[Shotimes] Almost death by SUV

[Chris "Zap"]

That's the problem with a lot of the people I know today... they could care
less about how something works, but they sure raise hell when it breaks
about how bad it is (whether they take good care of it or not).

I wish I had a spare engine to dismantle and fix to running shape, and then
I'd be satisfied that I had learned something.  IMHO, books are practically
worthless for true learning without hands on experience.  And that is what a
lot of people lack today.  I worked at a computer shop for a few years, and
it was immediately apparent to me who did things according to a book and who
had taught themself, depending on the problems that would stump them.

~Chris
'95 Emerald Green MTX

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 7:55 PM
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Almost death by SUV


> Being my usual smart-ass self.....
>
> 1.  99% of the car owners never read the manual
> 2.  If some Gen 2 SHO folks DID read the manual, they would still be
trying
> to change their supercharger fluid
>
> Owners manuals are what the summer college interns work on while they are
> killing time and earning tuition money.
>
> That said, I have found the manual useful (thanks, Matt) for the fuse and
> light bulb info.
>
> Ron Porter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of BJamesjr@aol.com
> Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 6:10 PM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Almost death by SUV
>
>
> >The manual for my wife's '99
> >Rodeo (which isn't even a "big" SUV) reminds the owner that SUV's "do not
> >handle or brake like an ordinary vehicle" and "have a high center of
> gravity
> >for off-road use".
>
> I don't think people will ever catch on to this.  There are countless
deaths
> every year that could be prevented if they were driving an ordinary car
> instead of an SUV.  No telling how many deaths could be prevented if every
> car was as capable and responsive as an SHO.  Just a couple of months ago
we
> had an accident here in the city where some teens were driving a big SUV,
> tried to swerve on the freeway, rolled the thing and killed several of
them.
> Just yesterday I was sitting in the local "fast lube" waiting on my car to
> be
> inspected and overheard a woman telling another person about her daughter
> totalling her 2002 pickup the first day she drove it.  Again she tried to
do
> something with the car and it couldn't do it so she lost control.  In
> situations similar to the 2 above the SHO would have just done what the
> driver asked without any problems.  The result- 2 fewer accidents and
> several
> fewer deaths.
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