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A Berlingo or a Touran makes a better job of that for a smaller footprint.

Country dwellers with crummy access roads were doing just fine with small front wheel drive cars in the days before SUVs. The 2CV was designed for farmers to drive across muddy fields. Buying a Land Rover for cosplay was pathetic.

I think the pick-up thing is driven by tax rules making them more desirable as company vehicles, along with manufacturers making them refined enough for everyday use.

I reckon 50% of contractor trucks at work have never seen a building site and never carried more than a hatchback could manage.

Any word on the mail on Sunday today then? Was there a change of tone?

Possibly. But maybe they don't want a load of gypsum and building dust floating around the cabin space they and their family use.

The tax benefits for a pickup over here are the same as a van.

Out of curiosity are we including all of those campervan cunts into the SUV box? The sort who'd rather give money to a German multinational and chain supermarkets than a local economy so they can rock the new status symbol - moving a massive diesel van with a tonne of extra sound dreading around instead of a 1.0 turbo hatchback.

are we including all of those campervan cunts into the SUV box?

Everyone is a cunt, yes.

In this country yes. Because they're a commercial vehicle you don't pay BIK tax. This is why mercedes rebadges navaras and adds a plush leather interior.

In the US the tax breaks are huge. An entry level F150 costs about the same as a golf.

It's hard. I use a pickup truck for work and occasionally cop flack from random strangers because I drive it.

That would rely on people having children.

They have a solution for that

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/should-we-tax-the-childless-j7h9c297r

Own it.

Tell them to work harder and one day they can be like you.

Doris in her 1l Qashqai is not the problem here.

Is the Qashqai technically a "crossover" than a proper SUV?

Not really a working hard thing I need a vehicle for work with a large payload capacity for my tools and materials, I also need to take my family places.

The options are my truck or buy an older van and an older car. My truck complies with euro 6 emissions standards and gives me fuel efficiency that is comparable with my old van. The other option wouldn't and would cost significantly more.

Obviously there are exceptions, and you seem like you might be one. They're still an awful idea for most of the people that have them and those that have to try to live around them and they shouldn't be encouraged.

Is #HairdresserGate trending on twitter yet?

hairdressergate the foreshadowing [edit: consider the wonky image format a convenient way of making time to put your peril-sensitive shades on]

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Think people care about as much as they did about the russian violinist or american technology entrepreneur

That's fucking horrifying in all kinds of ways.

Relevant news.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jul/04/amazon-e-cargo-bikes-deliveries-london?

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^That's bike lanes fucked then.

also related

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Clearly not a bike though, not even a trike.

Exempt from parking on double yellow lines?

if your reasoning to drive an suv is you cba to take the wheels off your bike, its not really a good enough reason

sorry, bit late on this argument.

Exempt from parking on double yellow lines?

You may be thinking of red lines (in their hours of operation). Guy in the picture is pretty obviously loading.