"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Calif Bill wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Calif Bill wrote:

I figure you are a twit, that probably can not drive a sport car or a

truck.

Nice sentence structure, oh drunken one. Gude speling, two.

I have

had randy racer in his CRX pull infront of my Expedition, clearing it
by
inches to make an offramp.

Whew...and how did you know he was randy? Infront? Offramp? Are these
real compound words in California?


I have seen sportie cars pull on to the freeway

after stopping on the onramp at 40 mph.

Sportie cars? And please explain how one is stopped if one is moving at
40 mph?

You frequently point out the spelling or grammar errors of other
posters, Bile, and I often remind you that you are in no position to do

so.

Once again, you are in no position to "correct" the spelling, grammar,
or sentence structure of other posters. Your understanding of language
and ability to write is not much better than Tuuk's, and his is
****-poor.

Have another beer...you must have the shakes, eh?






Go take an enema. You are so full of ****, you may explode! Did you
have
to give back your illegal gains from Ullico? Why we never hear about
the
lobsta boat?



One more time, Bile:

I was not an officer or a member of the board of ULLICO, and therefore I
was not eligible to participate in any of the internal or external
ULLICO-related stock offerings. Further, I had no business relationship
with ULLICO at the time of the stock offerings to which you refer.

Is that simple enough for you to understand? Finally?

"Why we never hear..."


Which part of the union members pension funds did you steal?

accelerating out of the way, in a Datsun, and seeing the driver in the
rearview, I don't buy at any price.

I can.

i used to have a Datsun 2000 Sport Coupe'
They were quicker and handled better than an MGB.

actuall, pretty impressive.

I won several Autocross competitions with it.

Tim

From: JR North

The main beef I have with SUVs is the people who drive them have little
or no experience with the shifted drivers perspective due to the
elevated eye level. I have come within a short hair's width of being
broadsided TWICE by Lincoln Navigators, who's drivers ran a stop sign on
an intersecting side street. This is because they are used to looking UP
at a stop sign in a car. The elevated eye level in an SUV puts the sign
about level with the driver. So, it doesn't register. People who are
used to driving trucks do not make this error. The higher driver
position causes an error in judging the distance of the car in front,
and sometimes not even seeing it because it is below the drivers
straight ahead line of vision. I was waiting to turn left into a 7-11
with my brake and T/S lights on in my '70 Datsun Roadster. I glanced in
my RVM to see a Ford Expedition barreling right at me at 45mph. I
stomped the gas and got out of her way just in the nick of time. I could
see her face as I glanced- see was staring straight ahead- didn't even
see me sitting there. If I hadn't moved, I would have been killed-
literally run-over by that monster.
Suvs rear-end cars for the above illustrated conditions. I have 3
neighbors with SUVs, all 3 currently have front end damage.
As I said, look at the number of cars with rear end collision damage
well above bumper height.
I have had SUV's repeatedly change lanes into me(without colliding),
because they can't see smaller cars next to them.
Am I discourteous to SUVs? You bet. I can't trust one behind me, and
can't see around one in front of me. If one is next to me, I'm just
waiting for it to swerve into my lane. If one is approaching on a side
street, I expect it to run the stop sign. This is no way to drive with
peace-of-mind.
The main problem is the nitwits that drive them have no experience
driving a large, high vehicle.
I'm just counting the days till I get killed by one.....
\rant
JR

Ad absurdum per aspera wrote:
Three times in the past week or so, I've noticed something I don't
recall seeing befo someone with a high-riding pickup or SUV who had
two to six inches of drop hitch -- installed upside down.

Two of them had a trailer on, and in the worst case, a flatbed behind a
Ford Excursion, the upside-down apparatus combined with the tall
vehicle to leave it sitting at maybe a twenty-degree angle. I'm
surprised he didn't leave his trailer taillights on the speed bumps --
or his cargo on the road going up a steep hill.

Just for completeness, I went to a local store and looked at the
catalogue from one of the big makers of trailering tools and toys.
Sure enough, it contained not only instructions but photographs showing
what things are supposed to look like when properly rigged. Somehow
people are spending money on an accessory that they probably need --
and using it exactly wrong.
Fishtailing soon down an Interstate near you...

--Joe



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Hardly worth a response, the owner of a 2003 Ford Expedition. My next vehicle
will be an F-350 diesel Crew Cab, even larger and higher.

77 days to go..

Yup, them Ford diesels look awfully good and pack a punch (am a Chevy diesel
driver myself) -- good luck and enjoy the beast!

