In rec.bicycles.misc George Conklin wrote:

Look, SUV's are not selfish if you use them because of a need. I haul
4x8 lumber, 10 foot pipe segments AND have a drive in the mountains with a
30 degree slope which requires a 4x4 in wet weather. But I also have a baby
Benz diesel which easily gets 35 mpg.

Good for you. Speaking from my own experience living in the Pacific
Northwet, you are a rare fish. Lots and lots of very expensive SUVs
that shine and gleam. Never having seen a gravel road. Never having
carried anything larger than a suitcase.

--
Dane Buson -
"I figure if I kill the first one, the word will get out."
- Charles Barkley on handling his 12-year-old daughter's future boyfriends.