I’ve never been a big SUV fan. Although we do own one, we seldom drive it unless we are transporting dogs and cargo cross country. Since we’re a military family, that means fairly often. We’ve had ours 10 years, when my dh came home from Korea it was his present (we were newlyweds back then and had the money for that sort of thing). We have moved on average every 1.6 years since then. We’ve thought about getting rid of it, but we always come back to the reality of how on earth we would get the dogs moved. We’ve actually tried fitting them in the our little car, (with the dutchkid, no less) but that wasn’t fun for anybody involved. For this trip to Michigan we took the trusty Civic since the boys are staying at a kennel.
And then we woke up this morning to a ridiculous amount of snow
I have never loved my mother’s Jeep Cherokee as much as I did this morning as it plowed through snowdrifts with ease. Since my mom lives in the sticks her road wasn’t plowed until this afternoon. I now consider myself re-certified in the art of winter driving and I can return to the south having had my fill of snow. And have I mentioned that sometimes I’m glad I don’t live here anymore?
brrrr, loathing the snow
I grew up in western PA and went to school in State College (northern PA) and all that time I drove around a Chevy Cavalier and all was well.
Then I moved to Philly. Where they do not know how to clean up snow. And that’s when I bought my SUV – a little Ford Escape. I find that hilarious, since it only snows a couple times each winter here.
Cargo room was also a big factor for me. I got tired of not being able to buy flat packed furniture at Ikea and garden supplies because they didn’t fit in my car. And now that I have a pup, I’m even happier she has a big old cargo area to call home on road trips.:)
We have had an abnormal amount of snow around here lately. We got 7 inches last night. I have never been as envious of those who own an SUV like truck as I am now. We are totally housebound.
Ah yes…. good ol’ SUV’s. Our trusty Tahoe, Rhonda, has been faithful and true. I don’t know how we got along without her all those years. Like your SUV, we rarely drive her, but when we need her, she is ready to tackle any amount of snow. Bless you Rhonda. We even loan her out to neighbors that need to haul stuff.