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[bibulb]

So starcat_jewel linked to an archived New Yorker article on SUVs and how they've spawned a disconnect between comfort and safety for a number of drivers. I'd started a bit of a rant in her LJ about SUVs and such (short form : I'm aginnin 'em), when I realized that a classic Car and Driver review would make the point far better than I could in just how

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[starcat_jewel]

Observed fuel economy was not so good. The EXT was 28 percent less efficient than a 5534-pound Sayers & Scovill DeVille Masterpiece hearse sans casket, in fact. One difference between the two: The hearse doesn't require premium fuel.

Oh, SNAP!

[tfbretz]

Achewood summed it up more succinctly: "[An] Escalade has the fuel economy of an oil well fire and handles like a Best Western."

[northwall]

thank you for giving me some giggles at work. gawd, i hate SUVs!