Re: Gas Prices Protest Letter (SUV related)

["Corey Muscavitz" <skyrocco16v@prodigy.net>]

my mom and brother BOTH drive suburbans, a 91, and a99, i do bitch at my
brother for driving his ALL the time, i do have to agree that they are a
waste if you only  use it to cart around your own ass, but when it comes to
a family outing... they do come in VERY handy.  and knok on wood, niether of
them have been in an accident of ANY kind.  but i do know that i feel safer
on a highway with BIG trucks all around me in the suburban(s) than i do in
my scirocco.  but that's just my .02 worth.
~corey
99 16v
----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Honnold <bhonnold@pac-cap.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 4:01 PM
Subject: RE: Gas Prices Protest Letter (SUV related)


>
> Anyone that rolls an SUV shouldn't be driving anything at all.  Let's not
> deteriorate this into a pissing contest about driving abilities.
>
> You name one vehicle other than a delivery truck or Semi that can cause
> serious damage to the Suburban?  cmon, give it a try.  The thing isn't
built
> like a tank, I'll give you that, but it's up high enough that most impacts
> do fortunetely go through the ladder frame.
>
> The Audi you refer to won't seat the 5 of us and all our stuff for even a
> weekend trip, let alone tow a competition ski boat or get to the trailhead
> at the Peter Grubb Hut at Castle Peak
>
> As for camping, lets hook up and hike!  I live for the day when my kids
are
> old enough to do the Tuoloumne Meadows down to Half Dome or trek through
the
> Appalachians with me.
>
> Brian H
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Harry R Glesner III
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 12:31 PM
> > To: bhonnold@pac-cap.com
> > Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > Subject: RE: Gas Prices Protest Letter (SUV related)
> >
> >
> > Brian:
> >
> > >But, it's safe for my wife and kids to be in
> >
> >   Your going to hate this but that Suburban is about as UNSAFE as
> > you can get. I
> > get amazingly tired of this drivel about being in a steel womb.
> > Just last year a
> > bunch of kids were killed (and managed to kill most of another
> > family) on I470
> > in a Suburban. Last week there was a quite graphic picture of a
> > Dodge Ram crew
> > cab with a crushed top and a dead driver. The vehicle doesn't
> > have the roll over
> > protection of you Passat, it doesn't have to meet the same crash
> > protection
> > tests of a passenger vehicle. The only way the "vehicle" has any
> > "greater"
> > protection is on the same plane as the ladder frame, and then all
> > the forces are
> > transmitted straight into the passengers. The SUV movement is a waste of
> > resources, and lives. The only thing a truck is good for is
> > towing a race car.
> > That's it! Give your wife the Passat, or buy her a nice quattro
> > is your looking
> > for a safe all-wheel drive.
> >   Also give up the car camping...use your feet...you'll see more
> > of the country
> > and harm it less.
> >
> > Rick Glesner
> > Littleton, Colorado
> > '90q20v
> > '87 924S
> > '82 911SC
> >
> >
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