My wife and I were just talking about this. I got her a RAV4 (not even the older smaller ones either) and she was concerned it would be too small for her one ass to get to work and occasionally pick up groceries. Then she saw the Highlander she thought might be a better option and told me I was right. She had no clue just how big they actually were in real life (she'd been screen surfing). I told I wouldn't even want bigger than a 4runner and even that would be more than I'd almost ever actually use (although this may be changing in the coming years). At that point I'm happier in the smaller truck I already have. Modern vehicles are way too fucking big. And I won't even go into the many old men who can barely walk having these gigantic luxury trucks (remember when people laughed at that idea?) they can barely steer or get into.
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Yup. They're huge man. My pickup has a 6" lift (I didn't install it, and I'm too cheap to remove it XD) and It's still lower than a 2023 all factory. Newer suburbans and Escalade are bigger than Excursions used to be. There's nothing luxury about my 99 XTL. Might as well drive with the windows down everywhere XD
Yeah and it really kills me when I hear those people at work talking about gas mileage. Like you bought a fucking tank dude. And then they use these smaller engines with a turbo slapped on it and people wonder why it's all going to shit. Values and actions are totally misaligned in this space.
What most of these people *actually* want is something like a RAV4 at the largest. Even the older RAVs were plenty of space for daily driving. I had a 99 Rodeo before the truck and I would still have it had I not been a young dumb fuck at the time I broke it 😂