--- David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG> wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Dec 2002, Bill N wrote:
>
> > I say, it must be where you live that makes you so
> arrogant about what
> > other people drive.
>
> Sounds like you live somewhere a 4WD is actually useful.
>
> Around here they're just the latest status symbol.
>
> I once passed a Ford Explorer on a gravel road, he was
> going 15 mph for
> fear of gettin stone chips.  Gave me a really dirty look
> as I went by in
> my VW.
aah! now I remember the part I left out in my SUV in
California thing... as he said!  ;-) Last year, while I
still had my audi quattro and was taking a shortcut back
from my folks cabin, I found a great logging trail/fire
road, and was screaming along ralley-type with a big SEG on
my face, to come accross a few suv's plodding along at
maybe ten mph with the folks looking out the windows and
gasping at the difficulty and danger of the road! remember
I was in an audi(albeit a quattro, but..low ground
clearances..) I crawled at their speed plus a tad.. past,
than let loose and screamed along as I had been. that in my
mind is a prime example of SUV owners...bought into the
image/coolness supposed safety etc....but mainly as a
status symbol here.. oh well they probably had a grat time
adventuring off in the woods, and that is all that matters,
different strokes for different folks. dats it!  ;-)

Paul
(oh yeah! Disclaimer here...don't do what I did in a audi
you are still making payments on...this sort of driving
tends to stress things a tad..  ;-) I got to town to meet
up with friends to find the tires down to the steel belts
on the inside edges, and there was 1/4" tread that
morning...but I was buying new tires for winter so didn't care

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