An SUV does NOT automatically a "4WD off-roader" make! Lift kits! Oversize tirs! A ladder to board the thing! Rifle in the gun rack behind the driver! Winch kit! Snatch-em strap as standard on-baord equipment (a large rubber band that works WONDERS pulling buddies out of the mud)! CB radio! Mud flaps! Garter hanging from the mirror! "Live Free or Die" bumper sticker! NRA bumper sticker on other side of bumper! (You guys have been living *in the city* for waaaaaay too long!!) The only "off-roader" I ever thought was worth a flip was an old converted VW chassis my brother had fixed up - he could make 10 times the speed of a friends jeep owing to the spring in the suspension - - whereas the jeep (CJ-5) was comparatively so stiff it would beat you to death if you tried the same thingm (it's also the reason our military has 'dune buggys' in their motor pool for special ops)! RF Jim "Our ability to manufacture fraud has exceeded our ability to detect it." - Al Pacino as Viktor Taransky in the movie 'Simone' ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pic Dude" To: Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 9:07 PM Subject: Re: [OT]: Gas & taxes (was Online electronics store) > Come on over to Texas some time. In either of my cars, > I have a definite inferiority complex from all the other > SUV's hovering over my head. What's worse is that both > cars are lower than average, and one's a fiberglass > convertible. Yes, I'm a nervous individual! Ack!!! > > Cheers, > -Neil. > > > > On Sun, 25 Aug 2002, Jim wrote: > > > > > "The big concern is that large 4WD off-roaders" > > > > > > Not many of those in a BIG city. > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads