B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for February 13, 2024

Huh?

SUV in B.C.? Me is never knews.

B.C, ca. 1970’s “Show me a man who worked his way to the top……….And I’ll show you a man who drowned in his pool two weeks ago”

Oh dear

Station wagons were much better, but then Americans got weird about them. More cargo space.

Unless a minivan counts as an SUV, I never had an SUV. Am well past the soccer camp stage. Don’t ever plan on owning one, either. I’ve driven through more than 50 northern winters with either rear-wheel drive or front-wheel drive cars and have managed pretty well. Meanwhile, I see a lot of SUVs in the ditch because they think they’re invincible.

No thanks. I prefer sedans. Never had an SUV, never will.

From experience…soccer, Lacross, softball, and ice hockey require a MINIVAN, not an SUV.

My sister-in-law was T-boned by an SUV. She asked for my opinion on the safest car. So I relayed the following story.

In 1906 the Royal Navy build the HMS Dreadnought. It made every other battleship obsolete. Overnight every navy in the world was one modern battleship short of the Royal Navy. This caused an arms race in which every country tried to build bigger and bigger battleships. Culminating with the Japanese building the Musashi and Yamato, both the size of a small skyscraper; each with a weight equal to about 30,000 Ford Broncos.

The same thing is happening with SUVs. There is a thing called the crash test rating. The more displacement tonnage an SUV has, the safer it is. If you are driving the likes of a Canyonayro, your children will be safe while you obliterate whatever it is you hit. Ordinary sedans are mere speedbumps.

So I advised my sister-in-law to get an M1A2 Tank with the reactive armor option.

several years ago i had a boss who had a mustang. one day he showed up for work with an SUV and looking unhappy- the wife was pregnant with #3 and they could no longer transport everyone in the mustang.

This saying is strange, because this sport is very light packed… Shirt, shorts, socks, shoes, shin guard, schampo, towel. And gloves for goal keeper! :D

It would make more sense if it was (American) Football camp, or, Icehockey camp…

That is if the guy is married and has kids…Some single guys will probably not buy SUV’s…

Which came first…..SUV or soccer??

A mini van is even better!

There are more SUV’s out there then there are cars. Where I live you have Pick Up trucks or an SUV.

Now’s a good time to repost my thoughts on SUVs:

https://www.youtube.COM/watch?v=A3gcGVfItdw

Or someone who doesn’t have kids.

Lots of current vehicles are built for every convenience whereas decades past one had to adapt. Owned a ’65 Pontiac Catalina. Long and wide. Big seats. Huge trunk. Lots of room for children and gear. When more haul space needed, I added removable roof rack. Eventually added trailer hitch. Built utility trailer. Sorry when it died.

Modern stuff looks like something slippery and easy to break. So-called aerodynamic shape, simply means to me that almost all of them look alike. No individuality except for size.

Boy’s, boy’s, boys. You have it all wrong. The SUV was invented for guy who wouldn’t be caught dead driving a Minivan.

SUV – yes, several. Mini-Van? NEVER!

That’s not a man who will never buy an SUV. That’s a man who will SOON buy an SUV.

…and most are driven by a Platinum Blond Soccer Mom who’s on your rear bumper cuz she’s a VIP and has places to go and things to do and it is very inconvenient for her that you are in her space at that particular time and place….(whew…end of rant. I’m ok now…)

And its musts are independent four-wheel drive, a 500 horsepower Diesel engine, a 35-foot wheelbase, 2’ of snow clearance suspension, kids flat screen internet / TV, to name a few.

I live across from a park. SUVs are the official soccer mom vehicle.

More likely a mini van

2 boys, both who played lots of sports, and of which I coached and ref’d… no SUV, ever.

Mini van or SUV if you’re a hockey parent.

My wife dreamed about owning a Ford Explorer. Then later, she dreamed about owning a Jeep Wagoneer. Now she’s only dreaming. ;-p

The joke would have made more sense if it said mini van. :-/

They ride around on one wheel…

SUV:- Sports Utility Vehicle – mainly used for school runs and parking badly! Rarely (if ever) used off road.

where as I am happy to have SUV (though the definition of what an SUV may be different) – purely because being tall and have suffered back trouble, I find getting in and out of them and driving them much easier, especially as I age

I hate it when comix supposedly based in the olden days make modern references. Wizard of Id is another transgressor.

No SUV for me. I have a pick up. Got the Line-X in it and you just toss whatever you have in it. Used to have a minivan that smelled like gym socks because everything got left in it and the smell never left. Now I hose it out.

and because they are ugly and all look the same

Show me a man who won’t buy a SUV and I’ll show you a man who really loves his high mpg Prius. (and is saving the extra $$ to help his kids get through college)

For the last 30 years or so the SUV has been replacing the station wagon on the USAian and Canadian, and the rest of the world’s roads. That and the minivan, in all its sizes.

I lived in Marin County where the school buses travel relatively empty and the “only child” is driven to school in an SUV.

When it comes to safety there is no substitute for size especially full size SUVs (which are trucks underneath with beefy frame rails etc) and full size pick up trucks. A compact car that gets in an accident with a compact SUV or P/U will get more damage because they were made with lighter materials to increase gas mileage (EPA). Drive safe, keep your distance and pay attention to what’s up ahead as far as you can see especially on single lane highways, some people have no clue how long a semi truck and trailer is until they fall short of passing one, I’ve had to get on the shoulder to avoid a head on collision more than once.

They had SUVs in BC times?