Honda: Your suggestoin for a SUV

In article <TBndb.81884$neo.rr.com>, rr.nospam.
com says... 


Mr. Hernia:

Your poor knowledge of SUVs needs a serious upgrade.

Fact:
1) Many SUVs are darn fast - Lexus RX330, BMW X5, Acura MDX, Porsche Cayenne
to name a few.
2) Many SUVs can outhandle cars - Nissan Murano/Infiniti FX, Porsche Cayenne,
BMW X5 to name a few.
3) Many SUVs are not based on pickups - Lexus RX, BMW X5, Acura MDX to name a
few.

Once your wife get T-boned by a Chevy truck in your little two-door coupe,
you'll wish that you've bought her an SUV.

On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 01:14:59 -0500, com
(HarrierAWD) wrote:

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Depends on how he feels about his wife...<g>


Scott in Florida

It's a corollary of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle: with four grown up
kids, you can never be certain of where more than half of them are at any
one time. So two parents plus four grown up kids equals four people at any
one time.

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In article <com>,
com (HarrierAWD) wrote:
 

Actually, you've pretty much named all (the Porsche is also the
Volkswagon Touareg) the new "SAV"s as BMW likes to call their X5;
car-based all-wheel drive vehicles that are more like station wagons on
steroids than the original pickup-based 4-wheel drive vehicles that SUVs
originated from. They are the next step from the Subaru Forester and
Volvo XC70 (which begat the XC90), and now the Chrysler Pacifica, all
different points on a continuum that is nowhere near "real" SUVs like a
Land Rover or even a GMC Yukon.
 

Conversely, you'll wish you'd gotten your wife a station wagon when she
gets T-boned by a cabbie in a speeding Crown Vic that comes in below her
center of gravity and sends her rolling down the street. Saw that exact
thing happen to a Grand Cherokee making a U-turn in front of my street.

Sorry, there is no perfectly safe vehicle for all conditions, just
driving skill and luck.

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Chicago, IL
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Phil Lefebvre wrote: 

Are you sure about the Touareg and the Cayenne? The dimension are
similar, but the engines are different and they look completely
different.

Touareg:

Dimensions

Exterior
Length: 187.2 in. Width: 75.9 in.
Height: 68 in. Wheel Base: 112.4 in.
Ground Clearance: 8.3 in. Curb Weight: 5086 lbs.
Interior
Front Head Room: 38.7 in. Front Shoulder Room: 57.7 in.
Rear Head Room: 38.3 in. Rear Shoulder Room: 57.4 in.
Front Leg Room: 41.3 in. Rear Leg Room: 35.6 in.
Luggage Capacity: 31 cu. ft. Maximum Cargo Capacity: 71 cu. ft.
Maximum Seating: 5

Cayenne

Dimensions

Exterior
Length: 188.2 in. Width: 75.9 in.
Height: 66.9 in. Wheel Base: 112.4 in.
Ground Clearance: 8.54 in. Curb Weight: 4949 lbs.
Gross Weight: 6746 lbs.
Interior
Front Head Room: 39.6 in. Rear Head Room: 38.5 in.
Front Leg Room: 40.6 in. Rear Leg Room: 35.9 in.
Luggage Capacity: 19.07 cu. ft. Maximum Cargo Capacity: 63 cu. ft.
Maximum Seating: 5

Regards,

Ed White

In article <com>,
"C. E. White" <com> wrote:
 

I'd say we're both right, in that they are built on the same frame (an
Audi frame actually), but yes, they are more physically different than
say, the Nissan Murano/Infiniti X35. They are still both car-based
vehicles that the makers seem reluctant to label "SUV"s.

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Chicago, IL
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In article <com>, net
says... 


Very well said.

In article <news.rcn.net>, p-
edu says... 


Actually, the Hernia guy prefers sports cars.