Many children are growing up today without an at-home father. Hence this service to our readers. The Lockport Curmudgeon regrets that usually he can't provide personal answers to questions other than responses published here. Both questions and answers may appear slightly altered by the editor. Adding more weight would further reduce gas mileage, a factor in which the SUV is already a poor performer.
Trucks get a lower standard because of all the cargo they are supposed to carry.
Another interesting tidbit. You'll hear a lot of statistics quoted on how many SUVs are involved in accidents. This summer has been a terrible one for motorcycle noise. I don't know why motorcycles are not required to have mufflers. Maybe some of our readers can help out.