Nanochick wrote:
] Swater wrote:
] ] Rattle wrote:
] ]
] ] ] I am geek and I hate the whole anti-SUV thing. I own an
] ] SUV.
] ] ] I love my SUV. It gets better fuel milage then my
] previous
] ] ] car. It served my old office car pool very well. It also
]
] ] ] serves my friends interests very well, as I'm always
] moving
] ] ] stuff for them that they can't fit in their cars.
] ] ]
] ] ] I wish people would at least get specific with their
] ] bitching,
] ]
] ] SUV's have been estimated to kill 30 people for every life
] ] they save due to their tendency to rollover in accidents and
]
] ] cause extra damage in "T-bone" crashes. Not only are they
] ] killing other's on the road at a higher rate, they're also
] ] killing their own drivers at a good clip.
] ]
] ]
]
]
] Ya know, if everyone drove an SUV, everyone would be alot
] safer. I feel that if I was in an accident, I would rather be
] in an SUV then some little coffin like a Mazda Miata any day
] of the week. People who drive SUVs know that the center of
] gravity is higher....you can feel it when you are driving the
] car. If they so choose to put their life and others in danger
] by turning a corner like they are in a bloody ferrari, then
] they shouldn't have a licence to begin with. Personally, I
] just don't get this SUV versus Anti-SUV war going on. SUVs are
] just another choice in car. There are other cars on the road
] that are just as unsafe and much more impractical, and yet the
] SUV keeps getting all the attention. Personally, my family has
] an SUV, and I like it alot. I feel much safer in it then my
] sports car, especially in times of snow and ice (since nobody
] from the south can drive in it). If someone is Anti-SUV, thats
] fine as well...you don't have to buy one. I think its humorous
] that all these people have SUV's who will never go offroad.
] But at the same time, I don't blame them for driving
] them....they are very useful for hauling things and getting
] around in bad weather when you have to be somewhere, and my
] family's SUV has come in handy more than a few times in that
] respect.

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