> Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:03:00 -0700 > To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org> > Subject: Re: Yup; the Internet is screwed up. > [[ attibutions lost ]] > >> toddlers around and drive to and from work. An SUV in almost all cases > >> is added luxury. > > > > My SUV carries seven passengers and allows me to haul gear including > > conduit, lumber, ladders, etc. It's actively dangerous to do some of > > these things in a sedan.
I'll just point out that that "depends on the sedan". I had a sedan[1] where I could carry three full sections of commercial scaffolding _inside_ the car. Six 5'x5' uprights, six 2'x10' platform sections, and all the cross-braces. 10' sections of conduit, or plumbing pipe were a 'nothing'. I could put half-sheets (4'x4') of plywood _flat_ on the floor of the trunk, and close the trunk lid. I had about 1500 lbs of actual cargo capacity, but I "wasn't legal" with over about half-a-ton on board. -- [1] A Cadillac Fleetwood on the 'long commercial' chassis, with a crica 8L engine, it routinely delivered 27+ mpg on the highway, with the A/C on, when lightly loaded.