Now that just doesn't make sense (I'm not talking
about your post, just NW USA thinking) if 'everyone'
drives an SUV then how is it a status symbol... Well a
status symbol that doesn't show you like the status
quo?
Mark Lloyd
--- Jim Couch <JamesBCouch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Wayne,
>
> My sincerest apologies Wayne. sorry to have offended
> anyone.
>
> I will admit to being somewhat insensitive in this
> area. Probably comes from
> living in the Pacific NW where the SUV may well be
> the ultimate status
> symbol. Everyone who is anyone seems to own an SUV,
> but never drive them off
> paved surfaces. For those who need them, they can be
> indeed usefull. In the
> US, for many (not all) people automobiles are as
> much (if not more) about
> status, image, and personal ego as they are about
> transportation. Hence my
> 'useless' (as in lacking utility) comment. (Self
> deploring pun intended.)
> Not that there is anything wrong with the above, we
> all purchase things
> partly based on these issues. My personal value
> system just does not highly
> value autombiles. Now bicycles, that's a different
> matter altogether! :)
>
> Jim Couch
>
> Wayne Harridge wrote:
>
> > > Wow! The things you learn. I always thought it
> stood for Stupid Useless
> > > Vehicle. <GRIN - It's a JOKE folks>
> >
> > Hey, YOU might think it's a joke, but us SUV
> drivers are deeply offended.
> >
> > Wayne Harridge
> > Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia
> > http://members.optusnet.com.au/~w_harridge/
>
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