Posted on 02/18/2003 8:09:22 AM PST by Deadeye Division
Snowstorm was a breeze for some SUVs
Tuesday, February 18, 2003
Joe Blundo
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Finally, central Ohio presents a snowstorm worthy of a $40,000 sport-utility vehicle.
The SUVs plowed through the snow pretty well. Too well for some drivers, who say the occasional sport-utility cowboy left them shaken.
"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.''
Gary Cox of Columbus saw similar stunts.
"I've seen some Jeeps and SUVs just going down the street like there's no tomorrow.''
Still, when more than a foot falls and the kids want to go sledding, it's tough to beat an SUV, said Paula and Rick Clay of Columbus.
They loaded their kids, their neighbors' kids and a fleet of sleds into the back of a Suburban.
"It's perfect,'' Mrs. Clay said. "We feel a lot safer in it.''
Mr. Clay, though, knows that the power and traction lead some drivers to go faster than they should. They forget about the weight.
"You can go anywhere in them,'' he said. "You just can't stop.''
Nick and Kim Gulyassy of Clintonville decided they could live with less traction and more money.
"It was using too much gas,'' Mrs. Gulyassy said of their four-wheel-drive vehicle. "Now we have a Honda Odyssey -- with a snow shovel in the back.''
The SUV mystique probably survived the storm intact. After all, when a Level 3 snow emergency hit southern Ohio, people weren't turning to four-door sedans.
Fairfield Medical Center in Lancaster used a Dodge Durango, Nissan Xterra and Kia Sportage to shuttle employees to and from work on Saturday and Sunday.
"I'm absolutely amazed at how easily I got around,'' said David Bickham, a hospital spokesman who owns the Sportage.
"I've been to Hideaway Hills, the back roads of Sugar Grove, to Lithopolis. I've seen a lot of central Ohio in the past few days.''
The snow helped sell at least one Hummer yesterday, said Tom Bentley, general sales manager of the Hummer of Columbus dealership, 4300 W. Dublin-Granville Rd.
"We were just dying for a day like this,'' Bentley said.
A customer who said he was tired of winter watched the Hummer navigate, then bought one for $53,200.
Please explain.
Snow my butt. Rain freaks 'em completely.
I too did not understand this.
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.
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.
Conservatives supposedly, whatever that means anymore.
I think your qualifier is most accurately applied.
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.
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.
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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