Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: Wiltshire
Posts: 13913
I'm coming out.
Its time, although some of you may know, but I'm coming out.
I've been too long hiding in plain sight, but I'm a SUV owner. There, I've said it and I feel so much better and freer for saying it.
Is there anyone else that wants to come out and share with me? After all, as a minority, I feel that how I identify is being discriminated against.
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So join me and wear the flag of Mother Earth and the green rolling hills with pride as we march forward to Waitrose.
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New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
7th Feb 2024 12:01 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72790
Wondered where this was going!!
7th Feb 2024 9:38 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72790
7th Feb 2024 9:41 am
al cope
Member Since: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
Posts: 10298
I guess I’m not as brazenly “out” as you, now not owning a Land Rover, but moving to Volvo
AlVolvo XC90 B5 Plus Dark
Gone - MY18 D5 HSE - Corris on 22's with Black Pack
Now gone - MY16 D4 SE Tech, Loire Blue, Almond Leather, Privacy, plus some other goodies.
Old - MY12 D4 SDV6 XS Auto - Ipanema Sand with Almond Leather - Plus other niceties, and D4.com sticker
Older - D3 TDV6 XS Auto - Lugano Teal with Almond Leather, 20" Stormers, Shiny Tailpipes, DVD/TV - and obligatory D3 sticker
Ancient - D3 TDV6 S - Tonga with Ebony, 20" Stormers, satnav & DVD
You might drive a Volvo but you could identify as an SUV-driver.
What's the definition of an SUV?
2015 Volvo V40
2014 D4 HSE
2006 RRS - C'est mort. Fin... ...It's alive! Oh no, it's not - scrapped.
2019 Suzuki Kingquad 400
2017 RamRod Taskmaster 1150
1977 John Deere 2130
7th Feb 2024 10:13 am
RogB
Member Since: 15 Jun 2018
Location: Mansfield
Posts: 1651
^^^
on that basis you could be driving a 3 wheel Reliant Robin and identify as an SUV
2011 D4 XS 305 MY12 - gone but not forgotten
7th Feb 2024 10:15 am
HairyFool
Member Since: 04 Jan 2023
Location: Essex
Posts: 526
Land Rover almost invented the class with the original Freelander.
However I don't include mine with the "SUV" which is little more than a fat bodyshell on a standard car chassis.
The Discovery is an offroader! It just happens to be as good on tarmac as most other vehicles.A visitor from the dark side, my other vehicle is an MG5 EV
7th Feb 2024 10:31 am
RRSTDV8
Member Since: 07 Apr 2014
Location: Here
Posts: 13110
Jeep would probably contend that it was they who invented the SUV. But today it's a term used for just about any car that has a chunky body design and higher driving position than "normal" cars. It's a pointless term these days, in my opinion, because cars are generally so much sportier than they once were whilst also having greater utility. The loss of off road ability from the majority of the sector - the original SUV USP when compared to "normal" cars - means it's a pretty pointless name now anyway.
An example. The Ford Puma. Autoexpress's summary:
Quote:
The Ford Puma is a stylish, practical compact SUV that’s good to drive, but lacks cabin space
Lacks cabin space. Where's the "utility" in that design then? Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
2012 RRS SDV6
2008 RRS TDV8
"When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You don't know who's children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they were always going to have to do from the very beginning: SIT DOWN AND TALK!"
7th Feb 2024 12:31 pm
al cope
Member Since: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
Posts: 10298
Renault class my missus’s Captur as a “compact SUV” , wtf ??
AlVolvo XC90 B5 Plus Dark
Gone - MY18 D5 HSE - Corris on 22's with Black Pack
Now gone - MY16 D4 SE Tech, Loire Blue, Almond Leather, Privacy, plus some other goodies.
Old - MY12 D4 SDV6 XS Auto - Ipanema Sand with Almond Leather - Plus other niceties, and D4.com sticker
Older - D3 TDV6 XS Auto - Lugano Teal with Almond Leather, 20" Stormers, Shiny Tailpipes, DVD/TV - and obligatory D3 sticker
Ancient - D3 TDV6 S - Tonga with Ebony, 20" Stormers, satnav & DVD
7th Feb 2024 3:43 pm
pjm-84
Member Since: 04 Oct 2016
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 2440
Yep... polluting monsters.....I haven't filled up since Boxing day
7th Feb 2024 3:53 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72790
al cope wrote:
I guess I’m not as brazenly “out” as you, now not owning a Land Rover, but moving to Volvo
Al
Moved to Skoda. Proud of it, and a lot less poor as a result.
7th Feb 2024 5:27 pm
HairyFool
Member Since: 04 Jan 2023
Location: Essex
Posts: 526
I suspect a "Polluting Monster" behemoth of today produces less noxious gasses than an ordinary saloon of only 5-10 years ago but I doubt they could get them off the road.
And as for a "behemoth" a Skoda Octavia which would be classed as a saloon is 2017mm mirror to mirror, a Kodiaq is 2087. So a whole 70mm makes all the difference.A visitor from the dark side, my other vehicle is an MG5 EV
7th Feb 2024 7:22 pm
J77
Member Since: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Fife
Posts: 6261
I’ve been out for a long time.
Do we get a whole month to celebrate this SUV+ movement (+ being 4x4s, pick up trucks etc)23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
7th Feb 2024 8:48 pm
Moo D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: Wiltshire
Posts: 13913
Now there's a thought. We've got a flag so lets go New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
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