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THE Hummer/SUV Thread (merged)
by Aqua-Teen » Tue 29 Mar 2005, 01:12:20
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'S')he said she had been speaking on a hands-free cell phone while driving across a rain-slicked bridge in downtown Portland on Saturday when she lost control of her SUV. It smashed through the guardrail and plunged into the water.
If she wasn't driving a Big Heavy SUV, maybe she wouldn't have gone smashing through the guardrail in the 1st place?
I think it's likely!
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by Aqua-Teen » Tue 29 Mar 2005, 01:12:57
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('generikan', ' ')... After realizing it would cost $100 to fill up his tank, owner figured it was cheaper just to get rid of his (FINANCED)gas guzzler.
LOL... that is funny!
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by SF_ENGINEER » Tue 29 Mar 2005, 15:12:55
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mgibbons', 'N')o doubt. Although of course on a bike, really a geo metro is almost as bad as an excursion.
actually, i'd argue a geo-metro isn't nearly as bad. i know what you meant....if it HITS you it's just as bad (maybe), but my concern is the probability of getting hit in the first place.
Aside from their sheer mass, one of the SUVs worst characteristics is their tendency to have huge multiple blind spots.
A co-worker of mine got knocked off his motorcycle, badly breaking his ankle, when an SUV changed lanes without seeing him.
a few days later an SUV cut me off on my MC, but fortunately i give all SUVs plenty of room and expect them to do stupid things, so nothing happened, but i rode up next to them at the light to give them a piece of my mind. they seemed like a nice couple, and felt really bad, but their exact quote was " gosh, were so sorry, but we really didn't see you!" to which I responded "well maybe you want to think about getting a car where you can actually see other vehicle on the road." they of course had no response to that.
being that high up plus the length really kills their visibility.
I also once got sandwiched between a car (something like a nova or malibu) and a porsche while riding my bicycle home from work. The porsche changed his mind about peeling off to the right on a side street and steered right back into me and the car. My thigh literally tore the passenger side rear view mirror off the poor women's car. I didn't get more than a slight bruise. If that had been and excursion, i might have torn the mirror off with my face.
so yeah, i'll take a geo metro any day!
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by BabyPeanut » Tue 29 Mar 2005, 15:37:42
http://www.livejournal.com/community/pe ... 50545.html
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theheretic', 'I')n California, the price just rose from $2.33 last week to $2.37 on Saturday to $2.41 Monday. I wouldn't be surprised if it hits $2.45 by Weds.
People with SUV's ARE complaining about the cost of gas. Most of them blame the oil companies scamming them and don't do much else. A few are starting to carpool, however, which has proven interesting. And at my work, the boss, an SUV driver, has just authorized same schedules for some coworkers who commute in from the same town 40 miles away. Carpooling is starting. I asked these SUV owners what it costs to fill their tanks and how often they fill them. They say they have to run the gas pumps twice because the pumps stop at $50 to insure payment, and that its close to $100 per tank of fuel, which requires fuel 2.5 times a week. Have they changed their driving habits? Not much. They still floor it when showing how fast they can go out of the parking lot. They still laugh like fools, but they've got a bitter undercurrent about how much they're paying. Not one has suggested trading their behemoths in for something small and fuel efficient, however.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theheretic', 'I')n California, the price just rose from $2.33 last week to $2.37 on Saturday to $2.41 Monday. I wouldn't be surprised if it hits $2.45 by Weds.
People with SUV's ARE complaining about the cost of gas. Most of them blame the oil companies scamming them and don't do much else. A few are starting to carpool, however, which has proven interesting. And at my work, the boss, an SUV driver, has just authorized same schedules for some coworkers who commute in from the same town 40 miles away. Carpooling is starting. I asked these SUV owners what it costs to fill their tanks and how often they fill them. They say they have to run the gas pumps twice because the pumps stop at $50 to insure payment, and that its close to $100 per tank of fuel, which requires fuel 2.5 times a week. Have they changed their driving habits? Not much. They still floor it when showing how fast they can go out of the parking lot. They still laugh like fools, but they've got a bitter undercurrent about how much they're paying. Not one has suggested trading their behemoths in for something small and fuel efficient, however.
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