Although I LOVED what you posted and can't argue with it at all, I am a former Suburban owner. I loved it!!! Before I had that, I drove a Tahoe and we "upgraded" to the suburban for more room (my son plays on a select traveling baseball team - needed the room for all the stuff we had to take on week-ends). Did it cost me an arm and 2 legs to fill it up? No - but what I did was never let the tank get below half before filling it back up. My reason? Back when my dad was very ill, I never knew when I'd get the call that "this was it" and have to drive an hour away so my mom told me to make sure my car always had at least a half tank of gas in it and if it got to half a tank, fill up - that way I was always ready and knew I could make it over there to see my dad.....I've carried that philosophy with me for over 21 years now.
I now drive an Equinox and the only reason we traded the suburban for this one is my son tried out and made a select team in the next city east of us - driving 48 miles one way to practice twice a week and traveling a heck of a lot more than we did when he played on a local team was reason enough to trade down to a smaller SUV for gas purposes. But....I've learned that I don't get any better gas mileage in this one than I did in the suburban. I averaged 18mpg's in the city and 21mpg's on the highway in the suburban. I am averaging about the same in the equinox. My son has one more year on this team and then he's done with select baseball (and we are off to high school baseball). When he's done, hubby and I have already talked about getting either another Tahoe or a Suburban - I miss it terribly.
Just wanted to give my story of an SUV owner. Thanks for the laugh
As I said earlier in the post - I agree with what you posted and enjoyed the laugh!! Happy Friday!