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| quote: | Originally posted by Lilith
I'm not getting angry about it, I just don't want to die to some pin-dick who's sole purpose on the road seems to be to bully other road users and never takes their off road vehicle off road. |
maybe not anger, but sure is something like it.
| quote: | Originally posted by Lilith
As for safety, I'm of two opinions about 4WD's. They're good on unsurfaced or very rough roads, however they have very poor road holding when it comes to high speeds, corners and you can do what you want to them to try and improve it. But they're still at the mercy of physics.
Safety is quite subjective to the self it seems, no one thinks of what happens to the people you might happen to hit, they're not safe.
It's harder to pull up 2-3000kg than it is to do the same with 1500 and you can't do much except lower the vehicle when it's mass is much higher, that defeats the purpose of having a 4wd, which is ground clearance.
People movers do a good job, they hold a lot of people, cargo and they're not just a converted van chassis any more. |
4WD comes in all sorts of vehicles--not just SUVs, and not on all SUVs, so the handling argument (aside from the point about the higher center of gravity) is a moot point.
As for who you're protecting, the desire to save yourself is a natural & normal one. There's nothing wrong with placing your own safety first.
There is something to the avoid/minimize argument, and for that reason, a lot of people don't go with SUVs (the ones who don't need the convenience, anyway), just because it is easier to avoid some accidents in the first place, but there will always be accidents you can't avoid, and, in all likelihood, those are the ones in which you'll need all the help you can get to walk away safely.
Most people don't like the look of station wagons. It's not reasonable to think that everyone should abide by your own assessments of the relative utility & convenience of vehicles.
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