RE: SUVs

And good for towing friend's Bugeyes to the blasting shop and back... when
your friend owns a Honda and a minivan.....

(how's that point grab ya?)


-----Original Message-----
From owner-spridgets at autox.team.net [mailto:owner-spridgets@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Larry Daniels
Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 11:04 AM
To: Rick Fisk; Spridget List
Subject: Re: SUVs

Amazingly enough, many people have lived in the upper midwest for decades 
without needing an SUV.  How do they do that?  50+ years for me -- often 
driving more than 200 to 300 miles per day.

SUV's don't make driving safer.  They making crashing safer.  The only 
advantage they have on slippery roads is for acceleration.  Their heavy 
weight makes stopping distances longer.  Their high center of gravity makes 
rollovers MORE likely.  Excess weight and high CG also makes holding the 
road on slippery curves worse.  The incidence of SUV's in weather related 
accidents is higher; the survivability is too, but the higher incidence 
negates the higher survivability rate.

They are, however, good for keeping our friends in the Middle East happy and

our gas prices high.