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Snowstorm was a breeze for some SUVs
Columbus Dispatch ^
| 18 February 2003
| Joe Blundo
Posted on 02/18/2003 8:09:22 AM PST by Deadeye Division
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To: Deadeye Division
4wd helps you go, all cars have 4 wheel stop. Still, think of how many fatal accidents would have happend had everyone been forced to drive Chevy Cheovettes.
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posted on
02/18/2003 8:45:29 AM PST
by
Dead Dog
To: AppyPappy
Yeah, I saw only SUVs on the streets for the last few days here in MD with 24 plus inches of snow. They performed a civil duty by taking hospital personnel to work and back, BUT, most of them still had a foot of snow on their roofs! Folks, clean off the top of your SUV and cars! A following car will appreciate it!
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posted on
02/18/2003 8:47:36 AM PST
by
texson66
(Those who fail to study the past are condemed to repeat it. Those who fail to study the ........)
To: Protagoras
The most current attack is from the right. Please explain.
To: Eala
Yep. And ice is the great equalizer.
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posted on
02/18/2003 8:51:35 AM PST
by
rintense
(Go Get 'Em Dubya!)
To: this_ol_patriot
The type of tires you have on that SUV mean more in snow. Most City SUV's have passenger tread plus some are only rear wheel drive.
To: staytrue
If your SUV was totally worthless its because of the DRIVER, not the vehicle.
Capt Yankee "only in a Jeep" Mike
To: martin_fierro
LOL!
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posted on
02/18/2003 8:54:43 AM PST
by
gridlock
(All we are saying, Is give war a chance....)
To: rintense
Most folks who don't see snow on a regular basis absolutely freak out when they have to drive in crappy conditions. Snow my butt. Rain freaks 'em completely.
To: Protagoras; ClearCase_guy
>The most current attack is from the right.Please explain. I too did not understand this.
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posted on
02/18/2003 8:55:32 AM PST
by
Eala
To: Deadeye Division; AppyPappy
"They seem to have an attitude,'' said Brian Oman of southern Delaware County. A black SUV blew past him Monday as he did 35 mph on his way to Highbanks Metro Park with his two children.
"We were sliding as it was, and he still made an effort to plow right ahead.''
Just wait.
The next law that will be passed will outlaw "Hate-Speed."
"Hate-Speed" is the act of an SUV owner with a 'superior attitude' passing a smaller car.
To: ClearCase_guy
Please explain.The most current attack has been spearheaded by Arriana Huffinton and a group of other people generally acknowledged to be on the right. Conservatives supposedly, whatever that means anymore.
They have commissioned and paid for the ads on TV and in the print media.
To: Eala
See post #31
To: Deadeye Division
My '94 Chevy Blazer (w/ the big engine) goes great in the snow (we got 2.5 feet here in the mountains of north Jersey). But as I explained to the wife, it stops just as well as a two-wheel drive vehicle ;-).
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posted on
02/18/2003 8:58:32 AM PST
by
Pharmboy
(Dems lie 'cause they have to)
To: Capt.YankeeMike
If you use your SUV to get through without worrying about getting there in a hurry, they are great in the snow. Just because the 4WD can propel the car faster, does not mean that you should drive faster. Your maximum speed should be set by your stopping distance. In snow over ice, maximum speed should be no greater than 15 mph, no matter what you drive.
But the great thing about and SUV with decent tires is that you can plug along at 15 mph pretty much through anything. I do the same thing in a rear-wheel-drive station wagon, which just takes a little more finesse.
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posted on
02/18/2003 8:59:26 AM PST
by
gridlock
(All we are saying, Is give war a chance....)
To: Protagoras
Huffington is as much on the right these days (that is, for the past year or so) as Hillary. You'll have to do better than that.
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posted on
02/18/2003 8:59:53 AM PST
by
Pharmboy
(Dems lie 'cause they have to)
To: CygnusXI
We lived in Minnesota for 16 years and only once did heavy snow prevent me from making the run into St. Paul in my Caprice. This was the great Holloween snowstorm of 1992 or 1993...We fired up our snowmobiles and had a ball. I think we got 25 inches of heavy wet snow and a good overnight breeze to whip it into drifts.
To: Protagoras
Thanks!
Conservatives supposedly, whatever that means anymore.
I think your qualifier is most accurately applied.
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posted on
02/18/2003 9:01:08 AM PST
by
Eala
To: Protagoras
Arriana Huffinton and a group of other people generally acknowledged to be on the right As others have pointed out, Huffington is not on the Right. I haven't read anything by her in the past 4 years that I even remotely agreed with. She's an idiot. Of course she opposes SUVs.
To: Pharmboy
You'll have to do better than that.I don't have to do "better" than anything. The people who ran the ads are generally acknowledged to be on the right. The right ain't what it used to be.
This place used to be conservative, now it's Republican, go figure.
To: ClearCase_guy
As others have pointed out, Huffington is not on the Right.Perhaps not, hard to tell anymore.
I haven't read anything by her in the past 4 years that I even remotely agreed with. She's an idiot.
LOL, is she an idiot because you don't agree with her?
FWIW, I think she's an idiot too, and I always have, not just the last few years.
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