[W126 Coupe] My 560SEL

[Michael S Cosby]

I just bought my first SUV, a '96 Blazer with 187000 on it.  Because I
live at 9000 feet, I felt that if anyone had one, I should.  So after
living there 8 years I did it.  It still boils down to tires.  My wife's
minivan (fwd) with 4 studded snows get around better than all seasons on
an SUV.  I still gave a 70 Chevy 1/2 ton 4X4 that I would not part with!
 (It just needs posi differentials and disk brakes)
"In Massachusetts, no trucks are allowed in the left hand high speed
lane."  Does that include pickups?   If so, I am glad to live out west. 
Between that and the illegal radar detectors...  What I can't understand
is that years ago the Supreme Court, in a case brought by the FCC, ruled
that any transmissions passing through your airspace belonged to you. 
So how can they outlaw detectors?  Jammers I can understand, but
detectors?  The SOBs.
I wonder what they would think of a home-made jammer I built as a kid
consisting of welding rod, a spark plug and wire.  They probably
wouldn't even understand where the transmission was coming from.  And if
you buried a jammer in your car, what could they do?  Dismantle it along
side the road?  
Sorry for the rant!
Mtnmike


>>> spell.yy@verizon.net 01/17/05 07:13PM >>>
Jonathan:

Looks like a high rider went clear over your bumper and directly in
the
front.  So, either you hit the lady in the rear with your nose down or
when
she hit you on the nose she was driving one of those sickly SUV's that
I
refer to as 'walls of plywood'.  They suck huge amounts of gas,
endanger
everyone else on the road in a passenger car and throw off a tax break
if
commercially registered.  All to what benefit you might ask.  My
answer,
none that is of any value whatsoever.  They burn way too much fuel,
give the
majority of owners the false sense of security that somehow they are
impervious to damage as they blow by in a 1/2 foot of snow only to
roll-over
somewhere up ahead.

In Massachusetts, no trucks are allowed in the left hand high speed
lane.
I've asked the legislature to outlaw SUV's from this lane as well. 
They
leave you vulnerable to a nasty accident if you drive behind there
'wall of
plywood' and they throw up every piece of road debris imaginable
because of
the lift on the chassis exposing huge amounts of tire tread similar to
trucks which are required to operate with wheel flaps but, not the
SUV.

I have my own personal use of the English language that morphs the
meaning
of S U V.

Too bad, that's a beautiful MB.  Good luck.

Dick

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