Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 15:49:44 -0600 From: "Terje Johan Abrahamsen" <terjejnopsamandnews.com> Subject: Re: Convince me!
"pablo" <pabloATsimplyhombreDOTnet> wrote in message news:v2e8c31ikv9r00nopsam.supernews.com... > > "Gary Fritz" <fritzxxxnopsamrii.com> wrote in message > news:Xns93058B4679C4Dfritzfriicomnopsam17.128.40... > > > > Trust me: as someone with a 9-5 wagon (Aero) and only *2* kids, a 9-5 > > wagon wouldn't do him much more good than a Viggen. It's tiny. ... > > I wonder when people started to need as much room in their cars for kids. > It's the excuse everybody uses for the SUVs, too. Makes me wonder how my Mom > managed with a VW Beetle (the original) and 3 kids. We did alright. Even > when my Dad came along. And he had a coupe - and the whole family would fit > in there, too. Granted the whole childseat thing was not in effect. That was before the Americanization / McDonaldisation... The fast food industry in the US makes food enough for 3800 calories pr american pr day. Somebody eats this, and the same somebody will need big cars.