I am reluctant to characterize drivers by the vehicles they drive but I find that behemoths (trucks masquerading as cars) do attract a certain driving perspective

No need for the Behemoths around our local areas. My solution is the small to mid sized SUV's. No larger than an average car in length or width, a bit higher ground clearance and AWD for days like yesterday and today.

There are SUVs and then there are MONSTER TRUCKS disguised as SUVs...Try parking your normal size car between 2 of those! Also, notice how the drivers turn their mammoth wheels diagonally to make sure you notice them :) There ought to be a law!!

After driving mid-size suvs, as Dan noted above, for years, Paul got me a 4Runner two years ago. He calls it my “bubble wrap”. I have to say, as a mom with 4 kids, all their friends, sports equipment, College moves, skiing, running stuff back and forth upstate, and an 1 1/2 hour commute to work, I love it more than any car I’ve ever had. Not sure if this counts as a “behemoth” but it never occurred to me to turn my wheels sideways - unless it’s just a bad parking job I’ve done! ;)

I have a a small SUV - size of a car - which I need to schlep my art around. but I happen to be a very respectful driver.

Happy to live where cars are unnecessary.
We do keep our 2000 Corolla very economically parked in our bldg garage for getting out of town.

In San Francisco the parking laws require that you turn the front wheels "toward" the curb, in case your car rolls. More to the point: Driving an SUV is a weird status symbol for some people. I gather the they don't get good mileage. The only excuses I accept are Soccer moms and Artists.

I drive a midsize SUV and my husband drives a bigger one. We both love our cars. And they were specifically purchased for weather like today so that we could ensure that we would be able to get to work.

We have the same issue in our neighborhood concerning narrow roads. We are both pretty courteous in moving to the side when other cars need to pass by.

Its funny, but I didn’t hear the traveling Wilburys complain once on the 2 1/2 hour drive to Philadelphia in my rolling living room.

Good one Derf . I could bring in a psychiatrist and or an anthropologist to brainstorm this . We could call it " Deciphering the Behemoth complex ." So to my shrink I say " I wouldn't be caught dead in a Prius!" And to my anthropologist I say " Survival of the fittest !" I drive a lifted Chevy Surburban with a 6 liter V-8 customized with Flow Master exhausts . What a surprise right ? It weighs 6000 pounds and can carry a payload of 6000 pounds . Yeah that's a cord of oak folks . So I can cut and split and stack a cord of oak at the bottom of my property and 4WD up the fire road and stack it in my wood locker . Rumble Rumble . Or .... I can travel to Tahoe with 8 of us and skis and be rested and get through ANY weather . Pulling into the Drooling Dog BBQ at Donner Summit . If I go down the hill to Santa Cruz like I did today in a storm . I know I can get back up . Can't say the same for Mr. Politically Correct and his Prius . The behemoth factor is in the eye of the beholder . Yikes ! A behemoth is coming !! Rumble Rumble . Diane
drives a VW Golf . Hip Hip Hooray for Diane . But when she wants to get pushy or intimidating . Not that she needs a weapon . She grabs the CHEVY keys and her voice drops an octave or two .

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I prefer Crossover SUVs (RAV4, Crosstrek) for my purposes. When I got my Rav I almost refused to look at it; I ws only familiar with a friends older model that could not accommodate me in the back seat; moved the front seats all the way back and that was still ample room for me to sit comfy; sold me on my car.

I sure wish that ALL drivers would be less self centered and hoggish.

Common Courtesy would be nice....