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The Times recently rode shotgun with some S.U.V. clubs in NYC. Yes, S.U.V. clubs—apparently they're a thing, and there are dozens of them in the boroughs, where working class S.U.V. owners bond over their gas guzzling status symbols. They also do a lot of community service, organizing charity events and family-oriented block parties. Strawberry, a member of the Trucked Out Divas, says she'll never forget the day she spotted a line of trucks emblazoned with the logo of Big Boyz, Brooklyn’s first S.U.V. club: "One day, I’m going to be Big Girl. And now look at me! Now, they get out of my way." According to the eye-opening profile, their message to youths is this: "You can drive an enormous customized S.U.V. with a posse of tough-looking comrades and project power and wealth without being a drug dealer." And burn excessive amounts of gas at the same time! Asked about rising fuel costs and that inconvenient global warming situation, Scott Killiebrand, the vice president of the Escalade Krown Holdaz, declares, "I don't care how high gas prices go. I'm always going to buy an Escalade." And, after the jump, see an amazing video of an Escalade Krown Holdaz vehicle.
SUV Clubs: Changing the Climate for the Community
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It's the same media that NEVER mentioned Muslims' hatred of Israel as a possible motive for 9/11.
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Icy Hot Stuntaz - eat your pale, pimply hearts out!
http://www.geocities.com/icyhotstuntazz/
Someone exterminate this gaggle of proud idiots.
You racist idiot
Living large!
If you call that living at all.
They don't drive all that much, and insofar as it's a bunch of people in the truck, it's not all that bad mileage per/person.
So I don't think hating on these people is appropriate - that's their hobby, let them enjoy it.
Actually, I just read the article and think this scene is pretty cool.
Did you watch the video? That Escalade is something else!
Yeah, that thing is pretty amazing - but your eardrums might hurt a little bit after riding in it!
Pretty sure that is NOT an Escalade in the video, but a regular Chevy/GMC Silverado. No Krown for that guy, no matter how many speakers he puts in that thing.
We are so doomed.
A woman driving an SUV = A Weapon of Mass Destruction.
I agree to just let them enjoy their hobby, but when gas prices spike again (and they will), I don't want to hear any bitching.
SUVs are for assholes and the soccer moms who marry them.
but i ha
but i have to agree with jt10000, they are at least trying to do some good in the world.
It certainly is inconvenient that global warming is bullshit. Maybe we might get to 90 today, Aug 10, for the first time all summer. People know Al Gore is full of shit.
Depends on where you're looking.
Vast expanses of Arctic ice melt in summer heat
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iwkYPqq0HlSqAe1ebSMegc4ZfTWQD99VINI00
Dumb people need dumb activities. These seem relatively harmless.
Cant get much more ignorant than driving SUVs around for no reason and polluting the air. Go on and brag about your rims to your grandkids when the polar caps melt...oh wait you dont care about anyone but yourself
eh, the same as those professionals and their Harley and BMW Motorcycle clubs but really what would The Cos think?
and those harley guys can be worse if they only use their bikes to go from Tavern to Tavern.
Yeah and mow down even more innocent pedestrians because you can't see the ground around you. How many children have been run over by their own parents because you can't see the ground for 40 feet behind you when you're behind the wheel of one of those distasteful symbols of conspicuous consumption? How come whenever I read about a pedestrian death by vehicle in the city, more often than not the driver was piloting an SUV? Ever hear of CASH FOR CLUNKERS? Get them off the road once and for all or back on the ranch hauling hay and cowhands where they belong.
it's a very simplistic view you are spouting. rationale = all SUV drivers are responsible for the few who kill pedestrians in accidents. think of where that leads us logically. racism and fascism has been propped up by that specious reasoning.
the article is about people enjoying tricked out over-sized vehicles. they look ghetto-tarded and burn a lot of fuel. alright, granted. i still don't see how that equates to mowing down pedestrians and children.
