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Article #1972Re: WI Los Angeles was to be evacuated? (was: Re: Lack of alternate routes
From: Robert Sturgeon
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 05:38
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 05:38
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On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 16:45:35 GMT, don'tgo@there.com (The Watcher) wrote: >On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 06:31:35 GMT, "Jack May" <jack.may@comcast.net> wrote: > >> >>"Scott in Aztl�n" <slothkills@THEyahooOBVIOUS.com> wrote in message >>news:v4t8c091iir0nhsljraj238giliinf26lj@4ax.com... >>> How many people are going to have the idea to cross the mountains via the >>truck >>> trails? How many even know that the truck trails *exist*? >> >>Probably all those people that actually believe the SUV commercials about >>taking their vehicles across country when there is little chance the SUV >>would go very far before they were broken. >> >>I saw a fairly new SUV at a construction site that went over a standard >>curve to get to the street. That small little bit of roughness made the >>drive shaft break and drop to the ground. > >I'm still waiting to see a Hummer with some dirt on it. ;) >Even here in Arkansas I've yet to see one. These people with 4WD SUVs very seldom (if ever) drive them off the pavement. I really do not understand why they even buy the things - overpriced, inefficient, comparatively poor ride qualities, more affected by cross winds - it's a mystery to me. The new "sports wagons" (really just the modern version of the station wagon) make much more sense. -- Robert Sturgeon Summum ius summa inuria. http://www.vistech.net/users/rsturge/
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