Re: another SUV tirade...

[John Worden <scirocco@powerlink.net>]

At 09:35 PM 02/01/2000 -0500, Brian C Barrows wrote:

>But then I got on the road which was all but owned by SUVs.  They kept
>tailgating me and cutting me off.  I guess they were irritated to see
>little Miata plodding along (and quite nicely I must add) in "SUV only"
>weather.  Maybe I was simply invalidating their need for these monsters. 
>In fact, the only time I was ever concerned while driving was when I had
>to dodge a spinning SUV (I don't think I need to point out the irony
>here!).  
>
>I guess this shows, as is so often the case, that it's the driver and not
>the car that makes the difference...
>
You're right.  4wd won't do a thing to help you in snow if you don't know
how to drive with it in the snow.  I love the 4wd in my truck but I have to
be careful because the idiot in front of me in the SUV will do stupid
things like slam on the brakes at the last minute and such because they
they think there is no thought needed to drive if you have a SUV.


John Worden
Wayne, Maine

'81 MkI w/2.0 16V (waiting for the spring)		
'86 MkII 8V  (also waiting for the spring)
'98 Dodge Dakota 4x4

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