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July 23, 2009 at 11:08 AM #436494July 23, 2009 at 11:08 AM #435730
CoronitaParticipant[quote=paramount][quote=dbapig][quote=paramount]
I’d much rather put my family in a 5,500lb Ford Expedition than a Toyota Camry. An Expedition will generally smoke a Camry (or similiar) any day of the week.[/quote]True but this kind of idea troubles me. I mean I do respect you wanting to protect your family from harm but what about the other families driving in Camry (or similar)?
How would you feel if your 5,500lb SUV got tangled up with a smaller car and caused serious injury/death to a small child in the smaller car?
just a thought.[/quote]
How someone ‘feels’ is really not the issue – the mean streets of Southern California are brutal – almost law of the Jungle.
Take my advice: Drive the largest car/SUV you can afford to drive, never mind how other people feel. It’s no guarantee, but it does improve your chances.
The point is not to save gas, the point is to survive.
BTW, I have zero accidents and zero tickets and I’m not an aggressive driver at all. I drive to survive and have great consideration for other drivers as well.[/quote]
I would agree except I would add.. Drive the largest car you as an individual can handle…My relative is 5’0″. No way I would recommend a expedition for that person.
July 23, 2009 at 11:08 AM #435937CoronitaParticipant[quote=paramount][quote=dbapig][quote=paramount]
I’d much rather put my family in a 5,500lb Ford Expedition than a Toyota Camry. An Expedition will generally smoke a Camry (or similiar) any day of the week.[/quote]True but this kind of idea troubles me. I mean I do respect you wanting to protect your family from harm but what about the other families driving in Camry (or similar)?
How would you feel if your 5,500lb SUV got tangled up with a smaller car and caused serious injury/death to a small child in the smaller car?
just a thought.[/quote]
How someone ‘feels’ is really not the issue – the mean streets of Southern California are brutal – almost law of the Jungle.
Take my advice: Drive the largest car/SUV you can afford to drive, never mind how other people feel. It’s no guarantee, but it does improve your chances.
The point is not to save gas, the point is to survive.
BTW, I have zero accidents and zero tickets and I’m not an aggressive driver at all. I drive to survive and have great consideration for other drivers as well.[/quote]
I would agree except I would add.. Drive the largest car you as an individual can handle…My relative is 5’0″. No way I would recommend a expedition for that person.
July 23, 2009 at 11:08 AM #436257CoronitaParticipant[quote=paramount][quote=dbapig][quote=paramount]
I’d much rather put my family in a 5,500lb Ford Expedition than a Toyota Camry. An Expedition will generally smoke a Camry (or similiar) any day of the week.[/quote]True but this kind of idea troubles me. I mean I do respect you wanting to protect your family from harm but what about the other families driving in Camry (or similar)?
How would you feel if your 5,500lb SUV got tangled up with a smaller car and caused serious injury/death to a small child in the smaller car?
just a thought.[/quote]
How someone ‘feels’ is really not the issue – the mean streets of Southern California are brutal – almost law of the Jungle.
Take my advice: Drive the largest car/SUV you can afford to drive, never mind how other people feel. It’s no guarantee, but it does improve your chances.
The point is not to save gas, the point is to survive.
BTW, I have zero accidents and zero tickets and I’m not an aggressive driver at all. I drive to survive and have great consideration for other drivers as well.[/quote]
I would agree except I would add.. Drive the largest car you as an individual can handle…My relative is 5’0″. No way I would recommend a expedition for that person.
July 23, 2009 at 11:08 AM #436330CoronitaParticipant[quote=paramount][quote=dbapig][quote=paramount]
I’d much rather put my family in a 5,500lb Ford Expedition than a Toyota Camry. An Expedition will generally smoke a Camry (or similiar) any day of the week.[/quote]True but this kind of idea troubles me. I mean I do respect you wanting to protect your family from harm but what about the other families driving in Camry (or similar)?
