Slapped my face a bit this morning and sat down for a bit to look at cars again before a friend comes to pick me up for lunch.
Can someone who knows about cars explain why there’s so many bloody SUVs in the sub-$15,000 category compared to hatchbacks and sedans? Why would they be priced so low when they generally have better comfort and features and space? They don’t necessarily have that many more kms than comparable smaller cars. Do they cost more to service or something…
Complete gas guzzlers. Also nowhere near as safe as a regular car being top heavy and prone to rollovers. Basically a light truck with fancy seats. Expensive tyres, expensive servicing - they’re a really expensive vehicle to own and maintain. Anyone trying to save money will ditch these suckers first. Their advantages are interior space and a very high viewpoint over the road. You pay through the nose for that luxury. Particularly in insurance due to their nasty habit of rolling over. Damfino why people get them when they have small children unless the good road view really matters to them.
Was going to get one myself, but in the end decided to stick with my ancient F250 for horse towing. Much more stable on the road and easier to retrofit lpg and power steering etc. And the roadview is just as good.
Would that apply even to the older generation of SUVs I’m seeing? 2005-2015 era Outbacks and Foresters, some others like the Hyundai ix35 and the rare wagon (Subaru Liberty). They seem to have comparable mileage to sedans (8L/100km ish). I didn’t realise they’d be that much more expensive to service, I figured they could handle more wear and tear than a smaller car but I guess it depends a lot on how the previous owner(s) drove it as well.
I guess there’s a lot more demand for smaller cars too so they just get snapped up faster.
Slapped my face a bit this morning and sat down for a bit to look at cars again before a friend comes to pick me up for lunch.
Can someone who knows about cars explain why there’s so many bloody SUVs in the sub-$15,000 category compared to hatchbacks and sedans? Why would they be priced so low when they generally have better comfort and features and space? They don’t necessarily have that many more kms than comparable smaller cars. Do they cost more to service or something…
Complete gas guzzlers. Also nowhere near as safe as a regular car being top heavy and prone to rollovers. Basically a light truck with fancy seats. Expensive tyres, expensive servicing - they’re a really expensive vehicle to own and maintain. Anyone trying to save money will ditch these suckers first. Their advantages are interior space and a very high viewpoint over the road. You pay through the nose for that luxury. Particularly in insurance due to their nasty habit of rolling over. Damfino why people get them when they have small children unless the good road view really matters to them.
Was going to get one myself, but in the end decided to stick with my ancient F250 for horse towing. Much more stable on the road and easier to retrofit lpg and power steering etc. And the roadview is just as good.
Would that apply even to the older generation of SUVs I’m seeing? 2005-2015 era Outbacks and Foresters, some others like the Hyundai ix35 and the rare wagon (Subaru Liberty). They seem to have comparable mileage to sedans (8L/100km ish). I didn’t realise they’d be that much more expensive to service, I figured they could handle more wear and tear than a smaller car but I guess it depends a lot on how the previous owner(s) drove it as well.
I guess there’s a lot more demand for smaller cars too so they just get snapped up faster.
SUVs aren’t as well made, have fewer passenger safety features