Vehicles the most likely to reach 200,000 miles for Bay Area drivers according to ISeeCars.com Toyota 4Runner GMC Yukon XL Chevy Suburban GMC Yukon Toyota Avalon was the highest rank sedan “The reason why SUVs like the top-ranked Toyota 4Runner are so durable is that they are built on truck-based…

Those particular large SUV’s are used for commercial “limo” service quite often in SF, and put on miles without spending much time parked on city streets. Airport shuttles and wine country tours use them, too. And they fix them, rather than trade them in.

[image] Mustangman: 4 of the 5 vehicles listed would be shunned by residents of SF, wouldn’t they? Not sure about San Francisco proper, but all of those vehicles are a fairly common sight on the roads in the San Jose area. But the 4runner, Avalon, and the various versions of the Toyota pick…

Agree that most pickup owners don’t really need them and waste resources. I spent 3 weeks in England on a holiday and only saw just 2 pickup trucks and one of them was a company truck actually used as a truck. I also know California environmental purists who drive Prius models and brag about all th…

[image] Docnick: Agree that most pickup owners don’t really need them and waste resources That wasn’t the point I was making. I believe that is the prevailing attitude of the SF Bay area folks towards SUV’s and trucks. In other words, they shun those who are perceived as environmental destruc…

I personally don’t care what people drive; it’s their behavior compared to their talk. I went to an energy efficiency conference and met several whining “environmentalists” who drove Ford Expeditions “because they were safe”. Other countries that are serious about energy use reduction put a progre…

[image] Docnick: Efficient use of energy in everything we do makes sense I am with you on that.

[image] Mustangman: I believe that is the prevailing attitude of the SF Bay area folks towards SUV’s and trucks. “Prevailing” might be a little strong. No one here in my circle of acquaintances has ever mentioned the topic of my truck’s environmental footprint, whether good or bad. The on…

People’s attitude toward anything is most obvious in their behavior, not their voting patterns. There are a hell of a lot of big SUV’s and pickups here, and they are everywhere. Yes, in the city of San Francisco you do see lots of small sedans and bicycles and scooters, but the sedans are very fre…

I have a friend and his wife that live right in the middle of SF. It sounds like having a car there is somewhat of a pain. They had their windows smashed in every few months. You quickly learn not to keep anything of value in plain sight and it is best removed from the car altogether. There are …

[image] cwatkin: he was using the parking spot to store a bicycle and some boxes of books, etc. A city code inspector … [gave him] a warning to remove these items. Living and driving a car in San Francisco isn’t the same as in less urban areas, that’s for sure. A lot of friends of mine her…

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I am with you on that.

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