Actually,
This thread has got me thinking.
Now it is a stereo-type I know, but why must people in the US own vehicles with such large cylinder displacements, when a vehicle half the size would do the job adequately?
I own a Nissan Navara 2.4 Litre diesel utility vehicle that can do everything that I want it to and more, so why would I want something like a 3 or 4,(even 5 litre) sucking gas up to do the same thing.
Maybe I'm stupid, but I really can't see the point in having extra capacity that you will never really use.
IMO, these vehicles are merely a status symbol that a few people are regretting buying, now that fuel prices have really hit the straps.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not here to bash anyone that owns a large vehicle, but in these current times, are people down-sizing their vehicles or merely complaining that their gas-guzzlers don't fit their out of date budgets anymore?
Petrol hit NZ$2.20/litre here the other day and diesel is close in behind at NZ$1.85/litre.
Diesel vehicles are slowly pricing themselves off the market because of the added RUC (road user charges), where you must buy 10,000km's at a time to pay for "our roads".
Just my $0.02 worth
