On Thu, 8 Jan 2004 12:03:56 -0500, "Jimbo" .
wrote:

I doubt most fashionable SUV owners every expect to do anything anymore
strenuous than drive the kids to school or the country club. Apparently
tow truck drivers and insurance adjusters will attest to the fact that the
first ones to end up in the ditch after a snow storm are the high end SUV's.

Jimbo

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Driving a 4WD Suburban is a piece of cake compared to a CJ-5. I put
150,000 miles on a CJ. It had a 304 V8, Rough Country suspension, and
Armstrong TruTraks. I loved that thing, but they rust like crazy and
handle a little squirrely (quick steering with a slight delay while
the suspension winds up). 4WD's do great in snow if you keep the
speed down. Of course, they don't stop any better than anything else.

On the other hand, I find the wife's Expedition twitchy. Not much
directional stability for such a large vehicle. I think it's a Ford
thing. My brother-in-law bought one of the F150's a few years ago,
drove it from Austin to Danbury, Texas, and took it back the next day.
He said it wore him out. He likes the old ones you have to herd. His
other vehicles include a 60's Daimler-Benz sedan, restored
Austin-Healy 2000, various restored BSA's, including an old single
cylinder racer he had restored somewhere in Wales, and some kind of
Japanese crotch rocket (they live in London).

Pete Keillor