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Originally posted by exizldelfuego
When I travel to Colorado, it makes sense that people there have SUVs; not for off-roading, but for very poor road conditions half the year.
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Being from Colorado, I love this statement.
I currently have an SUV, not because of poor road conditions, but because I like to get the thing muddy on weekend, and well, if I flip the thing in the middle of no-where, my bad, that's my problem to get it out of there, and no one except for some rocks and trees will get hurt, but unlike some people I keep try and keep it on 3 wheels at least.
As far as people saying they have their SUV for adverse road conditions... I don't particularly like this statement, because the people with 4x4's are driving like their brakes work better on ice because they have a 4x4. Sorry, but their brakes are going to stop them just as well if not worse cause of all that weight as my old fwd corolla. I just don't like seeing people in their ford explorers or what not, cruising by at the speed limit on an icy day, cause "they have 4wd". Now, if they say adverse road conditions as in the horrible pothole filled roads that Colorado has 11 months out of the year, yes, I can understand that. Too many of my import car friends have bought a fresh set of 18's, with low profiles and within a week I hear them complaining about how they hit a pothole and completely ruined a rim, and want to move to California or somewhere where the roads are decent.
I figure to each their own, but I just wish people would spend more time getting to know their cars on various road conditions. I learned to drive on ice with my dad, we'd go to a vacant lot, and he taught me how to go into a spin, and still control the car enough to dodge the light posts. Yeah, we crushed a fender, but luckily it was an '83 Nissan Sentra with 8 different colors already, and junkyards were our friend.
I think everyone with the means should buy a $300 beater to learn how to drive in adverse conditions.