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"Luxury SUV's"
interstatepawnllc
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Y'all gotten a load of them Mercedes and B.M.W. SUV's. Wait a minute, howabout them Lincoln Navigators. L.O.L.!!
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Just my opinion...
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Now, as for those lexus, BMW, Mercedes suv's,......bwahahahaha
what do these CAR companies know about building a truck? I would love to hook up my 23' sea ox with the tank full and all my gear and pull it to Florida with one of those. I hope for that much $$$, they come with a spare transmission, it will be necessary. And how do they expect those things to hold up when you really take it off road and put it to the test? I am kinda thinking they will be left at the biggining of the trail. Just a marketing ploy for the soccer mom's and upper middle class people who feel that they are incomplete without an SUV bearing an import or "look at me" label on it. I take great pleasure at pulling them out of the ditch when it snows. For $50 of course, after all they have it to spend.
A great rifle with a junk scope,....is junk.
I believe there are still quite a few signs on this country's roads saying "trucks and vans use the right lane," but since pick-up trucks and SUVs became popular for people who used to drive sedans and sports cars, everybody seems to think they can drive like a car and use the left lane about the same as they used to when they had a car. Except, of course, that while they may have big engines, they do not have the road stability, cornering ability, braking, or quick, flat response of a performance car (hence the rollovers). Not to mention that, again, they block the recommended viewing distance down the roadway.
Pet peeve? Trucks playing 'car' in the left lane, trying to keep up with performance auto traffic as a matter of principle.
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First of all you do not need two lanes to turn one....
Second, just because it has 4 wheel drive does not mean it is safe to drive it 60 miles an hour on ice and snow.
No offense to those who know their vehicle and it's capabilities. These comments are not ment for you....
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Yes I'm Texan but, can't stand cars that sit on the ground- gotta be up and be tall. I would ,of course, have a decked out, four door, four wheel drive. nice truck! And a pretty lady with me-- my wife!
Did I say That?
A great rifle with a junk scope,....is junk.
has a Tahoe. It says on my door plate
it is a truck made in Texas by Texicans.
I don't think it is spelled that way.
The best vehicle I have ever own. Plus
my wife LOVES THE THING.
JBB
I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people and I require the same from them.
lets all be responsible! shoot a criminal! Remember 0% of firearms pull there own trigger!
Though I was born to royalty, I was snatched at birth, so treat me as the noble I am!!!
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"If cowardly & dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary...and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
Pack slow, fall stable, pull high, hit dead center.
ALL CARS IN THE RIGHT LANE CAUSE DEM TRUCKS IS COMIN THRU! My pickup has 9" of lift and 36" Super Swampers, it also has a tweaked 351W and stiff suspension. I can cruise that truck at 80+ all day. I call them little teeny weeny sports cars speed bumps.
BTW, if your visibilty is only 12', why are you tailgating??
You need to slow down sir, in fact get in the right lane and let the big boys with the big toys show you how it's done.
Now you guys talking about SUVs, tell you what I think is funny. Chevy and Ford now have these funky looking things that are a cross breed between a pickup and an Explorer, dang wannabees.
There is only one kind of an SUV, a jacked up pickup truck with loud exaust and BIG tires, all others are just, well I'll be nice.
yes,yes,yes to the oversized suv's the biger the better and that is why I drive a 4x4 excursion (power stroke diesel) of course...I had a 1999 4x4 2500 suburban and it started to act up, the dealer and cheeevy said so what...so sc@&#@! cheeevy and all those bowtie bone heads. Someone above said something about a 350 sub out performing a bigblock 400 or 455... That would be a 454 and my 99 2500 with a 454 would smoke any 350 down the line up a hill or where ever. I did love that rig and it was sweet but no cheevy for me for a looooong time
Remember,"your woman may not find you handsome, But atleast she'll find ya handy". I love that show..............
Woods
How big a boy are ya?
Nearly all of our current vehicles are 4x4, but most are not intended for off road use. (My daughter's Eagle Talon TSi Turbo AWD has only about five inches of ground clearance, but is great on slick roads, especially with its Blizzak winter tires on.) The purpose for us of all-wheel-drive is increased mobility and safety on-road in bad weather, not off-road travel. My wife's Chrysler Town & Country AWD certainly qualifies as a luxury vehicle, but it is not an SUV. Its sophisticated AWD system makes for wonderful slick road travel, and its anti-lock brakes make for wonderful slick road stopping, aided by Blizzak tires of course.
Because mini-vans lack the prestige of luxury SUVs, my wife has hinted that we should look at SUVs when it is time to replace her vehicle. However, when one compares the interior space and ease of accessing it, the mini-van is superior. The long Chrysler mini-vans have much more interior space than Explorers and even Tahoes and Durangos. Of course, we do not tow with the mini-van, so the towing ability of many SUVs does not mean anything to us.
