RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Gas prices.. was a weird forward..

[Jonathan King <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Thu, 3 May 2001, Neil Bradshaw wrote:

> And how many families really need minivans? If you only have two kids,
> a full size sedan will do just fine. A full sized van is even more
> ridiculous.

Depends on what you mean by "full size sedan" here.  And also how often it
is that you end up hauling around somebody else's kids.  We don't have a
minivan and aren't likely to ever get one, but if we had 3 kids rather
than 2 and took more driving trips than we do, it would be very likely
indeed.
 
> The point I was trying to get at is that Americans have this "bigger is
> better" attitude, and they have to buy the fastest, biggest, most-rugged,
> oversized vehicles on the planet even though the will never actually use
> it to its fullest.

I think the same thing is at work with the fetish for 3800 square foot
houses you see around these parts.  And the $10,000 home entertainment
set-ups that people are too busy to use.  And the...well, you get the
picture.

jking



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