People bitch'in about snow and cold etc... Don't like the snow, move to Guam.
-----Original Message----- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 8:33 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Winter Pet Peeves on black ice or even normal ice or snow, all 4WD means is that all four tires spin instead of two. larry On 12/9/05, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah, I have a 4x4 SUV and still don't drive like that. I've always had a > 4x4 and learned very quickly that just because it has 4 wheel drive, at > least on of the wheens still has to have traction for it to do much good. > > > > The 4x4 does help in most situations, however there is still a line that > when you cross it you forfeit the benefits. > > > > _____ > > From: Dawson, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 11:16 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Winter Pet Peeves > > 2. SUVs that are exempt from the laws of physics. > > I left work at noon yesterday to get the kids from school. Since I have > a rear-wheel-drive car, I took it pretty slow (35-50mpg). All these > assholes (male and female) in their SUVs and 4x4s just had to pass me > because I was *not* driving a similar vehicle. (I was slowing them down > from their important lives and who am I to keep their SUV in a > slow-moving line?) > > I wonder, when they end up in a ditch around a curve, if they actually > thought that their vehicle is immune to physics? Sure a 4x4 can get > started faster, but when on ice, it definitely takes longer to stop than > my lightweight car. Also, a 4x4 won't help much when cornering on ice > at highway speeds. > > Assholes. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:186948 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