As mentioned, the Suburbans and their clones are very popular for the reasons stated. However, for our people-moving needs that exceed the mini-van capacity, I opted to go with something a bit bigger. We have a full-size one-ton extended 15-passenger van converted to four-wheel-drive by Quigley (www.quigley4x4.com). We can take 15 people most anywhere within reason, but we rarely use it with the fourth seat in place, so eleven is the usual capacity. That leaves almsot five feet behind the rear seat for luggage, etc.. (Something this big is not a nimble off-road vehicle, but is great on-road.) I can put a 16-foot piece of lumber in the vehicle and close the rear doors on it. There are over 300 cubic feet of interior room. None of those tiny little Suburbans for us!
Quigley has been doing these van conversions since the late 1960s, so there is an obvious demand for them. I have never been able to understand why none of the manufacturers build factory full-size vans in 4x4, because I get constant inquiries about it. GM will finally be the first to build a half-ton 4x4 non-extended full-size van for 2003, but, for some reason, will leave the 15-passenger versions in 4x2 only. Maybe next year? GM will even put doors on the left! What a novel idea! (Remember the old Suburbans with no rear doors on the left? The IHC Travelall did not have the foolishness.)
I agree that the BMW X5, for example, will not tow much compared to a one-ton pickup, but that does not make them worthless, just different. They are not designed for that type of use. These high-end SUVs are very sophisticated and have capabilites not found on lesser vehiceles. The Range Rover has been mentioned as a prime example of the type, and the newest version is again on the top of the heap. These European luxury SUVs are more sophisticated than the American luxury SUVs, but are generally smaller. A black Navigator or Escalade does look impressive as I look down on it from the wheel of my bag van.
To me, this is all about the freedom to choose what we like for vehicles, and guns for that matter. The SUVs are kind of like the "assault weapons" of the automotive world. "Why does anyone need such a thing anyway?" Because we want it, that's why. Enough said.
This old rig rides good, pulls good, room for all 6 of us.
And I still manage to get 18mpg out of her if I keep my foot out of it!!!
Of course I can play the piano, as long as it has pedals!
really a LARGE dude. 7 ft. wide & 9 ft. tall(really).
it was just like following a semi.
barto
the hard stuff we do right away - the impossible takes a little longer
Of course, Dodge also promoted the early military-style Power Wagons as tractor substitutes. They even offered a 3-point hitch attachment. I have a video of a red Power Wagon plowing a Kansas or Wyoming wheat field that stretches to the horizon. The farmer then unhitches the plow, loads the wife and child into the PW, and heads off "in comfort" to town! Neat stuff.
Can you post a pic of your land yacht? I'd like to check it out.
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I'll forgive your lack of insight because you are in one of those big trucks and you don't have the acceleration to keep up, but the reason why an SUV leaves only 12' or less of space ahead of you is because they will pull over in front of you if there is as little as one car-length available. So if you hang back at a safer distance, more people will pull in front of you and you'll STILL have only 12' of space. So, if I'm only going to be allowed 12 feet between me and the idiot who just cut me off, I at least want to be able to see down the road THROUGH THE WINDSHIELDS OF THE CARS IN FRONT OF ME.
Which is really the whole point -- sedans can generally see hazards and stops coming up much more easily in heavy traffic THROUGH EACH WINDSHIELD AHEAD. Once an SUV or pickup or semi gets in that line, it's brick-wall time and goodbye to safe braking distance. Since "safe braking distance" is the rules of the road and a big deal on the driving test, it only makes sense to pass as many too-tall vehicles as possible in order to get in the clear for safe driving. Especially if you happen to have a 320 HP twin turbo 6 cyl. that will do 0-60 in 4 seconds and corner tamely with 1 full g. of horizontal force. (stir, stir)
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"If cowardly & dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary...and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
Edited by - 7mm nut on 06/04/2002 11:57:34
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"If cowardly & dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary...and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
A great rifle with a junk scope,....is junk.
Has anyone had any experience with a Subaru Outback?
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Chevy actually made 2 400's. The 400 small block you are familiar with and a 402 big block. Both went by the 400 monicker. I had a friend with a 70 Chevelle with a 400BB. The thing would scream. But I fooled around with a 75 Vega wagon that I dropped a 400sb in, it would scream even more. I had to sell it I couldn't afford to keep tires on it.
Woods
How big a boy are ya?
Remember,"your woman may not find you handsome, But atleast she'll find ya handy". I love that show..............
Remember,"your woman may not find you handsome, But atleast she'll find ya handy". I love that show..............
As for lift kits, they do provide ground clearance, for the frame rails. That is the area that gets hung and leaves you stuck, it's not the axles. They do make a huge difference off road.
As for the yuppies, I think we all agree they should have a restriction on their liscense forbidding any large SUV.
A great rifle with a junk scope,....is junk.
I wasn't referring to zigzagging in traffic. You might be interested to know that in the driving manual for Indiana which I have, it says that if a vehicle in the left lane fails to move over and let you pass once you have a) "sounded your horn" and/or b) "flashed your headlights to signal your desire to pass, you may pass them on the right, but cautiously, because you are dealing with a poor driver." Quoted material from manual. (stir .. no, wait, put a fork in it).
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"If cowardly & dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary...and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
A great rifle with a junk scope,....is junk.