Re: (no subject)4x4 or not -Reply

From: Bruce Aaron Hefner (gt9742a@prism.gatech.edu)
Date: Fri Apr 10 1998 - 14:45:29 EDT


Either way your stuck, but it sure is fun those extra miles you go in the
4WD :)....

Bruce
>
> Yeah, I gotta' go with the safety issue too. But when four wheelin', I've
> seen 2w go out in the mud as far as the 4x before getting stuck. It all
> depends on the intelligence of the driver. I saw in Four Wheeler once
> where it said "4WD will only get you stuck further from help" =)
> -mike sykes
> 88V6LE3.55AUTO
>
>
> First I must agree on the safety issue. Second I'll give that the initial
> cost is greater, but as far as weight, what difference is 3 or 400 lbs on
> a 3500 lb vehicle gonna make?, not much, and as far as maintenence
> there
> really is know extra maintenece other than checking the fluid level in the
> transfer case occasionally, I don't see where all this extra maintenece
> cost evryone keeps mentioning is coming from, most of my friends don't
> even check the fluid in the transfer case and have still never had an
> problems with the 4X......
>
> Bruce
>
>



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