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Article #1155Re: If everyone would drive GEO metros
From: Doug Haxton
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 20:27
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 20:27
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On 7 Jan 2004 20:37:32 -0800, donquijote1111@yahoo.com (Don Quijote) wrote: >I found this opinion quite interesting. Firstly, I drive a Geo >Metro... ;) Secondly, should everyone drive a GEO Metro or should >everyone drive an SUV? > >"If everyone would drive GEO metros, we would be safe. It these people >who drive the SUVs that scare the hell out of me. Although they may be >safe when they smash into my little saturn, i am gonna be dead meat. >It is all about the physics. People want a safe car, but if everyone >keeps getting heavier (thus safer) cars, the little cars are going to >be deathtraps." My mom used to have a Geo Metro...the three cylinder model, mind you, which had all of 50 HP. I still remember going uphill with the accelerator pressed to the floor, and watching the speedometer inch inexorably down. I'll stick to my Corvette, thank you very much. 300 HP = :-) Doug
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