[rescue] Re: geek vehicles

[Ken Hansen]

Off-roadground clearance is the name of the game, not high-speed manouvers
on aicy-covered roads.

Land Rovers can do amazing things, I know, I've done a few with mine, but no
vehicle can make an unsafe situation safe. I once drove to VT from NJ in a
snow storm, and I could only look in horro at the *foolish* women driving
their suburbans and excursions at 65 - 70 MPH in a driving snow storm...
They seemed to think 4WD makes it impossible to slide out of control when
you hit a patch of black ice.

You want a Mercedes sedan to hug the road, not your off-road vehicle.

Ken
----- Original Message -----
From: "joshua d boyd" <jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2001 12:18 AM
Subject: Re: [rescue] Re: geek vehicles


> On Sun, Aug 26, 2001 at 12:01:08AM -0400, Ken Hansen wrote:
> > I think the owners of a certain English Off-road vehicle would disagree
with
> > that statement, unless *price* is the overriding factor...
>
> I see people in the city with land rovers, and they just don't look that
> stable.  They seem (especially when watching them in icy weather) to
> be rather top heavy, more so than other SUVs.  Range Rovers look a bit
> better, but are less common around here.
>
> --
> Joshua D. Boyd
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