SUV’s are simply tall station wagons. True, they pose a safety problem, but what the hay, so do old people. You take that risk every time you get behind the wheel. As for the gas-guzzling issue, I think UncleBeer put that one to bed. Anyone who drives an SUV is paying for the gas to put in it, so he’s already paying a fine.
MadPoet
And you, of course, ride a horse to work, right?
When automobiles first came out, newspaper articles extolled the virtues of “this new transport machine that will eliminate polution.” Horses created their OWN kind of “waste by-products”, you see.
Hey tracer
you might have had to call a farmer if you had had 4wd cause you know they will go anywhere. Just kidding…Around here they put the thing in 4wd and see if They can get down the mud roads.they should be used to get yourself out of trouble if you not into it. I guess my question is how much are you willing to pay for the charge for the tow. Actually you probably learned your lesson . Shoulders are soft especially in the spring.
Aa Er I mean winter
quote from MadPoet -
“I hate SUVs, and I hate Pickups. At least pickups had a point… some people need to haul
stuff. But they were supposed to be utility trucks. You hauled stuff, you were done. How
often do you see people hauling stuff any more?”
i agree and i disagree. i'm going to school in CA (bay area), and when i see people driving around in shiny, never-hauled-anything pickups or SUVs, it cracks me up. however, i'm from VT. we own a jeep (always have, one model or another), and definitely need it. we also have a station wagon, which just can't cut the mud/snow/ice/fields/woods on some days. likewise, we frequently borrow trucks from neighbors. these vehicles definitely do have their uses, just not in the driveways of silicon valley.
-ellis
Johnny,
Iam sure you are right but dad had me going at least 70. The blazer made it fine but the tension in my neck laughing almost pinched my head off…
The company I work for provides tools and vehicles for our use on the job; I declines, as I have my own tools and vehicle, and can claim them as deductions on my income taxes.
Now, carting tools and parts around off-road in a compact car just don’t cut it. So I have my Jeep Grand Cherokee.
I keep it clean, but it has dents. It has scratches. It’s a [comfortable] work truck.
And it holds all my camping and hunting gear, and provisions, and takes me where I need to go in 2WD 99% of the time.
And its shorter wheel base and overall length makes it easier to drive around than a pickup (not incluing the fact that a pickup would have required either a shell or bed tarp, whereas my Jeep came ready-to-work for my purposes).
What I can’t stand (and see quite a bit) are people with big, shiny waxed and polished SUVs who slow down to 1/2 mile-an-hour to go over a pothole (I saw one lady stop in traffic to put her Ford Expedition in 4WD just to go through a large puddle of water!)
<FONT COLOR=“GREEN”>ExTank</FONT>
The owner’s manual must’ve told her she was supposed to do that.
We have a Toddler, and my wife has put her back out a couple of times bending over to lift her into the child seat in the back of our sedan. We had a Ford Windstar for a couple of years, and it was so much more convenient I can’t believe it. So we’re looking at dumping one of our cars and getting another minivan or an SUV. A minivan gets slightly better fuel economy, but here in Canada the 4wd comes in very handy. Plus, something like Grand Cherokee is a much nicer driving experience. But, we’ll probably get a minivan. I just can’t justify the premium auto companies are charging for SUV’s, just because they can.
Is all of Maryland paved now? It’s been a few years since I’ve been there.
rocks