Re: BIG SUV -- be afraid

[Jefrem Iwaniw <jiwaniw@xxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, John Firestone wrote:

> Michiel van Wessem wrote:
> >
> > Jay Snyder wrote:
> > 
> >> Imagine a
> >> soccer mom driving this monster while talking on the cell phone,
> >> and you are in your bimmer.   Scared yet?   I sure am.
> > 
> > Yeah. Imagine what happens when this 7000 pound monster hits your 3000
> > pound car. It has that "blocker beam" to prevent your car from sliding
> > under. Other then that, it'll be like slamming into a concrete wall.
> > 
> > I like how they say it "sets a bold new standard for safety and they
> > environment." It's true.
> > 
> 
> Perhaps the quickest way to drive such leviathans to extinction is
> raise U.S. gasoline prices to $3 a gallon.  With their much higher
> power to fuel consumption ratios, BMW's would fill the resulting void
> like mammals after the dinosaurs.
> 
> -John
> '96 318is
> 

Two words:  Tow Vehicle.

- -jef

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