wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 We just bought a Dodge Durango Monday and I call it something. Dd feels she has to correct me every single time and call it something else. Dh just laughs at us both and calls it my Momster Truck :D He wants me to get a license plate that says that :lol: so poll to come.. what do YOU call SUV's when talking to somebody about them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pretty in Pink Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I call them SUV's, but I know that many people do refer to them as trucks. I have a friend who refers to her Toyota Sequoia as a truck. When I hear the word truck, I think of a pick-up truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwin Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Do you call it a truck? I know lots of people who refer to SUVs as trucks, and if your daughter is saying, "but it's NOT a truck" then I am with her. Mainly because people say "my truck" and I think of an actual truck, so it throws me off. It's definitely the sort of thing I would nitpick my mom about, though!!! :D eta I've never had an SUV. We usually call it by the manufacturer. The Buick, the Hyundai, whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Minivan camouflage. A station wagon with bigger wheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWOB Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 It really depends on the SUV. For a Durango, I'd call it a truck, just like I'd call a Suburban, Tahoe, Yukon, and Expedition a truck. Now, I have a Honda Pilot. I call it a car/SUV. It isn't a beefy as the more trucky SUVs, but it's still an SUV. I voted other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted April 13, 2011 Author Share Posted April 13, 2011 Do you call it a truck? I know lots of people who refer to SUVs as trucks, and if your daughter is saying, "but it's NOT a truck" You got me :blush: :001_tt2: That is almost exactly how it does :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melinda in VT Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 If I'm talking about the kind of vehicle, I call it an SUV. If I'm telling my kids to go get in it or clean it or unload it or explaining where it is parked, etc., I call it "the car." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN Mama Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Depends, but I'd probably call it the Durango. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonfirmath Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 It doesn't look like a truck and I probably would not think of SUV So... How about "the Dodge" or "the Durango"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 If the manufacturer calls it a Sports Utility Vehicle, then that's what it is--not a truck, not a minivan, not a whatever. However, your dd may not correct you, even though it pains her (it would pain me if you called it a truck and it isn't, lol). Just sayin'... ETA: I could be content with calling it "the car." :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silliness7 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 We just bought a Dodge Durango Monday and I call it something. Dd feels she has to correct me every single time and call it something else. Dh just laughs at us both and calls it my Momster Truck :D He wants me to get a license plate that says that :lol: so poll to come.. what do YOU call SUV's when talking to somebody about them? I personally like Momster Truck. I had a Suburban before I started driving the "Living Room." 99% of the time I'm sure I said get in the car kids. It's just more efficient than get in the black, four-wheel-drive, 1998 Chevrolet Suburban with tinted windows that seats 8, kids.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pretty in Pink Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Minivan camouflage. A station wagon with bigger wheels. LOL! The friend I mentioned with the Sequoia actually traded in her Toyota minivan for the Sequoia because she didn't want to look like a soccer mom. Really?! That thing is larger than my minivan and it seats 8. And she has 6 kids. The only thing she is hauling is groceries, and she cried when it got a tiny scratch on it. A truck, it is not! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I vote SUV. Next question what do you call a crossover? Like my Buick Rendezvous? I don't go around calling it 'the crossover'. I mean good grief. I think I call it my car. The boys all call it 'the black car.' I've yet to correct anyone that it isn't REALLY a car. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise1mds Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Every vehicle I own is a "car." The kids get SO irritated with me when I say, "Go get in the car," and the car is in the driveway and I meant the van in the garage. Clearly their psychic abilities are lacking :) (For a while, my mom owned a green Toyota 4Runner. She named it Yoda.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidiyaDawn Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 That is NOT a truck! …says the girl who drives 'round in a Ford F150 :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsMe Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I drive a huge truck. I used to have a Durango. I call it all "my car" as a general term, but I don't say, I'm going to take my suv in for a wash. Sounds dumb. So it's just my car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 You got me :blush: :001_tt2: That is almost exactly how it does :D :lol: I have the same argument with my mother. It's not a TRUCK it's an SUV. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Reading the responses and laughing out loud. The kids differentiate (get in the Lincoln or the Volvo?). They used to call them Mom's Hoopty and Dad's Hoopty, so using the make is an upgrade :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Way back when SUVs were classified as station wagons for NCIC. Since I learned that I've always thought of them as the modern station wagon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 You got me :blush: :001_tt2: That is almost exactly how it does :D I agree with your dd, but you totally need to get the Momster Truck license plate---or better yet, get a bumper sticker made. I'm assuming that wouldn't be high on her list of stickers for the Durango and it might just embarrass her a bit, which she could use since she corrects you every time :lol:.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Minivan camouflage. A station wagon with bigger wheels. :iagree: I drive a Chevy Traverse. Dh calls it a truck, but I just refer to it as "the car". Drives everyone else crazy. :D It's technically an SUV according to my registration. Chevrolet calls it a "crossover SUV". It's a station wagon--a car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 It's an SUV, not a truck. I own an SUV (GMC Jimmy), Dh owns a truck (Chevy something). A truck has a bed, an SUV is enclosed. I have learned not to call a man's truck a car, I get corrected everytime. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessReplanted Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 We have a durango (a very old one) and we call it "The Durango". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelenNotOfTroy Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 (edited) My family had vehicles that are now in the SUV category way back in the 70's and 80's. I don't recall hearing "SUV" until the 90's, they were trucks. ETA: We call my mother's crossover her car. Edited April 13, 2011 by HelenNotOfTroy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sahamamama Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 The Gas Guzzler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHASRADA Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I voted other. Both my father and BIL have SUVs. We tend to still call them "cars" as in, "Can I ride in Grampa's car?" "Is your brother taking his car?" I guess we use the word "car" to mean "vehicle" in our family. No, they aren't trucks, but somehow referring to them on a regular basis as SUVs would be akin to calling Kleenex "facial tissue", and toilet paper "bathroom tissue". Yes, that's what they are, but nobody (at least not that I know) call them that in daily conversation. The men in the family, though, while still not using the term SUV to describe their vehicles, typically call them by their model name. "Let's take the Cherokee" or "Who wants to ride in the Pilot?" So, I guess I'm voting for either car or Durango ;). