arent pickups MUCH cheaper than SUVs. i think you can get a decent V8
powered ford pickup for about $4,000.
-james c
OSP - Outer Sidewall Planted
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lolita and Mike" <lomike@earthlink.net>
To: <Larrybsp@aol.com>; <Sethracer@aol.com>
Cc: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: SUV explosion - in numbers
> on 2/21/02 18:09, Larrybsp@aol.com at Larrybsp@aol.com wrote:
>
> > from:larrybsp@aol.com (Larry Stark)
> >
> > There was a point in my life when I used my Corvette to tow my
> > Solo II DP MG race car. Now the car and trailer weighed all of maybe
3000#.
> > It worked great. I had pleanty of power and great brakes. I got LOTS of
> > stares from people on the freeways.
> > Times have changed. I now have a different road racing
> > Corvette and tilt back trailer. Car and trailer weigh in at about 5500#.
> > Don't forget when you go road racing you need plenty of tools, spare
parts,
> > gas cans, jack stands etc. I bought
> > a Dodge Durango because with the 5.9 litre engine it will tow 7600#.
When I
> > go to
> > a race its packed. The SUV is a necessity unless you want to drive a
pick up.
> > I chose not to join the knuckle dragger society so an SUV it was. FYI,
the
> > Durango equally equipped was $10,000 less than a Chevy Tahoe, the only
other
> > SUV at the time that could haul more than 5000#. I love the Durango for
> > towing but its not a fun car to drive on a daily basis. The 13mpg is
> > horrible, the brakes scare the hell out of me and God forbid I should
ever
> > have to swerve out of the way of something. Right now Its a big enough
SUV so
> > I'd run over it first. Probably just a rice burner so it wouldn't
matter.
> > Theres too damn many of them anyway. FWIW.
> > Larry
> >
> >
> > <In a message dated 2/21/02 7:16:23 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> > <Sethracer@aol.com writes:
> >
> > << Subj: SUV explosion - in numbers
> > <Date: 2/21/02 7:16:23 AM Pacific Standard Time
> > <From: Sethracer@aol.com
> > < Sender: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
> > < To: BA-autox@autox.team.net
> >
> > Don't get to hard over on the SUVs. In order to tow a 3000lb race car on
a
> > trailer, I had to have a vehicle with some heft. My 93 full-size Blazer
> > didn't have the oomph to tow it, reliably. I bought an Avalanche to
supply
> > most of the truck aspects and many of the Station Wagon aspects. Yup,
it's an
> > SUV. But some people have real reasons to own them. If you don't use
them as
> > a daily commuter, and I don't, they can be a real asset to a family and
a
> > racer. - Seth Emerson
>
> I wasn't going to wade in with my $.02, but some have made it
irresistible.
> Believe it or not, some people actually drive off road every day. That
would
> be those folk who build the roads everyone else cruise about on. BTW ,some
> of those "knuckle draggers" can do things on the side of a hill with a
dozer
> that would make some of the whiners about surface at GGF faint of heart.(
> come to think of it you'al must be talking about someone else- these folk
> all commute at O dark thirty.)
> MJ
> Drive an Exploder to get to my members where they work without buying a
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