Reply #69: I used to hate SUV's until I bought one...

[JCMach1]

Yes, I did the station wagon thing (Peugeot 307SW) for two years year and frankly the condition here made a car should we say CRAP!

You need tough to cross sand, rocks, suvive 50Cent. heat, curbs, and to intimidate the assholes in their Mercedes. It's one survival strategy for traffic here.

Having said that, my Hyundai Terracan probably gets better mileage than a lot of your cars.