I know no one buys them. I never said that either. But the funny thing is, no one buys them anywhere. The simple fact is that it is a horrible vehicle for anyone to own. Period. It's good off-road (but not the best, especially for the money) and downright appaling anywhere else. And about the Jeep: Is the Hummer $130,000 more capable than a Wrangler? I can guarantee you that if you spent $130,000 on it a Jeep would destroy a Hummer in every single category imaginable. Hell, you could put spacers in teh suspnsion of a 15 year old Carrera 4 and it would go anywhere a Hummer could.
But would it outlast a Hummer? Probably not. Hummers are insanely durable vehicles even in not HMMV form. They can take a ton of punishment and still be running fine at the end of the day. The reason they cost so much is because they are way over engineered. Jeeps are built cheaper and could not withstand the punishment the a H1 could.
And if I put 130 grand into anything I could make it awesome...I bet fot a 130 grand I could make a Civic an off road beast.
I meant the other Ford. I can never remeber what it is, so whatever. Once again, though, the fact that they don't buy them doesn't mean crap. People didn't buy Mazda RX-7's when they sold them here. What does that mean? It's a horrible car?
And by the way, yes. I have. I have sat in a normal extended cab Silverado. In fact, my mom owns one. So I sit back there almost every day. There is plenty of room. I can only imagine the room in a crew cab or Dodge Mega Cab.
Why does you mom own a truck? Does she use it? Does she go off road, pull boats, drive over God and Creation? If not why didn't she just but a Honda Ridgeline? As you can tell I'm just using the same arguement back on you because a Silverado is no different then a Tahoe...a Tahoe just has seats instead of a bed.
And sitting in the back of those things suck.
When did I say it could? I could, however, think of a couple wagons that could though.
You might not have but it's was said quite a bit in this thread.
I like Bugatti EB110's. Should I buy one even if I could? No. It's impractical, horrible in a town, probably ghastly to maintain, etc. All I was saying was that wagons are a far better alternative to an SUV the majority of the time. Not "In Michigan, where everyone has a log cabin and a boat." Most of the time. Like in L.A., where SUV's roll with 24" wheels. Or Washington D.C., where many arelike new, despite being 20 years old.
Let people do what they want, if they want an Escalade with 24's then more power to them. I personally don't care what you drive. Which is my whole basis for argueing for SUV's.
Again, most of the time. Also, had I been more broad and just said "use the cars to near their full abilities," what would you say then?
Use a car to it's full ablities? Then every person who owns a BMW better take corners as fast as they can, everyone who a Viper should drive 180mph, everyone with a Civic should drive to and from work, everyone with an SUV should pull 8,000 pounds, and everyone with a German tune car should never leave the Ring.
I'm not sure where your going with this, but you just said it yourself: 2WD SUV that is the same size as a 4-door Golf. Unless you've found some magic toggle switch in your Blazer, it is slower, less fuel effiecient, less practical, more expensive, not as refined and has less space than a 4-door Golf. It better be able to tow a pretty huge boat to compensate for all of that.
The Blazer is not slower for sure, it's cheaper 17,000 vs. 21,000. I doubt it has less space. So the Golf gets better mileage...then engine is also half the displacement and doesn't have 2 cylinders.
But lets let the number talk:
Blazer 2x4 Xtreme package: 190hp, 250lb.ft., I average 21mpg with mixed driving, 100 inch wheel base, and can tow 2,000lbs.(more if non Xtreme) I also have 60 cubic feet of space.
Golf: 115hp, 122lb.ft., 28mpg with mixed driving, 98inch wheel base, and can tow nothing, it has no tow rating. It has 40 cubic feet of space.
It gets better mileage and but it's more expensive.