How would you feel if your 5,500lb SUV got tangled up with a smaller car and caused serious injury/death to a small child in the smaller car?
just a thought.[/quote]
How someone ‘feels’ is really not the issue – the mean streets of Southern California are brutal – almost law of the Jungle.
Take my advice: Drive the largest car/SUV you can afford to drive, never mind how other people feel. It’s no guarantee, but it does improve your chances.
The point is not to save gas, the point is to survive.
BTW, I have zero accidents and zero tickets and I’m not an aggressive driver at all. I drive to survive and have great consideration for other drivers as well.[/quote]
I would agree except I would add.. Drive the largest car you as an individual can handle…My relative is 5’0″. No way I would recommend a expedition for that person.
July 23, 2009 at 11:08 AM #436499CoronitaParticipant[quote=paramount][quote=dbapig][quote=paramount]
I’d much rather put my family in a 5,500lb Ford Expedition than a Toyota Camry. An Expedition will generally smoke a Camry (or similiar) any day of the week.[/quote]True but this kind of idea troubles me. I mean I do respect you wanting to protect your family from harm but what about the other families driving in Camry (or similar)?
How would you feel if your 5,500lb SUV got tangled up with a smaller car and caused serious injury/death to a small child in the smaller car?
just a thought.[/quote]
How someone ‘feels’ is really not the issue – the mean streets of Southern California are brutal – almost law of the Jungle.
Take my advice: Drive the largest car/SUV you can afford to drive, never mind how other people feel. It’s no guarantee, but it does improve your chances.
The point is not to save gas, the point is to survive.
BTW, I have zero accidents and zero tickets and I’m not an aggressive driver at all. I drive to survive and have great consideration for other drivers as well.[/quote]
I would agree except I would add.. Drive the largest car you as an individual can handle…My relative is 5’0″. No way I would recommend a expedition for that person.
July 23, 2009 at 11:19 AM #435735werewolf34
ParticipantMaybe we should all drive Ford Excursions and H2s…oh wait we’ve done that
July 23, 2009 at 11:19 AM #435942ParticipantMaybe we should all drive Ford Excursions and H2s…oh wait we’ve done that
July 23, 2009 at 11:19 AM #436262ParticipantMaybe we should all drive Ford Excursions and H2s…oh wait we’ve done that
July 23, 2009 at 11:19 AM #436335ParticipantMaybe we should all drive Ford Excursions and H2s…oh wait we’ve done that
July 23, 2009 at 11:19 AM #436504ParticipantMaybe we should all drive Ford Excursions and H2s…oh wait we’ve done that
July 23, 2009 at 11:20 AM #435740paramount
Participantdbapig: It really isn’t a morality issue the way I see it. It’s kind of like walking across a street on a walk signal and then getting hit by a car that blows through a red light. You may have had the right away, but now your either dead or injured. Morality doesn’t get you much here does it?
IMO, you have to deal with the world the way it is, not the way it should be.
July 23, 2009 at 11:20 AM #435947Participantdbapig: It really isn’t a morality issue the way I see it. It’s kind of like walking across a street on a walk signal and then getting hit by a car that blows through a red light. You may have had the right away, but now your either dead or injured. Morality doesn’t get you much here does it?
IMO, you have to deal with the world the way it is, not the way it should be.
July 23, 2009 at 11:20 AM #436267Participantdbapig: It really isn’t a morality issue the way I see it. It’s kind of like walking across a street on a walk signal and then getting hit by a car that blows through a red light. You may have had the right away, but now your either dead or injured. Morality doesn’t get you much here does it?
IMO, you have to deal with the world the way it is, not the way it should be.
July 23, 2009 at 11:20 AM #436340Participantdbapig: It really isn’t a morality issue the way I see it. It’s kind of like walking across a street on a walk signal and then getting hit by a car that blows through a red light. You may have had the right away, but now your either dead or injured. Morality doesn’t get you much here does it?
IMO, you have to deal with the world the way it is, not the way it should be.
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