<VV> Utility "Assault" Vehicles

[Sethracer@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/8/2004 10:28:12 PM Pacific Standard Time,  chaz@ivic.net 
writes:


Those drivers don't buy them for safety, at least not YOUR safety,  just to 
survive whatever havoc they raise while wandering around this  country's 
roadways without a care in the world !

Why should they  care - they are safe in their tanks - it's why they buy them 
for their  wives and girlfriends - so they'll survive their own bad  driving.





Another View:
Many people buy larger vehicles for towing or carrying capacity. My  
Avalanche was purchased - and is being used for - towing a car-carrying trailer.  The 
days of doing that with a car are long gone. A Truck or large SUV is  
necessary for that activity. I have also used it to carry large amounts of  Corvair 
parts to (and from!) swap meets, etc. It is certainly safer (for  everyone)  
than towing a trailer behind one of todays mid-size  cars! It will make another 
trip to Palm Springs in November.  The Avalanche was purchased in December 2002 
and only just turned over  20,000 miles. I do not commute in it. It is truly 
a Utility Vehicle for me.  -Seth Emerson