What's the lesser of two automotive evils...

[Peregrin Toker]

SUVs which are designed for handling terrain which would incapacitate most ordinary cars, but aren't usedfor driving on anything worse than gravel roads...

OR:


Sports cars which can go 200+ km/h, but for obvious reasons rarely go any faster than 120 km/h?? (unless the owner uses his Supra or RX-7 for illegal street racing)



In any case, these car types are rarely, if ever, used for their specific purpose by their owners. Well, I think you've understood what this thread is about.

[Gandalf]

I'd have to say the sports cars, as they often use less fuel, look better, and won't obliterate cars they run into.

[Alex Moon]

It depends on where you live.

My mother lives in the mountains of Colorado and loves gardening and such, as well as having a large dog whom she takes to work and for walks on the weekend. For her an SUV is much more useful than a sports car. I on the other hand, don't need and SUV in Boulder, and so would rather have the sports car.

[Peregrin Toker]

What happened to the poll part of this thread??

[neoolong]

It depends on the situation. If you only have a sports car to look pretty, then it's worse than the SUV, which can at least have some practical use.

On the other hand there is the soccer mom type vs. the guy that actually uses the sports car for its performance.

If I had to choose one, sports car.

[Cpt_Frank]

Sports cars, hmmmmm. Dodge Viper.

[Darth Wong]

At least I can see around a sports car at a traffic intersection.

[EmperorMing]

Sports car by far.

Of course, the SUV would be safer in an accident...

[JodoForce]

What happened to the poll part of this thread??

Perhaps you edited the title post? For some reason when you edit something everything is kept intact for you to edit EXCEPT the poll...

In any case you can go back, edit the title post and add the poll again... I think??

I wonder if the poll counts get reset every time you edit the TP even if you remember to add the options back in every time

[Peregrin Toker]

Now the poll's back, although for some reason there's two times as many options as there should be....

[Peregrin Toker]

Sports car by far.

Of course, the SUV would be safer in an accident...

Then again, the sports car is far less likely to get in an accident...

[Hethrir]

Sports car by far.

Of course, the SUV would be safer in an accident...

You are joking? I know how insanely tough the 1st gen RX-7s are. They refuse to roll and have railroad sleepers running around the sides. Take an SUV for example...around a corner 2 kms too fast, and roll roll.

SUVs are so evil. You can't see past them, they roll, they crush (in on them selves), and the owners drive like they rule the road...

I drive an RX-7 because it is very safe, it is very comfortable, and on many occasions have been saved because i can speed up to avoid an accident.

EDIT: It gives me great joy to see someone who spells "RX-7" correctly. It also has other applications in tricky situations, like recovering from aquaplanes, swerving to miss objects, and braking qickly in emergencies

[Einhander Sn0m4n]

Sports cars are so definitely not evil like SUVs. Picture you're in the French Quarter lookin at boys to pick up.

Sports Car: You see a boi walk behind a parked sports car: No problem, because you can still keep a visual on him, and he can still see you. Plus there's the slim chance he's the car's owner.

SUV: You see a boi walk behind a parked SUV: Game over, because the fucking thing's so unnecessarily HUGE it completely blocks your view of the guy till he's guaranteed to be A. picked up by another hunter, B. dove into a bar, or C. just gone! And SUVs are so rude when you're talkin to a cutey and one comes right up on your bumper with its beam-lances firing...

[Admiral Valdemar]

Tanks were made for a damn reason, give me a T-90 and watch the "soccer moms" and "riced boyz" scamper off.

[BrYaN19kc]

SUV's you can't see around them in traffice, thus they cause a hazzard.

Most people who own them don't even know how to drive them.

It has been proven that they aren't necessarily safe in an accident because they flip over easily. They definitely are not safe to the passenger car they flatten in an accident.

They are no safer on icy roads than a car.

On older city streets, they take up too much room while parked.

They were originally designed for off-road use - that's where they should be.

[Darth Garden Gnome]

SUVs are dangerous to themselves and the surrounding traffic; far more so than a sports car. They flip easily - in doing so crushing the passengers of that vehicle - , when they do flip they create a chance of more accidents, and they block visibility for other closeby vehicles.

What does a sports car do? Look pretty and drive real fast.

You decide which is more dangerous.

[phongn]

An improperly handled SUV is more dangerous, of course.

[Dillon]

At least Sports cars are cool looking, and don't take up a whole lot of room on the road like SUV's do.

[Ghost Rider]

Sports cars...aside from the whole size bit.

They are just for pointless speed fun.

[Queeb Salaron]

Excuse me for saying so, but I'd rather have a 2-ton, diesel-chewing 500hp 5.6L V-8 that measures torque in relation to planets as an extension on my penis. It's better than the fits-in-a-suitcase super-unleaded-sipping 3L 4-cylinder beast under the hood of those ugly neon-green riceburners with hideous things called "dubs," "tips," "lamps" and "tachs."

I'll take detroit muscle over a car brand name that I can't pronounce.

[neoolong]

Excuse me for saying so, but I'd rather have a 2-ton, diesel-chewing 500hp 5.6L V-8 that measures torque in relation to planets as an extension on my penis. It's better than the fits-in-a-suitcase super-unleaded-sipping 3L 4-cylinder beast under the hood of those ugly neon-green riceburners with hideous things called "dubs," "tips," "lamps" and "tachs."

I'll take detroit muscle over a car brand name that I can't pronounce.

Except the riceburners you described aren't sports cars.

[Einhander Sn0m4n]

Would you rather be driving/seen in one of these?




Or one of these?




My point exactly.

[Crayz9000]

I drive a 1991 Suburban, so I can safely say that I wouldn't be caught dead driving a Ford Excursion

That said, yeah, I wouldn't mind the sports car.

[Enigma]

I prefer sports cars. Unless of course, I can get my hands on an H1 Hummer.

[aerius]

I live in Canada where there's lots of open roads so I'm taking the sports car. I've done a fair bit of long distance driving, and as soon as you get out of the urbanized areas such as Toronto you can cruise your car at high speeds. I've driven for hours on end at 150+km/h with short bursts up to 200km/h, Toronto to Ottawa (500km) is only a bit over 3 hours if you leave at the right time. A sports car with its high speed and handling limits is far more useful to me than a SUV with the aerodynamics of a brick that sucks gas and is barely able to pass a tractor trailer on a highway.

Note - Our hiway speed limit is 100km/h, but unless you're in an urbanized area you can drive at 130-140km/h without the cops even looking at you.