On Mar 1, 9:57*am, SnoMan > wrote:
> On 2/27/2009 8:54 AM, aarcuda69062 wrote:
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> > In article<f8GdnUm5rJjxVzvUnZ2dnUVZ_o7in...@earthlink .com>,
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> >> 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
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> >>> 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.
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> >>> 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.
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> >>> 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.
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> >>> 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?
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> >>> Mike (Up in The Great White North)
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> >> 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.
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> > Get your meds adjusted Jacob.
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> Guess again, (which is what clueless people do a lot) you are just as
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Hey, supposin' one didn't know anything about cars and had to decide
correctitude between Sowman and [everyone else], I 'spoze [everyone
else] would get the slight advantage due to their coherent and not-so-
insane sounding ramblings. WTH, I thought you got rid of him, Neil!

Toyota MDT in MO