Small Cars In The Land Of SUVs

"The city parking lot where he had found a spot has two rows of slots reserved for vehicles 6-foot-5 inches or taller, according to a sign posted in the garage. Wainwright, with his Acura, was too short to park there.

... And so it is in the land of the land yacht. Out here in suburbs we like our lawns green, our shopping malls trendy, and our family transportation in two sizes: big and bigger. Despite dire predictions about drops in sales for full-size pickups and sport utility vehicles as gas climbed to more than $2 per gallon, automotive industry analysts like Haig Stoddard, of the well- regarded Wards Automotive Reports, says the oversize vehicles are as popular as ever."

Thanks to Chris Steins