[Shotimes] Now (OT), was 16x7 or 16x7.5 ?

[Steve Tatro]

I'm replying to the list, simply because you said not to ;^)

I wonder how many of the annual 15k miles my wife puts on her SUV are miles
with JUST HER in the car?  I'd guess 14k of them.  I won't be getting rid of
it any time soon, though.  I agree, SUVs are very useful (especially with
our first child coming in a couple of months).

I wonder how many trips said soccer-mom makes in her Exploder actually have
a large number of people along for the ride?  I'd guess 10-20%.

Now, I'm not trying to totally disagree with you.  I'm about as conservative
as they come!  But some of your logic doesn't register with my young
pea-brain.

Oh, and your point about SUV safety baffles me.  Sure, SUVs are safer,
unless you're the person in the Civic who gets hit by one!!!

Steve "Not trying to start a political battle with Ron" Tatro
Red/Black '93 with 168k miles
Cincinnati, Ohio

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net>
To: "'Carl Prochilo'" <gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org>;
<shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 4:30 PM
Subject: [Shotimes] Now (OT), was 16x7 or 16x7.5 ?


> No, I don't, as there is no such thing as a "gas guzzling" ANYTHING.......
>
> As you may have noticed, I have made this an OT topic. If anyone wants to
> respond, do it to me privately, as this is a definite OT topic.
>
> Whenever I see "gas guzzling" or "urban sprawl", etc, in anything I read,
it
> is a liberal, socialist, middle-class-values-hating, ignorant comment.
>
> OK, as my friends do, they haul 6 passengers to soccer practice with gear.
> What "guzzles gas" more? One Explorer hauling these 7 people (6 kids +
> driver) & gear getting 15 mpg, or three Honda Civics hauling these 6
people
> plus three drivers getting 30 mpg each hauling the same stuff??  Sorry,
this
> 40-50 mpg BS is only highway miles, not around-town reality.
>
> SUVS are useful vehicles, plus are safer than other cars. "Gas Guzzling"
is
> fightin' words for those of us with any sensibility, unlike "pie in the
sky"
> liberals.
>
> Sorry, you obvious touched one of my "hot buttons".
>
> Ron Porter (RNC Member since the '80s, and damn proud of it!!)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl Prochilo [mailto:gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org]
> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 4:09 PM
> To: Ron Porter; shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] 16x7 or 16x7.5 ?
>
> Do you have the same problem up there
> seeing all these ugly gas guzzling SUVs with 30" wheels with the spinning
> centers?
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