This is very true. I witness a Camaro flipping through the air.
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Steven St.Laurent
Test Engineer
Test Branch, GSD, MCTSSA
MARCORSYSCOM, USMC
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-----Original Message-----
From: Brown, Mike (CAD) [mailto:MBrown@ciena.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 7:19 AM
To: 'dakota-truck@buffnet.net'
Subject: DML: RE: RE: Dateline report
I have to get in on this one....
I've had a lifted vehicle of some type or another for over ten
years.
(Of course my dak is the best of all...) The fact is all vehicles that are
higher have a higher center of gravity, therefore rollover is more likely.
I agree the drivers are to blame. Any vehicle could be flipped, if tried
hard enough. (yes even a vette) Would anyone take a vette off-road?
I don't thinks so! Just like I wouldn't take my dak around a turn at 50+
mph.
Pretty soon, the government will put a regulation to not modify a vehicle at
all!!!
-Mike Brown
Pasadena, MD.
97-Dakota Club Cab,5.2L, 4X4, 7" Lift, 35"x12.50" BFG A/T.
http://www.geocities.com/mbrowwwn/index.html
-----Original Message-----
From: Wisotzkey, Rich [mailto:Rich.Wisotzkey@gd-wts.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 8:42 AM
To: 'dakota-truck@buffnet.net'
Subject: DML: RE: Dateline report
Steve,
I saw the poor excuse of a program last night also. You have to remember
this is coming from a bunch of liberal idiots. They presented the show like
they were talking to a bunch of five year olds. Heaven forbid they ask the
driver to use common sense and take responsibility for driving an inherently
high center of gravity vehicle. These are the same people that would want
to sue a fork manufacturer because they stuck their finger instead of their
steak. Oh; sorry, these people don't eat steak, they are vegetarians.
The best show was on after this. They had a group of Navy divers raising
parts of the Monitor off the coast of North Carolina. Even watching the
fish was more interesting that listening to the media buffoons.
Have a nice day!
Rich - Ashburn, VA
-----Original Message-----
From: Steven T. Ekstrand [mailto:cyberlaw@earthlink.net]
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 1:33 AM
To: Multiple recipients of Mopar; dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: DML: Dateline report
Watching a pretty ignorant report on SUV rollovers on Dateline.
There is a problem. And it isn't so much with the manufacturers it is with
the Drivers. HOW STUPID ARE THESE SUV OWNERS????
I watched a new Land Rover Discovery go up on two wheels the other day.
Young women driving with several kids in the vehicle. She gunned it off
the line at the light pulling far away of the other cars across four lanes
of traffic and turned left on an off camber turn. I could hear the engine
pulling like she had it floored all the way through the turn!!!
You going to blame Land Rover for that one?
Anyway, I don't want to start a thread slamming idiot SUV owners. There
are drivers of all kinds in all kinds of cars.
The real reason for this post. While all the SUV's they examined had one
or two stars out of five, the DODGE DURANGO had THREE stars and wasn't much
worse than many passenger cars. Go DURANGO!!!
-STE
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