I rarely see suv bashing on this board. On the BMW message boards one can count on seeing a post per day practically re: the horrors of suvs. Maybe I've missed it here, or maybe Porsche drivers like suvs more than BMW drivers. Don't know. But, I've come to the conclusion that it's not so much the suvs I dislike, it's the drivers.
I will quickly say that in some cases the suv is justified and the driver rational. I've spent a great deal of time out west, and suvs have their applications there. But here in Wisconsin, suvs are a pox on the highways. It snowed yesterday ("6") and, as usual, I could count on suvs blowing past me like I'm standing still on the slick highway. I find the typical Expedition pulling four snowmobiles especially troubling as on an icy highway it often becomes the tail wagging the dog and offroad (ironic) they go. Now here's a case when the suv actually makes sense-but the driver is an idiot.
My favorite suv story:
I was heading to the in-laws in my wife's bug one T-day. It was a glare ice highway and I just should have stayed home. My desire to see my kids and wife, who had gone ahead days before, over ruled better judgement. You could have ice skated on the highway the whole way-I ***** you not. Anyway, about half way there I have an Expedition right on my ars as I'm in the left lane going 50. Oh yeah! Normally that would piss me off too, but in this case the right lane was unplowed and certain death for the light, wide tired bug. The Ex driver didn't seem to figure that one out because after harrassing me for about a mile, she decided to pass on the right. Naturally as she passed, she gave me the international sign of affection and sped on her way inspite of me being a dumb a*s-I estimate about 70.
It's not hard to guess the ending of my story. Yes. There she was sideways in the median about two miles up. Somehow she had managed to deploy her airbag. There was also a cop sitting right there. He must have seen the whole thing. I'm guessing that she got a ticket on top of a mouthful of talc. Too bad
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You can tell when it snows here by my heightened contempt for suv drivers. Yesterday one managed to get out of control and kill the driver in the oncoming lane here. A*s-hole suv killer driver got out without a scratch.