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Thank gawd there is at least a three people with common sense about
driving SUV's. thanks Steve

RichT

Steve & Susan wrote:
> 
> nmoberg <nmoberg@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >You can be the worlds best driver and end up in a rollover in
> >anything. SUVs just make the probability much higher.
> 
> What we ignore - and what used to be plackarded all over the vehicle -
> when "SUV's" were simply unupholstered trucks is that the vehicle
> drives differently than a car! I am on my third 4WD vehicle. The last
> vehicle (a 1999 Suburban) never had the decals near the visors warning
> of a higher center of gravity and different driving techniques.
> 
> The typical driver transitioning from a car to a larger vehicle is
> vastly unaware of this.
> 
> Still, I have been involved in low speed incidents (turning at an
> intersection) where I've been turned into. I rather like having my
> truck (I call my "SUV" a truck, because that's what it is) intact and
> having Public Works have to pick up the front end of the other vehicle
> with a broom and shovel.
> 
> My contention, base on 17 years of owning and operating full-size
> Chevy Blazers and a Suburban is that they are stable if you recognize
> it is a different animal than a "wide track" GT. I do think that
> ersatz 4WD vehicles (my work vehicle is a marked Jeep Cherokee and I
> don't consider that to be in the same category as an old Blazer or
> Bronco - personally I think it offers less protection against lateral
> passenger compartment intrusion and dread driving code in it) have,
> IMO, less protection than the fuselage of a Cessna.
> 
> I remember a National Lampoon issue from my childhood where certain
> vehicle design prototypes were rejected. One was a driver in a
> lighthouse on wheels <snicker>. It was prone to flipping over. Small
> wonder.
> 
> Bottom line: if you take a Neon chassis and try to make it into an SUV
> by increasing its CG, you will get something completely unpredictable.
> 
> Steve

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