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JohnDoe
please enlighten me, I've never encountered an underpowered V8
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Philip®
JohnDoe said:
Any engine will be deemed "underpowered" when the driver's expectations
are not met.
--
Philip
"If a long train of abuses, prevarications, and artifices, all tending
the same way, make the design visible to the people . tis not to be
wondered that they should then rouse themselves."
- John Locke (1632-1704)
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MDT Tech®
Tony said:
OK Tony, good deal! Just checking. ;-D
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Tony Hwang
Hi,
I am retired systems engineer now freelance consulting.
My fee is 250.00 plus T&L minimum 2 hours.
There is outfits waiting for my service.
Would I be on welfare? Not in your or my life.
BTW, I used to teach basic electronics to automotive
mechanic apprentices as volunteer instructor.
have a great evening.
Tony
I am retired systems engineer now freelance consulting.
My fee is 250.00 plus T&L minimum 2 hours.
There is outfits waiting for my service.
Would I be on welfare? Not in your or my life.
BTW, I used to teach basic electronics to automotive
mechanic apprentices as volunteer instructor.
have a great evening.
Tony
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Liam Devlin
MDT said:
Funny, so do I. Are certain fingers unable to spell correctly?
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Peter Schroeder
lease enlighten me, I've never encountered an underpowered V8
Have you driven a Ford lately
(ducking for cover)
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MDT Tech®
Liam said:
No, they just take the easy way out or poke the wrong key, why?
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Ima
Best SUV for the buck: Nissan Xterra.
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MDT Tech®
super_nintendo_chalmers said:suv's suck... whats the point? will you take a Lincoln Navigator off road?
what about a BMW X5? or an Acura MDX?
lol, no you certainly wont, and if you DO, then i commend you
i used to take my '90 4runner (V6 5-speed) off roading all the time, and it
was great at it...
SUV's nowadays are only used as ppl carriers, and ego/genitalia enlargers...
and they even suck at that!! minivans/wagons are better ppl carriers, and a
sleek looking car is a better ego enlarger/penis enlarger IMO
Hey kid, its not that they want to, its "that they can" and its also
none of your buisness what they do with something they paid for with
their own money. You are a minorty, SUV's are popular!
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MDT Tech®
Tony said:
Tony, they may think the same of you. You have probably formed that
opinion by reading too much anti SUV post is all. When SUV's stop
selling, they will stop making them.
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JohnDoe
FWIW:
SUVs account for half of all cars being sold, someone must like them
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Mrs. Fricker
JohnDoe said:
That is strange since SUVs aren't cars, they are trucks.
Let's see what are their disadvantages:
They have far more roll-over fatalitites than any other vehicle.
They cause far more fatalities than any other vehicle.
They don't meet the safety requirements cars must meet.
And their advantages:
They are big.
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MDT Tech®
Mrs. Fricker said:
Yes, but a higher center of gravity, it is to be expected, but that
would be a driver error. Did you know more Semis jacknife than SUV's?
Cause? Notice the word cause. Truth is, your more likely to survive and
accident if your in an SUV.
Did you know your more likely to die in an accident if your in an
econobox? Its true!
Yeah, you just said they are not cars. I bet your econoshit box dont
meet the same towing standards an SUV does either. See the stupid logic
here. Something that needs to be strong for heavy work wont have crumple
zones like a unibody vs full frame, DUH!
Can haul an entire family all at once.
Tow a camp trailer to go camping and the entire family.
Has 4WD (in most) and can be used in winter weather better than a 2 wd car.
Can tow a boat for skiing.
Take the soccer team out for icecream.
More likely to survive if your in one and in an accident.
Haul a utility trailer which can carry items like landscape supplies, ie
crushed rock, beauty bark and building supplies lumber, sheetrock.
Can do lots with one rig instead of buying a fleet of vehicles, one for
going to work (econo), one for hauling supplies, one for towing a trailer...
An SUV does it all. I wonder if thats what the "utility" meand in SUV?
Ya think?
I think we should start calling econoshitboxes NUV's, meaning non
utility vehicle.
Like we said, 50% of cars sold are SUV's, so apparently they are in
demand. A little socialist like yourself who is always telling others
what to drive is a waste of time. People buy them because they want or
need them, not becasue they saw your pathetic little post on a newsgroup!
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Philip®
MDT said:
Clearly FALSE. A "jackknife" requires the presence of a trailer.
The raw numbers *obviously* show there are more semi-trucks pulling
trailers at any given moment on interstates than there are trailer
pulling SUV's. Your argument is analogous to "more white people are
on wellfare than are Blacks." Well DUH. Blacks account for
what.... 15% of the population?
--
Philip
"If a long train of abuses, prevarications, and artifices, all
tending
the same way, make the design visible to the people . tis not to be
wondered that they should then rouse themselves."
- John Locke (1632-1704)
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Stuart Gray
Philip® said:
An articulated SUV ?? shudder !!!! bound to happen sooner or later tho : )
Stuart Gray.
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BenDover
Mrs. Fricker said:
While that may be statisticly true, 'far more' is meaningless
since only a very small percentage of accidents involve a
roll over.
They may be statisticly true as well but it is because they carry
an average higher number of passengers. In the real world
properly belted passengers in a large vehicle are much less
likely to be killed or severely injured than similarly belted
passengers in a smaller vehicle. That is the reason insurance
companies offer LOWER rates for SUV than small FWD cars.
Now that is NOT true. All 'light tucks' which includes most
SUV's, must meet the SAME NHTSA crash standards as cars.
In any event if I believed as you do, I would not buy an SUV,
if I were you.
mike hunt
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BenDover
Isn't it strange that the control freaks are now so concerned
about SUV's that seat up to eight, yet they said nothing when
the same truck chassis carried a body that only seated three with
a box behind the cab or the car based SUV's that now carry up to
six, an inch and a half higher than when the same chassis carried
only four people as a car? LOL
mike hunt
about SUV's that seat up to eight, yet they said nothing when
the same truck chassis carried a body that only seated three with
a box behind the cab or the car based SUV's that now carry up to
six, an inch and a half higher than when the same chassis carried
only four people as a car? LOL
mike hunt
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MDT Tech®
Philip® said:
Philip, it was by design, I was illustrating absurdity by being absurd.
The original socialist poster had mentioned how an SUV is more likely to
roll over.
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Philip®
MDT said:
The SUV by design IS more likely to roll over. What am I missing?
--
Philip
"If a long train of abuses, prevarications, and artifices, all tending
the same way, make the design visible to the people . tis not to be
wondered that they should then rouse themselves."
- John Locke (1632-1704)
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MDT Tech®
Philip® said:
Nothing, you got it. You just said the SUV by desing is more likely to
roll over. AND I commented by saying a semi is more likely to jacknife. ;-)