Originally Posted by scott_p_1

Now I personally really dislike SUVs. The feelings boil down to mostly their fuel economy and emissions, and safety. I really think they're completely unneeded in 95% of the situations they're used in and there are much better alternatives available most of the time.

Basically, I'm interested in finding out how many people share my opinion

And even more so, I'm interested as to why people would choose SUVs over (what I consider to be) more practical vehicles.