On 2/27/2009 8:54 AM, aarcuda69062 wrote:
> In article<f8GdnUm5rJjxVzvUnZ2dnUVZ_o7inZ2d@earthlink .com>,
> > wrote:
>
>> On 1/29/2009 9:19 AM, Mike Romain wrote:
>>> Alan Young wrote:
>>>> Always made me wonder why SUV 4x4's sold at all in suburban, urban and
>>>> most rural areas.
>>>> 4-wheel-drive is not needed, generally unless one intends to go
>>>> off-road. And where can one go off-road in a suburban town? Perhaps in
>>>> the town park? Or maybe a neighborhood golf course? No, this type of
>>>> vehicle is useless to the average person. Unless he (she) plows snow.
>>>> Al Young
>>>>
>>> I beg to differ. We owned 2 4x4's and used them all the time on the
>>> street in 4x4. Both my wife and I got off our different shift jobs at
>>> times when the snowplows hadn't touched the roads yet, her at 12 AM and
>>> myself at 4 AM.
>>>
>>> I even got paid extra on one contract to bring my 4x4 so we were
>>> guaranteed we could get to the house and back in the ice and snow storms
>>> when frozen pipes usually happen.
>>>
>>> We also travel and have used it many many times in the snow on trips.
>>> From the countless cars we plodded on by that were in the snowbank or
>>> ditch, I would say the 4x4 was very useful.
>>>
>>> I do think a 4x4 would be useless for someone as yourself who thinks it
>>> is only for horsing around, folks like that go way too fast for the
>>> conditions and just end up in ditches off ramps. Or do you live
>>> someplace sunny and warm?
>>>
>>> Mike (Up in The Great White North)
>>
>> Watch this guys advise! He is the same guy that used to brag a few years
>> ago about 33 inch tires on his Jeep with 3.31 axle ratios and what a
>> GREAT combo it was and that it was totally acceptable to loose most
>> usage of 5th gear and lug motor and have reduced performance too. He is
>> a legend in his own mind. While some do offer good advise, his is purely
>> ego driven and not one to bet your safety on. I am glad he does not live
>> around me so I do not have to worry about meeting him going sideways
>> down the road at me in my lane on a slick road because his ego over
>> stepped reality.
>
> Get your meds adjusted Jacob.


Guess again, (which is what clueless people do a lot) you are just as
full of it and do not even have right guy either.