I was reading the reposts and drawing from personal experiences on the road,
have come to the conclusion that "inexperienced SUV drivers" who are
responsible for many of the accidents/incidents alluded to, are simply "bad
drivers" to begin with, i.e., whether they drive a sedan, wagon or SUV.
There are still a majority of "bad drivers" out there zipping around in
sedans/wagons who shouldn't be on the road at all.

Another previous post mentioned small sedans (Neons, etc.) cutting off SUVs
to line up for an exit a few hundred feet away with no one behind you for a
few hundred feet -- this happens to me about once a week, rain or shine. I
had one trying to sneak in from my right rear in a two-to-one lane merge
while she was on her cell phone and she ended up leaving some paint on my
chrome bumper -- she refused to stop and kept talking on the cell phone.

Thus, there is much truth in the posts but the issue is not due to
inexperience, just bad driving. The transition from sedan/wagon driving to
SUV driving shouldn't be an issue for a good/average driver.

I choose to drive around in a 6,500 lb turbo-diesel SUV because it suits our
needs. An advantage is that all that mass and its height should help in a
collision with one of them NitWits in another SUV. Unfortunately for
smaller sedan/wagon drivers, physics will not be on their side.

Franko


"RGrew176" wrote in message
...
From: JR North

The main beef I have with SUVs is the people who drive them have little
or no experience with the shifted drivers perspective due to the
elevated eye level. I have come within a short hair's width of being
broadsided TWICE by Lincoln Navigators, who's drivers ran a stop sign on
an intersecting side street. This is because they are used to looking UP
at a stop sign in a car. The elevated eye level in an SUV puts the sign
about level with the driver. So, it doesn't register. People who are
used to driving trucks do not make this error. The higher driver
position causes an error in judging the distance of the car in front,
and sometimes not even seeing it because it is below the drivers
straight ahead line of vision. I was waiting to turn left into a 7-11
with my brake and T/S lights on in my '70 Datsun Roadster. I glanced in
my RVM to see a Ford Expedition barreling right at me at 45mph. I
stomped the gas and got out of her way just in the nick of time. I could
see her face as I glanced- see was staring straight ahead- didn't even
see me sitting there. If I hadn't moved, I would have been killed-
literally run-over by that monster.
Suvs rear-end cars for the above illustrated conditions. I have 3
neighbors with SUVs, all 3 currently have front end damage.
As I said, look at the number of cars with rear end collision damage
well above bumper height.
I have had SUV's repeatedly change lanes into me(without colliding),
because they can't see smaller cars next to them.
Am I discourteous to SUVs? You bet. I can't trust one behind me, and
can't see around one in front of me. If one is next to me, I'm just
waiting for it to swerve into my lane. If one is approaching on a side
street, I expect it to run the stop sign. This is no way to drive with
peace-of-mind.
The main problem is the nitwits that drive them have no experience
driving a large, high vehicle.
I'm just counting the days till I get killed by one.....
\rant
JR

Ad absurdum per aspera wrote:
Three times in the past week or so, I've noticed something I don't
recall seeing befo someone with a high-riding pickup or SUV who had
two to six inches of drop hitch -- installed upside down.

Two of them had a trailer on, and in the worst case, a flatbed behind a
Ford Excursion, the upside-down apparatus combined with the tall
vehicle to leave it sitting at maybe a twenty-degree angle. I'm
surprised he didn't leave his trailer taillights on the speed bumps --
or his cargo on the road going up a steep hill.

Just for completeness, I went to a local store and looked at the
catalogue from one of the big makers of trailering tools and toys.
Sure enough, it contained not only instructions but photographs showing
what things are supposed to look like when properly rigged. Somehow
people are spending money on an accessory that they probably need --
and using it exactly wrong.
Fishtailing soon down an Interstate near you...

--Joe



--
--------------------------------------------------------------
Home Page: http://www.seanet.com/~jasonrnorth
If you're not the lead dog, the view never changes
Doubt yourself, and the real world will eat you alive
The world doesn't revolve around you, it revolves around me
No skeletons in the closet; just decomposing corpses
--------------------------------------------------------------
Dependence is Vulnerability:
--------------------------------------------------------------
"Open the Pod Bay Doors please, Hal"
"I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.."







Hardly worth a response, the owner of a 2003 Ford Expedition. My next
vehicle
will be an F-350 diesel Crew Cab, even larger and higher.

77 days to go..