MY two kids fit quite well into a Camry. Now that my son is pushing 5'10 he probably prefers the back seat of the Jeep to the back seat of the CRV but kids don't necessarily require an SUV.
On 11/28/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nick wrote: > > This slow thing, I just don't get that. Are you really talking about > > acceleration? Cause they move down the road pretty well. > > > > My mom has a Nissan Pathfinder and they've done a great job at faking > power: they've tweaked the torque converter, and power curve peaks > quickly. If you only pay attention to straight line 0-40mph, then, > yeah, it's not bad. > > If you prefer a broad power curve and value cornering, however, then > an SUV is downright scary. I'd agree with you if you're talking > about, say, a BMW X5 with the 4.4 or 4.8 V8. But I'd still take an M3 > for the same price. > > I'll put it this way: if I've got $35k to spend on a vehicle I'd much > rather have, say, a subie WRX STi that has 300+ hp and AWD over an SUV > that may or may not roll over on a freeway on ramp (<- unnecessary > jib). > > Here's my SUV purchase criteria: > > 1.) Have kids, need the room. > 2.) Building a house, need the room. > 3.) Tow stuff, need the pulling torque. > 4.) Any combination of the above. > > I don't have kids or a boat and I'm not building anything so I'm gonna > burn it up while I can! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Studio MX with Flash Pro from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=51 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:184402 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
