And I hate their blue-rich eye searing headlights to.

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    Ireland and the UK are headed this way, if not there already.

    The pickups make everyone look like posers but the SUVs are decent enough. I drove a couple, I wouldn’t say there is more space but seeing them on the road so often makes me consider it the safer option for a family car. I don’t want to going under one of them in a crash. That said I only think that this is how their popularity explodes.

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      That’s exactly it. They are actually less safe, but feel more safe, since you sit higher up. They also make smaller cars seem less safe, so it ends up being an arms race.

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        Absolutely, I think we should tax cars based on their engine size/ weight to volume ratio. Disincentivise this shite.

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      I dunno about Ireland. I live there and I don’t really see people drive that many SUVs.

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        The number one selling car in Ireland has been the Tucson for the last number of years.

        It used to be mondeos, S90s, corollas now it’s Kugas, Tucsons, Sorrentos, XC40s, and RAV4s.

        Not to mention the absolute loser in Ford Rangers and Raptors. I can see the use in the SUVs but the Hilux and Raptors are such small dick energy. Lads in construction that don’t do work.

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          As an American, Tucsons and Rav4 are the small SUVs. Just wait until you have people that barely know how to drive riding around in Suburbans and Sequoias

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            They are most likely not road legal here assuming they are bigger than these small SUVs. Definitely not fit for anything more than national roads.

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              That’s probably true, I doubt they’d fit in most parking spaces or make it down a tight street without taking out some mirrors