Where are my auto enthusiasts?

[*SHRacerX*]

(05-21-2022, 03:35 PM)fredtoast Wrote: In 1972 no one would have imagined how popular pick up trucks would be as "cars" to just drive around in.  My dad drove a pick up, but he needed it for the work he did and the camping trips we took.  He thought it was really strange when people started buying trucks that really did not need trucks but instead just used them as "cars".

There is something about the commanding view of the road in Jeeps and trucks.  They are so common now, that I can't see people feeling comfortable in a traditional car.  My daughter has only known SUVs.  She had a Saturn Vue, A Jeep Wrangler, another Jeep Wrangler, a RAV4, and now a wicked cool 4EX Jeep Wrangler that can go 25 miles on electric power only.

Forgetting the smart no-gas situation she is in most the time (only commutes around town, works from home), she is 30 years old and has never owned a traditional car.  She would borrow one of my convertibles from time to time, but always said driving short cars (what she called them) felt weird.