-hh
On Mar 26, 5:12 pm, ed<n...@atwistedweb.com>wrote:

ed
On Monday, March 26, 2012 1:21:59 PM UTC-7, Alan Baker wrote:

Alan Baker
In article <17724968.78.1332792055720.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@ynlw24>, ed<n...@atwistedweb.com>wrote:

ed
On Sunday, March 25, 2012 6:45:57 PM UTC-7, -hh wrote:

-hh
On Mar 25, 7:44 pm, Alan Baker<alangba...@telus.net>wrote:

Alan Baker
In article <11271714.1050.1332717880322.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbbfy7>,

ed<n...@atwistedweb.com>wrote:

ed
On Sunday, March 25, 2012 2:26:31 PM UTC-7, -hh wrote:

-hh
On Mar 25, 3:39 pm, ed<n...@atwistedweb.com>wrote:

ed
On Saturday, March 24, 2012 8:15:04 PM UTC-7, -hh wrote:

-hh
On Mar 24, 10:28 pm, Nashton<n...@na.ca>wrote:

Nashton
On 12-03-24 3:23 PM, -hh wrote:

-hh
On Mar 24, 12:03 pm, Nashton<n...@na.ca>wrote:

Nashton
On 12-03-24 10:31 AM, -hh wrote:

-hh
On Mar 24, 6:17 am, Nashton<n...@na.ca>wrote:

Alan Baker
On 12-03-23 5:43 AM, AD wrote:

Fun to see suv driver's faces when you roar past them in a low displacement 4 pot compact :^]

They wouldn't be roaring past me in my SUV ;)

-hh
SUV? Well, there's YA sign of overcompensation.

ed
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-hh
I can recall my SUV days...

ed
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-hh
An unfounded opinion based on no data. It was a Suburban with optional engine upgrade, optional fuel tank, towing package, etc. It outclassed the Toyota of its day in every category...well, except for fuel pump reliability :-)

ed
so you were saying something about suv's and overcompensation but you had one with the engine upgrade, tow package... something you trying to admit there... :)

-hh
Its called "right tool for the job", and when the job went away, so did that class of vehicle.

ed
Of course - everyone else is overcompensating but you, you were just being smart. ;D

Alan Baker
That actually is a possibility, isn't it?

-hh
I'll leave it up to Ed to commit to picking a date for when SUVs became a fad.

ed
ah, i get it- you were one of the cool kids who had one before they were popular, so it's ok that you had one. everyone who got one later is a poseur, eh? :D

Alan Baker
No.

ed
pedantic, aren't you? ;P

-hh
Beats projecting.

Alan Baker
Quite obviously, he had one when he NEEDED one.

ed
quite obviously, the mention of a timeline for when it's a fad is something he thinks is relevant, otherwise why bring it up, right? :P

-hh
It doesn't absolutely resolve the objective question of 'need', but its a pretty reliable indicator.

As I said before you wrote the above:

"SUV's had been ~5% of the market for decades ... but then suddenly took off in marketshare...

...despite *NO* increase in sales of camping trailers, despite *NO* increase in sales of boats (boating trailers), despite *NO* increase in family size, *NO* huge shift in global warming causing worse winter blizzards, etc, etc, etc."

ed
and no, for the record i don't have a suv. :D

-hh
If I really had a need for one, I'd have one. I don't see any need to get simply as a superfluous embellishment of ego, or as a toy (my tastes differ for that), nor for the current lame excuses which are today usually irrational insecurities and other elements of compensation.

If you want a translation for that, it is that if I needed it as a tool, I'd get one and call it a tool and if I wanted one as a toy, I'd get one and call it a toy. But I'm not going to buy a toy and try to rationalize that I 'needed' a tool...that's self-delusion.

-hh