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12-10-2002, 10:47 PM
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Coolest SUV ever?
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12-10-2002, 11:25 PM
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SUV? Methinks what we're looking at here is a minivan. However, if thinking it's an SUV makes you happier, we'll call it that.
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12-10-2002, 11:35 PM
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The 1978 ford bronco, long before they called them SUV's. it had a Dana 44 solid front axle(no independent front suspension here!). A mighty gas guzzeling 351 engine and the top came off,cool!
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12-10-2002, 11:40 PM
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I get to drive a brand new Kia Sportage in two weeks.
zipp-e-dee-doo-dah!
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12-11-2002, 12:05 AM
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My inlaws bought a Honda CRV. Aside from it being a cute, zippy kind of car that actually does go offroad fairly well, it has a built-in picnic table in back. Pretty cool.
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12-11-2002, 02:59 AM
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Well it'll probably piss of most soccer moms, but when I think of SUVs (which is a category of cars I have loved long before the term SUV existed) I think of vehicles that have the ability to go through damn near anything, I think of Jeeps, Land Cruisers(both of which I have owned) and Hummers (which I have never driven, but the rep really impresses me).
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12-11-2002, 10:07 AM
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Re: Coolest SUV ever?
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12-11-2002, 11:57 AM
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12-11-2002, 11:57 AM
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12-11-2002, 12:35 PM
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Of the new ones, I like the Mercedes-Benz G500 (three locking differentials, how cool is that!).
Of the classics, the Rovers are great buy my heart belongs to the Land Cruiser FJ-55s.
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12-11-2002, 07:32 PM
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Here's my favorite SUV.
http://www.awm.gov.au/1918/technology/43169.htm A little smaller than the others, but better looking. 
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12-11-2002, 07:53 PM
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My favorite is the Organic Engines S.U.V. (Sensible Utility Vehicle).
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12-11-2002, 11:10 PM
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12-12-2002, 01:32 AM
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Memo: To FORD
From: Sam Stone Hey, Ford: Before you go off putting a FREAKING washer and dryer in a FREAKING Windstar, why don't you first come up with a transmission that won't FREAKING explode after 10,000 miles from new, leaving a certain Mr. Stone stranded while your pathetic lame-ass 'instant' roadside service took two and a half bloody hours to show up? While you're at it, how bout a front end that lasts more than 30,000 FREAKING Kilometers before packing it in? And you can make your damned power seats last more than two years while you're at it. Oh, and could please stop these pieces of crap from leaking fluids like Roseanne with a bladder infection? I'd appreciate it. Once you have completed these chores, and fixed the things that caused my Windstar to go in for service 9 different times in its first 30,000 kilometers, THEN you have my permission to put that ridiculous washer with the hanky-sized tub in the bact of freaking VAN.
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12-12-2002, 09:21 AM
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Canyonero.
...Hey, hey! Twelve yards long, two lanes wide, Sixty five tons of American pride! Canyonero! Canyonero! ...She blinds everybody with her super high beams She's a squirrel-squashin', deer-smackin' drivin' machine Canyonero! Canyonero! Canyonero! Whoa, Canyonero! Whoa!  Seriously- I love my Toyota Rav4. The 2002 version.
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12-12-2002, 02:04 PM
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D'oh! Forgot why I wanted to post:
The Subaru Brat. Cool is an SUV in which you can get two of your buddies to strap into two plastic bed mounted rear facing seats in a vehicle called a Brat. Coolest SUV ever. http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...=Subaru%20Brat http://members.aol.com/subaru3/
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12-12-2002, 03:59 PM
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Speaking from personal experience, Toyota's 4Runner is a VERY dependable, capable 4WD vehicle. I had an '89, and put 248,000 miles on it, and my '98 just turned over 90K. They have taken me everywhere I wanted to go,on pavement and off, with no problems.
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12-12-2002, 04:14 PM
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I rather like the BMW X5 LeMans -- it's the standard X5 fitted with the 1999 V12 LeMans engine. 700 bhp, and capable of 193 mph. With that kind of horsepower, it could probably go into orbit
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12-12-2002, 07:11 PM
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Oh Oh!! I'd go with the one that is pictured in the commercials as driving up huge rocky mountains, through lakes and streams, and across the tundra even though the most I've ever seen it do in real life is cart around a soccer mom 5 feet above her height so she can get to the grocery store to pick up some snacks for the kids!