"How many children have been run over by their own parents because you can't see the ground for 40 feet behind you when you're behind the wheel of one of those distasteful symbols of conspicuous consumption?"
we don't know. please tell us.
"How come whenever I read about a pedestrian death by vehicle in the city, more often than not the driver was piloting an SUV?"
are you sure this is true? I'd love to see the data on it.
also - if they are traded in under CARS, they won't be going back to any ranches at all. The engines will be destroyed and the rest sold for scrap.
meanwhile LA gets mocked for its car culture.
also, how come anytime somebody spends A LOT of money of a sound system for their car they end up wasting it all with such awful music?
Ghetto Fabulous.
So what, it's something they enjoy doing so quit hating on them for it,also i would defitnatly love to see the cars you drive since you seem to ridicule theirs, and as for the global warming we all know that's bull, the earth evolves and changes through out time and so does the weather look up ecology and you'll see what i mean. but to put blame that it has to do with cars and cellphones and other electronics is just silly if that's the case we may aswell go back to living in the dark ages. bicycles are the same thing ,were do you think they get the rubber for the tires, and last but not least the safety suv's, yukon xl's, lincoln navigators can be great cars if properlly handeld along the road regardless of gender, if you ask me i think bicyclist are more dangerous because they drive anywhere along the road recklessy without obeying traffic rules and who gets the blame for it? the drivers.
nenyc wins for best faux-90's angry rambling message board post. oh wait, looks like he was serious...
anywho, im surprised you all haven't seen these around, there were a ton of these back in bed-stuy,
truly weak troll attempt.
How 'bout these nitwits donate to environmental causes?
Your parole officer is looking for you.
Wait. Let me get this straight... You actually believe that a 20 pound bicycle that goes no more than 30mph is more dangerous than a 2000 pound SUV that can go over 100mph? how does that work?
HAHAHAAHAHHA! That's rich!
Cars, SUV's in particular, are horrible for the environment. That's proven. Bicycles are fantastic for our environment because they turn lard-asses into fit, healthy people. That's proven too. Cut it with the bike hating and learn to punctuate.
sorry, that was intended to be a reply to nenyc, not economycar. my bad.
What type of 'rich' is this again?
The S.U.V. clubs’ message to young people in troubled neighborhoods is this: You can drive an enormous customized S.U.V. with a posse of tough-looking comrades and project power and wealth without being a drug dealer.
Ain' that sweet? Can I get a cup of that to go?
Look at that ,im must have left an impression if i got 3 internet trolls to reply back. so im a nitwit for speaking up. you seem to be the one believing in the global warming hype but yet im the nitwit.hood rich?
it has nothing
to do with rich felix so you obviously
have no clue about what youre talking about .you can hate all you want that's cool,as long as noone says it in person it's okay. it's not like you can put that to a stop and you never will.but hey the haters will whine and that's all theyll be able to do do. im out
I love when the times decides to "slum it" and write about something that everyone knows about. I also get a kick out of people's attitudes towards vehicles in this city. These particular trucks are generally tacky and lack utility. The fact of the matter is that you can't transport 4x8 panels of drywall (or a lot of other things) on a bicycle. A lot of people actually use SUVs/trucks/etc in this city. When your west village apartment needs a repair and some guy drives in from queens to fix it, you just paid for rims on his other ride.
You can't haul 4x8 drywall in most trucks either, which is why nearly every contractor in the US (and plumber, electrician, etc.) uses a cargo van.
(One upon a time owning a souped-up modded-out van was the coolest thing on earth. You can't put shag carpeting and a waterbed in an SUV, that's for sure.)
They aren't called "panels" of drywall - they are "boards of sheetrock" - and when you need a lot of boards of sheetrock, you call the lumberyard and they send a flatbed truck with all the materials you need.
nothing like basing your entire personalty on something anyone can purchase! Awesome! I have no real talents and am uninteresting as an individual, but I'm good at spending money too!
Isn't that what America's all about?
Live large or run outta gas tryin'.
Doesn't the TImes have a more pressing agenda then to report on this nonsense?