NAC!! Fwd: Re: Why I drive a Q vs an SUV
Chris Dyer
chrisdyer at hotmail.com
Tue Jun 18 18:16:25 EDT 2002
Good reminder.
Keep your line of sight high. Keep a proper following distance. Keep your
seatbelt on.
My fiance just bought a Highlander for work. Prolly the best car-ish driving
SUV out there since it's based on the camry, but boy...I have no clue where
my 'corners' are, it has a huge blind spot, and it feels as though I'm
constantly driving on Sealy Postur-Pedics. Squishy brakes, rolly-poly body
roll...
But the door handles and sunroof work perfectly.
>From: Larry C Leung <l.leung at juno.com>
>To: quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: Why I drive a Q vs an SUV
>Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 20:49:51 -0400
>
>The scenario: Southbound 2 4 land divided parkway with narrow lanes and
>no shoulders
>
>I was alongside an Explorer whom I was letting pass me (entering a
>"Traffic Safety Zone" and was already
>about 10+ over) when a slew of brake lights showed up around a bend. Not
>sure why cars were switching
>into the right lane (the one I was in), so I immediately slowed getting
>on the Audi binders. No drama,
>just dropped some 30 - 35 MPH.
>
>Whoops! Some guy in a Lexus LS400 was in the left lane CREEEEEEPING,
>flashers on (probably ran
>out of gas while yakking on his cell phone). The Explorer was just past
>me, so I braked more to let
>him in front of me and flashed to let him in.
>
>ONLY, he couldn't slow enough or something. So as I easily slipped by on
>the right, the SUV took off over
>the curbing and 4 wheeled it around the Lexus (fortunately, we were, by
>this point, only going about 25 or
>so, even then the thing lurched.
>
>If he had a car, he simply could've slowed.....
>
>(I don't think, the way the thing lurched, that he was all that excited
>about his 4 wheeling "excursion"),
>especially how he slow he went when he got back on the highway. I guess
>he needed time to check
>his shorts, 'cuz he came storming by a couple of minutes later)
>
>LL - NY
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