[Shotimes] Re: Almost death by SUV (NOT SUV, bad driver!!!!)

[D Potter]

Didn't the back up sensors first debut on the minivans and a caddilac
passenger car? I like any device that improves visibility while driving,
although I'm more keen on visual backup systems, but I've got to draw the
line on sticking the sensors in the middle of a bumper, then making a bad
look worse by enhancing them with a big-ass raised circle, ala
caddilac-style. I can't believe they couldn't come up with a better method
of execution for $40k-$80K vehicles.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Noah South III" <raggtopp@comcast.net>
To: "SHOTimes-Mailing List" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 11:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Re: Almost death by SUV (NOT SUV, bad driver!!!!)


> But therein lies the problem Josh, and why so many people hate SUVs.  A
lot
> of people, I'd venture to say MOST, can't handle a large vehicle like an
> Expedition, let a lone an Excursion.  These people should NOT have the
right
> to choose whatever vehicle they want to drive, because they're incapable
of
> driving it.  Yes, this goes into your better driver training argument, but
> that's not going to happen, and just because you train someone doesn't
mean
> they're going to make the effort to be safer driver behind the wheel of
such
> a large vehicle.  A lot of them don't care to learn and just figure that
> because they're bigger, they don't have to care.  SUVs may have a place,
but
> right now that place seems only to be that of a status symbol, and a
license
> to not give a shit about anyone else on the road but yourself.
>
> Number one argument I hold against the manufactures of SUVs.  Those stupid
> ass backup sensors.  What the HELL were they thinking?  That's encouraging
> someone to not even TRY to learn to handle their vehicle.  Now they can
rely
> on mediocre electronics so they can make less of an effort to learn how to
> drive.  I'm sure the dickhead that came up with these thought he was
making
> a major breakthrough in the SUV field, when all he did was push it back
even
> further by bringing more and more idiots out of the woodwork.
>
> -Noah South III
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Josh Salaets" <jsalaets@msn.com>
> To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>; <BJamesjr@aol.com>; "Ron Porter"
> <ronporter@prodigy.net>
> Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 11:02 PM
> Subject: [Shotimes] Re: Almost death by SUV (NOT SUV, bad driver!!!!)
>
>
> > Let's start placing the blame where it belongs and give SUVs a
> well-deserved
> > break!  After all, there's plenty of people out there that want to see
> cars
> > like our SHOs taken off the road, but I'll be damned if I'll let that
> > happen!  I fight for ALL automotive enthusiasts - everyone has a right
to
> > choose the car they want to drive without being criticized for their
> > decisions!  That's what makes America so great!
> >
> > Josh Salaets
> > 95 SHO MTX (I SHO U)
> > 85 Omni GLH-T (Yeah, it's fast)
> > Eugene, OR
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