OT: SUV bashing was --->Re: Carfax Anyone???

[scirocco93210@yahoo.com (Luis Flores Jr)]

"following the herd"??? ... that must explain all the
new jettas, passats and new beetles I see everyday.
--- Night Shadow <soltwede@privateI.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hit a nerve did I?
> 
> If you are going to lower yourself to name calling,
> and get all huffy,
> this debate isn't even worth it.  You have the
> stereo-typical attitude of
> an SUV driver that is the REAL reason I hate SUVs
> (the drivers and their
> attitude).  "Waa waa, I wanna be safe, so I will buy
> the biggest land
> barge on the planet, fuck the rest of you, if you
> want to be safe too,
> drive something bigger."
> 
> What a retarded attitude.  If everone would get this
> idea out of their
> head that bigger is safer, the entire US roadways
> would be safer.  Do you
> see my point?  (Small cars have less mass, therefore
> less energy at any
> speed...small car hits a small car, not as bad of an
> energy release)
> 
> I don't want to restrict your choice on an auto, by
> any means, I just wish
> the American buying public was a little bit more
> intelligent about thier
> choices in autos...too much "following the herd"
> going on in this country.
> 
> Eric
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 8 May 2002, Jeffrey
> Lowe wrote:
> 
> > --- Night Shadow <soltwede@privateI.com> wrote:
> > > Look whos talking....step off your overweight,
> top
> > > heavy, gas guzzling, never go off road "soap
> box" 
> > > first!
> > > 
> > > Hehe...my new nickname for SUVs, "soap boxes". 
> > > Stand and preach on it, till it falls over. HA!
> > > 
> > > Eric
> > 
> > Hey, I'm just responding to all the bashers on
> their
> > "I'm just an innocent tree hugger in my little
> death
> > trap Scirocco". Many are hypocrites about "gas
> > guzzeling" since they do  so much engine work to
> beef
> > up HP, they wind up getting only 20mpg, only 2 mpg
> > more then my Explorer. 
> > Hey, I didn't start the fire, but I don't mind
> > defending my right to protect my family and get to
> my
> > destination safely with them. As far as your
> comment
> > about never going off road, I beg to differ
> ignoramus,
> > I'll go take some pics of it if you like, it's
> been
> > off road quite a bit recently. I'm not a mall
> monkey
> > soccer mom with a 4X4 Excursion. I have every
> right to
> > own an SUV and don't take kindly to idiots that
> think
> > they can dictate what I drive, and like to bash my
> > vehicle because they got hit by one and it totaled
> > there car, I have a violin ready for you on that
> one.
> > You don't like your car being susceptible to being
> > totaled then I suggest you get a tougher car that
> can
> > handle the impact. 
> > 
> > Hey I love my Scirocco, but I'm not about to blame
> the
> > SUV that may total it one day, I'll blame the
> driver
> > of it.
> > 
> > HeHe back at ya, my new nickname for our beloved
> > Scirocco's, "death traps", and I'll stand and
> preach
> > on it till the roof caves in.
> > 
> > Later...
> > 
> > =====
> > Jeff Lowe
> > Garland, Texas
> > '59 Euro Spec Beetle (Waiting it's turn for resto)
> > '64 Type-34 Karmann Ghia (Got parts?)
> > '86 Scirocco 16V 
> > '98 Ford Explorer XLT 4X4
> > 
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> 
> --
> Eric
> Northglenn, CO
> 
> 76 Honda CB400F Super Sport
> 80 Scirocco (Parts car again, no more DD duty)
> 81 Scirocco S (2.0 16v swap and complete restoration
> in progress)
> 81 Rabbit Truck LX Diesel (THE NEW RIDE)
> 91 Cabriolet (2.0 Crossflow 8v swap and mechanical
> rebuild in progress)
> 00 Golf GL TDI (Katy is driving this for now)
> 
> "For Aquarians, the physics of loopholes is a
> perfectly valid science."
> -Kelli Fox
> 
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