SUVs

Do you not have a boot room Allira?

Cabbie21, you might like a Jeep Renegade. It's described as a small SUV but it's really just a 5-seater hatchback but a few centimetres higher off the ground and thus easier to get in and out of.

fancythat

Another thread that involves wealth, that has gone pear shaped.

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LauraNorderr

People who live in, or rather just outside ‘posh’ towns have buckles on their green wellies.

There could be a mouse living in mine, haven't inspected them for months, they're in the garage.

GrannyGravy13

The wellingtons must be Hunter or Arriott

Oh, I think they're just common or garden ones from Countrywide 😁

and the town centre has a Waitrose and a Lidl.
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Although Waitrose is shut pro tem.

Another thread that involves wealth, that has gone pear shaped.

People who live in, or rather just outside ‘posh’ towns have buckles on their green wellies.

The wellingtons must be Hunter or Arriott

Sago

Allsorts

No one in in their right mind would park next to a big SUV, they are definitely more comfortable and safer though. I always reverse into a space but avoid at all costs. I do prefer travelling in them.
What intrigues me in the op saying she lives in a posh town. Is there any such place, towns have good and not do good areas and supermarkets and petrol stations etc. or maybe those services are provided in a nearby not push town or flown in.

Yes I raised this a “posh” town!

I hate the word posh!

What is a posh town?

Could we have some examples please?

What is a posh town?

Anywhere where the Green Wellie Brigade lives, driving huge SUVs, pushing up house prices and making sure the riff-raff is kept out.

I have a pair of green wellies but I drive a very small car 😂

lazydays
I still think what you are saying is irrelevant - and as you say, a whole different political thread.

I did notice you said you lived in a remote rural area and would accept you might be off-road and on non-paved roads... however employing people and working into 70s or 80s, and adapting to change is really nothing to do with SUVs, any more than working hard is.

I still hold this to be true.

My son purchased a Ford Ranger for work it was new to him and hadn’t yet been sign written. He had parked in our local supermarket and one very put out lady berated him saying he shouldn’t be driving that and he should have something like hers pointing to her small car. He smiled at her and said firstly I wouldn’t fit in your car (He’s quite tall and well built) secondly your car would not do well on a site visit pretty sure it would get stuck.
He came back to mine still chuckling he thought it quite amusing.

Any town in the Cotswolds?
Or, come to that, in parts of Somerset around Bruton?
Rich commuter towns around the edge of London?
Windsor and environs?
That expensive footballers enclave near Alderley Edge/
Towns like Beverley, Malton and others in Norh Yorkshire.

I think every region of th country has small towns and areas, where house prices are more expensive than elsewhere in the immediate area and the town centre has a Waitrose and a Lidl.

Allsorts

No one in in their right mind would park next to a big SUV, they are definitely more comfortable and safer though. I always reverse into a space but avoid at all costs. I do prefer travelling in them.
What intrigues me in the op saying she lives in a posh town. Is there any such place, towns have good and not do good areas and supermarkets and petrol stations etc. or maybe those services are provided in a nearby not push town or flown in.

Yes I raised this a “posh” town!

I hate the word posh!

What is a posh town?

Could we have some examples please?

Not spaghetti
I accept your comment and yes people do work hard or the majority do but that’s whole different political thread,
My point is we work very and have our own business so not only do we work the standard week which we do work we have all the ‘paperwork’ not much paper involved in it these days so we’ve had to negotiate all that comes with being 70 and 80.and learning computerised systems
We employ over 50 staff which is getting harder and harder in these times.
I hope that explains my comment, we don’t just earn a big pay check and have a luxurious lifestyle.

No one in in their right mind would park next to a big SUV, they are definitely more comfortable and safer though. I always reverse into a space but avoid at all costs. I do prefer travelling in them.
What intrigues me in the op saying she lives in a posh town. Is there any such place, towns have good and not do good areas and supermarkets and petrol stations etc. or maybe those services are provided in a nearby not push town or flown in.

Sago

Our 4 x4 has a matrix system so the beam is automatically adjusted for oncoming traffic.

I think most vehicles have the same now.

But the average age of a car on the road in the UK is 9 years. How long have these systemss been installed and how are they making their way down the cost price of a car, from top of the range to a Toyota Aygo?

Our cars are 12 and 19 years old respectively.

lazydays
I am not passing judgement here, just wanted to say that when someone says

We both work very hard...

I always want to add "so do most people I know" (or did, before retirement).

How hard you work does seem irrelevant to me.
I'm not sure who you think is jealous though.

We both work very hard and can afford top of the range suvs
My DH has new defender and I have a Range Rover.
Why such animosity about doing well.
Have you driven one?
I agree with some of your comments and concerns but I think some of your remarks reflect your jealousy
We live in a very remote hilly area and need these vehicles.
I hope my comments don’t offend anyone but it seems unfair for some to be so judgemental

Oldnproud I had that problem last week someone flashed me as we were approaching each other down our main village road. I checked when I got home that the setting was on auto. It was so now I don’t trust it and follow your example. I always think I’m more efficient than the automatic option anyway.

Sago

Our 4 x4 has a matrix system so the beam is automatically adjusted for oncoming traffic.

I think most vehicles have the same now.

I think that a part of the headlight problem might be that many people think their headlights are dipping automatically, but for one reason or another fail to notice that it isn't happening.
Ours should do that, according to the manual, but don't. Luckily, after forty years of dipping the lights manually, it is second nature for us to continue doing it.

Sago

Our 4 x4 has a matrix system so the beam is automatically adjusted for oncoming traffic.

I think most vehicles have the same now.

Available as an extra on many, some premium spec as standard, it’s an expensive extra

EG. Mid range Ford Focus matrix not available

Our 4 x4 has a matrix system so the beam is automatically adjusted for oncoming traffic.

I think most vehicles have the same now.

MickyD

I have a Range Rover and love it. Nothing to do with it being a status symbol, I have a passion for sports cars, great looking cars and powerful cars. My exDH was rally driver and I loved every aspect of that. I am also a brilliant parker and leave plenty of room for car drivers beside me to get in and out. I find it odd that people think we should be driving smaller cars just because THEY find them more sensible.
My DH also has a Range Rover. This fits all of his golf clubs, golf trolley etc in it and as he is almost 70 he can no longer easily get in and out of the much lower Maserati so the RR is great for him height wise.

That’s taking “ The Mickey” to a new level

Having been pressganged into doing the morning school runs all this week to 2 different schools in opposite directions, oh joy, I do wonder if some drivers and sorry to say, mostly ladies, struggle with SUV's. They are everywhere and although most are competently driven, some are not. They do not know the width of their vehicle and some have a job to see over the top of the steering wheel. I drive along a lane every time I go out and the SUV's are often over the white line due to their width. Hardly any room in car parks if there is an SUV parked either side. Do women insist on these tractors to keep up with the Jones's? Project an image?
On a serious note, something should be done about their lights. They are blinding. It's like being in the beam from a lighthouse.

Surely it has always been the case that if you are unfortunate enough to be in an accident in a smaller car you are more likely to come off worse when hitting a larger or heavier vehicle.
There may be more SUV s about but they are really nothing new.
Our present SUV is only marginally heavier than our previous saloon both being the same make of vehicle. The main difference with the new one is the amount of cameras and parking aids it will also stop dead if you get too close to anything whilst manoeuvring.