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4x4s Get Off the Road

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att:
This is a copy of what I have sent...

Do we need big 4x4s in our town centres?

 

No, of course not.


Are they really more polluting or dangerous?

 

This is totally reliant upon the owner being socially responsible, in both driving attitude and regular servicing of the vehicle, so the answer therefore is no.


Does our consumerist market justify their ownership?

 

Does it justify the ownership of anything or everything?

We survive in a capitalist environment, therefore greed is the motivation for many things we do not need, question is a tad pointless in my opinion.

 

I own a 4X4 truck and use it for my work, the Govt. made it tax friendly, therefore I purchased it over a normal car.

I have used it numerous times to rescue stranded vehicles and it has enabled me to get to my place of work in extreme weather conditions, this is justification enough for myself, I work in a rural area, thus in extreme weather it has proved invaluable.

 

I have also purchased the most environmentally friendly vehicle you can buy, for my wife to use, a Toyota Aygo……I see both sides of the argument here, I am most unimpressed by the both.

Yours...............................
 
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unknownmanxman:
Perhaps we should forward them the link to 4x4 prejudice

andycwb:
I've already sent her that link, and a bunch of "rescue" stories from here to show what a great bunch of guys we all are :-)

lostdreamer:
Why do I choose to drive a 4x4?

Because I can. Because it is fun. I like driving to interesting places, and seeing the countryside. Could I walk there? Maybe. But I choose not to.

I choose to drive a convertible car that doesn’t mind if it is raining slightly when the roof is down.

I choose to drive a car such that when I go camping I don’t need to worry about getting stuck in the field.

And yes, everybody laughs. Until they have a sofa that they need to move across town. Until they have a garden full of rubbish that they don’t want to put in their saloon. Until the rain is coming down in sheets, the puddle is a little a deeper than they expected and I end up fishing the tow rope out – even if I havn’t met them before. Until I take them for a drive and see more by car in a day than I would on foot in a week.

way2deep:
sent my views in, :D  :D .wonder if i will get a reply  :?:

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