i want...

a mailing list i'm on was discussing how safe or not-safe SUVs are. me, i have no needs that justify an SUV... and i refuse to participate in any arms-race to avoid being the smaller car in an accident. i looked these up as the car i'd want if i lived in europe where they're already all over the cities... and it turns out that they're coming here in 2006! totally crushable by an SUV, but i'm used to that -- my 1990 ford festiva isn't too likely to stand up to one either. now if i can just make the blue box last me a couple more years and save up tons of money...