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Re: SUVs (was: Do you qualify? Was Re: Globalization, H1-B Visas, other geeky stuff...)
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Sat, 24 Aug 2002 18:00:50 GMT
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Christopher Weeks wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Thomas Stangl writes:
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> > Then again, if you have a Dodge Ram, that's not an SUV anyways. Not
> > by the "real" definition ("Yuppiemobile that never has dirt on it for
> > more than 5 minutes, or the owner will panic and run screaming to a
> > brushless/manpowered car wash" or "What's that 4WD button do?" or
> > "Offroad? Why would I want to take my SUV offroad?").
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> What's the story with SUVs and all this angst?
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> I bought a Toyota RAV4 (I know, a baby SUV) the second year they were out
> and I drove it around town, on 20,000 miles of highway road trips and up 40
> degree dirt and rock inclines. It was a great vehicle for getting me most
> of the places I wanted to go.
>
> On our honeymoon, my wife made me stop pushing the limits while we were
> turning around on a ~35(? it didn't look very steep from the bottom, but it
> did from the top) degree incline looking seventy yards down to the clif that
> would drop us 15 more into the crashing rocky Pacific surf of southern
> Oregon. Man, that was a rush! It was actually kind of nice having her to
> make me back down, so that I didn't have to do it out of terror :-)
>
> So anyway, does that count as a "real" SUV or not?
No, it doesn't count as an"SUV", because you actually USE it as a UV ;-)
It's only an "SUV" if it never ventures off the pavement.
> And while we're at it, what's the difference between "all wheel drive" and
> "four wheel drive?"
Well, in the case of my 3 sports cars, they are AWD because they are ALWAYS
powering all tires (though as soon as I get my custom tranny rebuilt, that will
no longer be the case - I'll be able to switch my daily driver to FWD by
removing 2 bolts in about 2 minutes).
There are arguments all over the net over what is AWD and 4WD, but to me, AWD
means you can't switch it out of ALL wheel drive (4, 6, whatever), but 4WD
generally can be switched to 2WD.
--
Tom Stangl
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