so because they choose a car that you dont like, you feel it is okay to be critical of them?
Yes. In the same way that anyone can critices anything they don't like.
need and want is subjective, just because you use a car for your reasons does not mean others do the same.
I would have thought that want was more subjecive than need. I need water but I want wine. I gave no idication, other than the already mentioned, that anybody would need to use a car for the same reasons as me. Just examples of common uses and the reasons I think this type of car should be used.
people buy 4x4s for a lot of reasons, you seem to be stuck in the idea that its all about gloating and showing off, which is wrong but obviously the main reason you dislike them as it is mentioned heavily in your posts.
No not the main reason but it is an influence.
The main reason I dislike them is simply the size for city living. I don't realy care and didn't mention carbon footprint or anything like that.
If you read my original post I mention the SAFTEY aspect for both PEDESTRIANS and the driver as well as parking. The NEED for it for a couple of holidays and showing off twice, three times if you count the term status cars which they are known to be.
My second post reiterated the size of the car for city living.
My third post clarifies what I ment by 4wd and gives my opinion on over buying.