Or maybe that one that's so wide that when parallel parking it takes up just over one parking space while having two wheels on the sidewalk and far enough into the street so that I have to cross the yellow line to get around it in my car!! How about that one that flips over if you take a turn too fast? It's ok for me! Being in something the size of a tank I won't get hurt! Although maybe the guy I hit will be... And who can forget that one that has the gas milage of a tank?! That's one's a real beauty! Oh wait... That's all SUVs!
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12-12-2002, 07:17 PM
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A SUV that comes with its own recon drone, its own BMW motorcycel, and a submersible chansaw.
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12-13-2002, 03:18 AM
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Actually, if you want to see a pretty cool SUV, have a look at the Nissan Murano. I'm thinking of getting one of these things. 245 HP, built on an Altima chassis, and it has a continuously-variable transmission that gets it pretty good gas mileags (24mpg).
And although it's a little small to be an SUV, it has 4 wheel drive and 227 HP: The WRX Sport Wagon.
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12-13-2002, 08:45 AM
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My favorite is still the Kenworth Pilgrimage. Seats 20! Tow your house!
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12-13-2002, 09:53 AM
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12-13-2002, 11:04 AM
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Well, obviously the Discovery is my first choice. But:
If we're going by vintage SUVs, I'm going with the Scout. If we're going by new ones, I'm going with the Mercedes G-Class. If we're going by not-quite-vintage but not exactly new, I'm going with the Land Rover Range Rover County.
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12-13-2002, 12:29 PM
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Hmmm...
I seem to have whooshed you all.
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12-14-2002, 12:52 AM
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The original Jeep. All other SUVs should be collected, loaded into a big canyon, and nuked into non-existence as the worst pestilence ever to infect our roadways.
IMHO
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12-14-2002, 05:27 PM
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The two coolest SUV ever have got to be:
The Lamborghini LM 002. Three tons, four wheel drive and used the same 450 hp engine as the Countach supercar. The Porsche 959's raced in the Paris to Dakar rally. Eric
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12-15-2002, 03:18 AM
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COOL SUV's - HA! Want a cool SUV, turn up your air conditioning. That'll use that much MORE gasoline.
And to the 5'2" inch 98 pound lady driving the brand new full size Ford Excursion that backed over my motorcycle in front of Starbucks back a couple of months ago (you know who you are - the lady with her insurance information PRINTED ON THE BACK OF HER BUSINESS CARD!!) - thanks for the money. Now, go turn that tank in and get a Volkswagen of a Cooper Mini if you want to drive a cool car. Don't get me started on SUV's - there's about 0.001% of the population who actually NEED these behemoths and far, FAR too many people driving the damned things. OK - enough, I don't want to make this pit-worhty. <blood pressure going down now>
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12-15-2002, 11:21 AM
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12-15-2002, 11:27 PM
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12-16-2002, 01:20 AM
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12-16-2002, 01:24 AM
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Whoops, I was too quick on the trigger.
What is an "SUV," anyway? Many of the newer ones, including the ones people have listed here (Nissan, I'm looking at you) don't seem like they're any more capable of off-road performance than the average Honda Civic. The promotional materials from the manufacturers list a whole lot more information about accessories and interior features than about suspension, ground clearance (not even mentioned by our friends at Nissan), or gearing. Our 86 Jeep Cherokee will die someday, and I'm not sure if we'll be able to find a reasonable replacement, something that seats four people and a dog and can get over a bad road without anyone having to hold their breath.
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12-16-2002, 07:38 AM
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally posted by Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor Here's my favorite SUV. http://www.awm.gov.au/1918/technology/43169.htm A little smaller than the others, but better looking. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote:
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There's an Initiation Ceremony. It involves a Squid and a Goat. You're gonna be good friends with that Goat. The Squid will not exactly be a stranger, either. ~~Me, on the SDMB Initiation
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12-16-2002, 09:23 AM
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DID YOU SAY EESSSS EUUUUWWW VEEEE !!!!!?? /Blood boils/
Those muther$^&ers like to run over small cars like mine!! ..... I have never seen such a reaction over a vehicle...
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12-16-2002, 11:01 AM
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I dont need my my motorcycle, in the strict sense of the word...its not the most practical solution to my transportation needs. I think everyone should be driving SUV's, myself.
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02-02-2003, 09:44 PM
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What about the WWII-era VW Schwimmwagen? (not sure if I spelled that right?) Or an 60s Amphicar?
OK, OK, they're not technically "SUVs", but they are sure a lot sportier than an overgrown station wagon, AND can go a whole lot more places, making them more useful (utile?!)... Bill
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02-02-2003, 09:59 PM
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Dodge Magnum
Sort of an SUV / Wagon If they make one with AWD, I'm sold.
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