[Mgs] Price Of Two 6 Volt Batteries

[Hans Duinhoven]

M have to correct myself - I would NOT dare to drive a Pius with such speed.

Yes SUV's may well be worse, but basicly these things have been designed on 
a truck basis.
And we all know trucks are made for carrying loads at speeds of about 50 - 
70 mph and not 100!
Recently a TV special was broadcast overhere about how the SUV was born - 
caused by a Californian law with all kind of restrictions for normal cars, 
which were not applicable for trucks.

So the truck was equipped with some seats and voila the SUV was born....
SUV should not be used for moving people - these cars are fuel swallowing 
monsters with the worst road manners. Best is to put the Prius engine into 
the SUV, which will lower the power and speed of the SUV to safe limits. 
Will safe some fuel as well.

Cheers,

Hans


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Simon Matthews" <simon.d.matthews at gmail.com>
To: "Hans Duinhoven" <h.duinhoven at planet.nl>
Cc: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk at mossmotors.com>; <RampantNM at aol.com>; 
<mgs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 10:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Mgs] Price Of Two 6 Volt Batteries


> On 8/23/07, Hans Duinhoven <h.duinhoven at planet.nl> wrote:
>> Try to find the Prius test by Top Gear.
>> The car has a very bad road behaviour, so I would dare to drive that fast
>> with it.
>
> I doubt that it is worse than any of the large SUVs seen speeding up
> and down I5 (main north-south highway in California)
>
> Regards,
> Simon