Re: WHY?????

ROFL, Louis, I'm relying on you for all my "marketing mythology" clarification in the future. I think that was dead on!

But....what does that say about Mike, then, who liked the Sienna more than any of the SUV's? LOL

-- KarenK Desert Dreamer Designs

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Hear, hear! If you're not breeding pups to sell, there's *no* good reason to let your pet have even one litter. Responsible non-breeder owners neuter their animals without breeding them.

Celine

I like vehicles that fit the conditions they're used in. And a lot of pick up can get you out of danger, as well as into trouble :-)

Deirdre

I understand that it is playing on the observable reality of our collective psychology. I'm just fantasizing that we might be able to outgrow that psychology and be able to resist the manipulations, because we see through them.

Deirdre

I think I'd go beyond advertising and say that anything we do en masse tends to be based on fear.

Advertising, going to war, excluding or devaluing others...

Deirdre

If you're hauling hay, concrete, and rock, you *still* don't need a luxury SUV with fully-carpeted interior -- you need a pickup! If you *also* have to haul three kids around, you need an extended-cab pickup. The right tool for the job...

Celine

On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 21:53:56 -0400, Lee S. Billings wrote (in message ):

We have a luxury SUV ( a small one, though - a Mazda Tribute) that is DH's work car. The back is always filled with the acoutrements of his work - he's a sales rep, and carries samples, price books and a small d/c fridge for samples back there. It holds 4-5 people comfortably for the times we want to go out with the whole family and a friend or two, and has four wheel drive because so many of his clients are off the beaten track that he'd be stuck twice a week in a normal car. A pickup truck wouldn't be the right thing for him because the gear he carries isn't sturdy enough for the bed of a pickup truck.

Our other "everyday" car is my VW Beetle, which is rather limited in its ability to carry people and gear around. The trunk is so small as to be mostly useless, and the back seat has so little leg room that it appears to be designed for amputees. Fortunately, most of the time, it's only DD and me in the car, and sometimes P/T D.

If you really want to talk about impractical, I'm looking closely at the new Ford Thunderbird convertables. Talk about gorgeous, and the removable hard top with the portholes is a shout out to the original Thunderbird design of the 1950's. It just might be my next car: the kids are going to end up with the SUV and the Bug within the next few years as they learn to drive, and I'll need something else. Besides, I've always wanted a two-seater! (The other option is that I'll buy an antique BMW 2002 Bavaria in mint condition. I'd love it, and it would be so fun to drive.)

Oh yes, our "fun" car is a 1955 Buick Super, which has all the bells and whistles that were available in 1955. She gets used in parades, car shows, and for weekend cruises in the summer. A new Thunderbird would probably fit in the Buick's trunk. :-)

Kathy N-V

There are several in my neighborhood. Can't decide if I like the powder pink or the oh-so-pale yellow best. It's my new dream car. *swoon*

Sounds like our 'family car', the Subaru Foreseter...

Deirdre

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from snipped-for-privacy@mindspring.com (Lee S. Billings) :

]If you're hauling hay, concrete, and rock, you *still* don't need a luxury SUV ]with fully-carpeted interior -- you need a pickup! If you *also* have to haul ]three kids around, you need an extended-cab pickup. The right tool for the ]job...

my s-i-l is a soccer mom. she does that part with a regular car. they save the extended-cab-pickup for the heavy duty stuff and going hunting and carting the dog [in properly secured carrier].

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's not what you take, when you leave this world behind you;it's what you leave behind you when you go. -- Randy Travis

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from Kathy N-V :

]I'm looking closely at the new ]Ford Thunderbird convertables. Talk about gorgeous, and the removable hard ]top with the portholes is a shout out to the original Thunderbird design of ]the 1950's.

those are SOOOO gorgeous. and so totally impractical for someone like me!

----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)

's not what you take, when you leave this world behind you;it's what you leave behind you when you go. -- Randy Travis

That's the other option, of course -- multiple vehicles. I made the unexpressed assumption that the hypothetical person above could only afford 1 vehicle, and therefore had to have one which would serve *all* their needs.

Celine

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from snipped-for-privacy@mindspring.com (Lee S. Billings) :

]That's the other option, of course -- multiple vehicles. I made the unexpressed ]assumption that the hypothetical person above could only afford 1 vehicle, and ]therefore had to have one which would serve *all* their needs.

true. that's been the assumption here and in RAM where they were discussing the same thing recently. knowing my brother and his sons, if one vehicle had to go, it wouldn't be the truck!

----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)

's not what you take, when you leave this world behind you;it's what you leave behind you when you go. -- Randy Travis

I'm sitting here cracking up, thinking of my mother (age 77 telling me 2 years ago that she just didn't understand why people think they have to drive around in those gas guzzling mini vans. Living in LA, she thinks everyone should drive a car the size of a shoe box, that produces no emissions whatsoever, thank you. I think she's totally forgotten how much room kids and "stuff" can take up! Barbara Dream Master

"We've got two lives, one we're given, the other one we make." Mary Chapin Carpenter

We decided we can't have any more kids, because one more kid means bye-bye station wagon, hello minivan!

They really are practical for families, though.

I haul everything in my much-abused old Volvo, but there are times when I wish I had a truck. Like when I need a load of manure for the garden, for example!

I like those. Reasonably economical and fuel-efficient, a little roomier/sportier than a wagon, but not a contestant in the "my SUV is bigger than your SUV" contest.

In Alaska, it seems most people use their cars as SUVs. My poor AWD Subaru Legacy.

Tina

"Kalera Stratton" wrote

Hee hee - that's me! Right now it has a kayak on top and is full of camping stuff.