Re: TOY: Car and Driver: Ford Explorers

[Robert Canon <rcanon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Getting a little cocky aren't we Robert?

Cranky is more like it...

>I didn't misinterpret anything you said - you came out ranting and calling
>people names (like "idiot") just because they happen to like SUV's...

Calling SUV owners who have no need for 4wd "urban idiots" is a far cry 
from calling for legislation against SUVs or telling people what to buy.  I 
stand by my implicit assertion that buying a Luxo-barge Faux Wheeler for a 
grocery getter/kid hauler is idiotic.  Hey, I've been called worse, 
sometimes deservedly!  But if people want to pay that kind of money for a 
pimped out pickup chassis when they could have a superb euro wagon for the 
same money, I say power to 'em!

>Check your own words my friend... and check them good...  Especially that 
>opening sentence of your "rant"...

Which opening sentence?  This one from my first post:

>Last year I was following an Exploder in rush hour traffic and the driver 
>made an evasive lane change that wasn't all that abrupt and ended up 
>sliding down the shoulder on it's top.

or this one from my second post?:

>Good Lord!  Who said anything about legislating -ANYTHING-!

I don't get your point...  In any case, if by "opening sentence" you mean 
something other than the first non-quoted sentence written by me, then 
maybe the -private- schools aren't doing all that hot with the basics!

Maybe you mean the -second- sentence of my first post, which was only 
included at the beginning of my second post for reference:

 > To let everyone know how unbiased I am: I -HATE- SUVs!

That whole juxtaposition of "unbiased" with "hate" is a little literary 
device known as irony.  If -that- went over your head I refer you back to 
my earlier statement regarding the efficacy of private education to instill 
the fundamentals.