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According to all the advertising, AWD and Massive, Road Hugging Weight are all it takes. That and the rear DVD player. Everybody knows that SUVs are impervious to the weather.
If you notice in all the ads, the SUV is shown bounding through snowy fields. Never the road, just snowy fields. Obviously the folks on the highway have it wrong. And you were seeing the SUV's in their native habitat - medians, ditches, and trees - Offroad!
That is my complaint about AWD/4WD. It eliminates a critical driving test. In the old days, it took a level of skill to get a car moving. So to get going, you had to demonstrate some car capability. This implied that you might, just might, be able to control the beast once underway. Nowdays with TCS and AWD, any buffoon can get the car going with no more skill than pressing a pedal. They don't have to demonstrate any car control capability. And ABS is great, but cars in the past 3/4 century have all had 4 wheel braking. So folks that used to be safely stuck because they couldn't get the car going in slippery conditions can now get 2 1/2 tons of sheetmetal and entertainment system up to 60 MPH+ with no trouble. Steering and braking are still mysteries, though.
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Posts in this Thread:
- TRY SLOWING DOWN!, Doug/NH, Fri, 11 Feb 2005 08:10:32
- but going fast is the only way i can get the windows to, mdj, Fri, 11 Feb 2005 20:54:30
- When I lived in Maine..., Erik, Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:06:18
- two other things I like..., Bob M, Fri, 11 Feb 2005 09:59:56
- Social Darwinism, JimN, Fri, 11 Feb 2005 09:51:01
- It never stops!, Noel, Fri, 11 Feb 2005 08:30:41
- You don't understand! I have AWD!, Ari
, Fri, 11 Feb 2005 08:29:23 <-- Viewing This Message- Re: You don't understand! I have AWD!, Doug/NH, Fri, 11 Feb 2005 13:54:18
- And not only that....because I have 4WD or AWD, Noel, Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:58:36
- Re: You don't understand! I have AWD!, dboone, Fri, 11 Feb 2005 08:59:32
- Besides, it's only snowing OUTSIDE, NOT INSIDE 8-) n/m, TKC, Fri, 11 Feb 2005 08:44:47
- Well put! n/m, Joe D., Fri, 11 Feb 2005 08:38:43
- Re: TRY SLOWING DOWN!, dboone, Fri, 11 Feb 2005 08:20:10
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