I have an SUV (Chevy Blazer). I bought it for several reasons. 1. I am in the National Guard. That means every month I have to lug all kinds of gear several hours away to go train. The room issue.
2. I have 2 children. The room issue. 3. I (at the time of purchase) was living in rural NC. While snow wasn't a major issue, storms, floods, and icing were. The safety issue. 4. I did a lot of contracting. This meant that I had computers and all sorts of accessories to carry around. The room issue again. 5. I have 2 children. The safety issue. I looked at a lot of vehicles before I bought my truck. It was a toss up between an Explorer, Blazer or a Santa Fe. I went with the Blazer with a 6 cylinder. What's funny is the Camaro that I previously drove, the one with the 350 Small Block, wasn't getting any heat from environmentalists, even though it used far more fuel, and was loud and fast. Now that I have a newer 6 cylinder with better emissions control I get flack. It's a bunch of bs if you ask me. I mean I have seen major studies that show how with proper maintenance modern vehicles have very low emissions, and you can get good mileage out of most vehicles by doing things like making sure your tires are inflated, using additives and such. The same studies also showed that most emissions come from older beaters not from newer trucks or even high performance cars. Now do peeps all need their excursion or suburban? Maybe not. But this is a free country damn it. If they want to drive a damn monster truck down the road that's their prerogative. I mean seriously people, I know that a lot of the left leaning people think that government is here to tell people right from wrong. That its place is to enforce 'society's wishes'. That's not what this country is supposed to be about. Here it's supposed to be individual rights first and foremost. bah some of you really suck :) Tim Heald Sovereign Individual :P "Bite me!!" T.H. -----Original Message----- From: Robert Everland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 9:00 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: SUV break? I wouldn't say that, I would get a hybrid car if it was reasonably priced. I think a lot of people get SUVs because they are the in thing today. Not so much that they even care about the gas mileage. It's not until after they have the car for a while do they realize exactly how much more money they are spending on gas. They really need to make a hybrid SUV, that would prob make them up around regular car gas mileage. Robert Everland III Web Developer Extraordinaire Dixon Ticonderoga Company http://www.dixonusa.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 7:51 AM To: CF-Community Subject: SUV break? The only thing I see SUVs hauling are soccer moms and spoiled businessmen... And isn't America great. A land where if you have the money you are free to buy what you want. Since you felt the need to make a generalization, I might as well to. The only people I see driving hybrid cars are tree huggining environmentalist wackos. I mean c'mon even with a $5000 tax rebate nobody wants them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
