<B>Burns:</B>: Friday Fanaticism

Re: Burns:: Friday Fanaticism

I'm guessing no-one reads this at the end of the litany of SUV bashing, but...

I own an SUV. Yup, gas-guzzling, aerodynamic as a brick Jeep Cherokee. And love it.

-but-

I live down a 1/4 mile dirt driveway with a steep hill at the end. And, here in snowy Maine, I've gotten stuck with a 2wd car twice. And for the same year, milage, and condition, any used 4wd car out there was mo' money. And running dirt tires with ice-traction spikes on my old Honda Hawk was fun when there was snow and ice on the road, but frightening otherwise.

And its the wife's car--I commute 140mi round trip on my VFR. So there.

That said, we have valid reasons to own an SUV... but I still sneer at the one's my neighbors, who front a plowed street, own and can't help but laugh when I see them off the road during winter conditions here in ME.

Remember: 4wd on ice only means that all four wheels will be spinning when you go off the road instead of just two; and all cars come with 4-wheel-braking, for all the good it does in messy conditions.

Mike C