In article <ckv28u$vmk$1@wildfire-pl.prairienet.org>,
Mark Gibson <gibson@bluestem.prairienet.org> wrote:

> P.S. Realistically, most SUV owners never drive them under "off-road"
> conditions, and probably couldn't do so if they wanted to. A few years
> ago, I had the amusing experience of driving my low-slugn Jeep Eagle Talon
> TSi AWD car all over Champaign, IL when the only other vehicles on the
> roads were cop cars (slipping and sliding all over the place), snow plows
> with loads of salt or sand, and a few adventurous 4WDrivers in pickups or
> SUVs. I was passing all of them, even the cops! Much fun! A Crown
> Victoria is *NOT* a good car to drive on snowy, icy roads...

Yeah, I've never understood why they spend the money on a 4 wheel drive
only to do stupid things with it. 4 wheel drive does not mean 4 wheel
stop, and the first few idiots of a season in their shiny new SUVs make
for a good laugh. A 4 wheel drive also doesn't mean you'll make it
there as fast as if the roads were totally clear. Only that you WILL
make it, if you know how to drive it.

Anxiously awaiting snow to try out the Element on the snow.........

AL