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehog Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I voted other.. 'cause we call them 4 wheel drives. :D Or off-roaders, if they're tough enough to merit the name. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellydon Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 We call an SUV and SUV and a truck and a truck. We own both. I don't know why people call SUVs trucks. They clearly are not the same vehicles. It is like calling a minivan a golf cart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertDweller Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 We have an Ford Expedition. We always refer to it as "the Expedition". I don't think of it as a car and somehow calling it a truck doesn't quite fit in my mind. Never really thought about calling it an SUV although that makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 How about the VEHICLE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaJeanne Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 We have a durango (a very old one) and we call it "The Durango". :iagree:or just "the car" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in CA Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 In our family, all vehicles are either trucks, or cars. My Suburban is simply called "my car", or "the big blue behemoth". :D In order to qualify as a truck, it has to have an open bed cargo area, 18 wheels, or agricultural machinery attached to it. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in NH Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Car. They're all cars to me. I had a friendly disagreement with DH about this a few years ago. To me, "car" covers everything that is in the "vehicle" or "automobile" department. Perhaps it's actually an acronym for something, but I don't think so. Of course, those categories can be broken down to truck, SUV, van, sedan, sports car, etc., but I usually don't bother to go that far. DH can tell vehicles apart by their headlights while driving down the highway at night. I only differentiate by color, and maybe size. Him: that's a 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Sedan; Me: that's a big black car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 We have an SUV, and we all call it "Dad's/Dh's name's car." So you're both wrong. :tongue_smilie: Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giraffe Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Car. If I have to specify I'll say SUV. It's not a truck. I used to drive one of those and SUVs are definitely not trucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeswife Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I have an expedition and we call it the Truck or the Beast. I don't agree with those that say only pick ups are trucks because like the other poster back in the 70's and 80's my mom owned both a Chevy Blazer and a Ford Bronco, neither were labeled SUVs or Cars by the DMV, they were trucks. My Expedition is just as big as those were so it's a truck. I didn't hear the term SUV until the smaller ones came out in the 90's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I refer to all vehicles as "the car" (including all of the minivans that we have owned). If there was a need to be more specific I would call it an SUV. If this was just a fun loving ribbing between the two of you then I would continue your current course just to aggravate. :tongue_smilie: If she was being smart mouthed, I would inform her that it does matter if I call it a cow :D, she should refrain from correcting me. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatherwith4 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 We have a van, and I pretty much say 'get in the car,' no matter what. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I've got it! An all encompassing word: Automobile. There. It's universally accepted word for things that are primarily used to transport people and their stuff. Mostly. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnitaMcC Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 (edited) Now days I would call it.... . . . . . . Gas Hog or Money Hog is more like it. :lol::lol: I had two Durangos (leased on for 3 years and then bought another one for 7 years and had it paid off too) and loved them!!!!! But Dh insisted on us getting a Minivan (Chrysler Town and Country) in 2009. Considering we have already put 58,000 miles on the van... with gas prices... he was probably right (but don't tell him that!!!!!!:tongue_smilie:) . Edited April 13, 2011 by AnitaMcC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutor Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I refer to our Suburban and all other Suburbans as trucks, but i refer to all other SUVs as SUVs... so I'm really no help whatsoever. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I voted SUV, a truck is a pick up truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyinND Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 My husband's family owns a trucking business, so nothing other than semi's are referred to as trucks (God forbid!!!:lol:) My parents have a Durango, they call it the Durango, I have an Expedition, I call it my car, my husband has pickup ( again we don't DARE call it a truck!!:001_rolleyes::eek:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margo out of lurking Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 It really depends on the SUV. For a Durango, I'd call it a truck, just like I'd call a Suburban, Tahoe, Yukon, and Expedition a truck. Now, I have a Honda Pilot. I call it a car/SUV. It isn't a beefy as the more trucky SUVs, but it's still an SUV. I voted other. :iagree: I would never refer to any specific vehicle as an "SUV." It's either a car or a truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb_ Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Sometimes I even call my minivan a truck. :driving: So I'm not the one to ask :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitilin Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 We have a van, and I pretty much say 'get in the car,' no matter what. :) :iagree: this is us too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I said SUV, but some SUV's used to be built on heavier, truck bodies, like my Ford Explorer that I loved and wore out.... And I do regularly still hear people calling them "trucks", too. I'm not sure if any SUV's are still built on truck bodies now.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 On further reflection, you really should just name it. Our Volvo is affectionately known as Wally. Dh's motorcycle is Suzy. His Lincoln is Link. Sure, the names are not that creative, but they don't have to be :D Every one of my mom's cars have been Betsy :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EthiopianFood Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Minivan camouflage. A station wagon with bigger wheels. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthemLights Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 We used to own a Durango....I called it the Durango, or the Dodge......definitely not a truck, not "SUV" either....that's just plain funny-sounding. I like the idea of naming it :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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