37 PDT 2007

98 [lbo-talk] more on fuel economy -- rank: 262

... I think this is based on your view that the SUV fad was totally manufactured > by the marketing machine. I disagree ... of manufacturing, to be sure, but at the end the SUV marketing appealed to > atavistic and "reptilian" instincts already existing in ...

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Author:	Wojtek Sokolowski
Date:	Thu Jul 19 14:39:54 PDT 2007

99 [lbo-talk] more on fuel economy -- rank: 385

... I think this is based on your view that the SUV fad was totally manufactured > by the marketing machine. I disagree ... of manufacturing, to be sure, but at the end the SUV marketing appealed to > atavistic and "reptilian" instincts already existing in ... Way_). That's what you got from Bradsher's book? SUV's existed long before 1990 but they sold in tiny ... that they could exploit if they CREATED a demand for SUV's so they set abo

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Author:	John Thornton
Date:	Thu Jul 19 14:35:16 PDT 2007

100 [lbo-talk] more on fuel economy -- rank: 166

... Thornton wrote: >Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: >but at the end the SUV marketing appealed to > > atavistic and "reptilian" instincts already existing in ...

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Author:	Dennis Claxton
Date:	Thu Jul 19 13:56:35 PDT 2007

101 [lbo-talk] more on fuel economy -- rank: 166

... as well, because they are us guilty of the hummer/SUV craze as the corporations. ........................ I am only concerned with rapid ...

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Author:	Dwayne Monroe
Date:	Thu Jul 19 13:34:56 PDT 2007

102 [lbo-talk] more on fuel economy -- rank: 385

... I think this is based on your view that the SUV fad was totally manufactured by the marketing machine. I disagree ... of manufacturing, to be sure, but at the end the SUV marketing appealed to atavistic and "reptilian" instincts already existing in ...

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Author:	Wojtek Sokolowski
Date:	Thu Jul 19 13:09:55 PDT 2007

103 [lbo-talk] more on fuel economy -- rank: 166

Wojtek says: > how on earth are you going to remove the stupid pressure > to buy hummers, if not by making driving them prohibitively > expensive? Hey, you're the one who brought up the New Yorker article; I suggest you read it again. My feeling is that the "urge to buy a ...

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Author:	Jordan Hayes
Date:	Thu Jul 19 10:38:16 PDT 2007

104 [lbo-talk] postmodernity, was hipsville -- rank: 166

Not to mention that when an area becomes "hip", it generally becomes much less interesting, because a big part of the mix of people, and places, that made it interesting before has been priced out of the neighborhood. That's what happened south of Market in San Francisco. Dennis Claxton --------- All ...

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Author:	cgrimes at rawbw.COM
Date:	Tue Jul 3 23:42:18 PDT 2007

105 [lbo-talk] Paris will do more time than most -- rank: 385

... From the Los Angeles Times Delgadillo admits wife drove city SUV L.A. city attorney had refused to discuss who was ...

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Author:	Dennis Claxton
Date:	Tue Jun 19 10:14:57 PDT 2007