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Re: [OT] SUVs, peace (was: [OM] New OM-1N and battery problem)

Subject: Re: [OT] SUVs, peace (was: [OM] New OM-1N and battery problem)
From: "George M. Anderson" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 23:01:43 -0700
Jan;

You have a Cherokee AND a Ranger and you're preaching against SUVs?  You
should see a therapist! :>)


Jan Steinman wrote:
> 
> 
> I will admit my source is biased (Solar Energy Research Institute),
> and so probably used the most damning statistic they could find. On
> the other hand, I have a Cherokee, and it only gets 17 mpg. (Hey,
> enviros -- it was a graduation present! Honest! I'm gonna lose my
> green credentials here! :-)

I had a Cherokee for 12 years. Great vehicle. I bought it with the
(**Listen up people**) fuel-injected 4-cylinder engine and a 5-speed
manual in order to maximize my gas mileage.  It got 24 on the hiway.

> 
> My "sort-of" SUV is a Ranger 4WD with a more-or-less permanently
> attached cab-height steel canopy, a half-wide platform with drawers,
> shelf with cabinets, curtains, lights, deep-cycle battery with
> isolator and solar panel, and a DC to light ham radio set-up. I spent
> winter weekends back there for seven years when not teaching skiing.
> And if you stack 'em like cordwood, it'll take more kids to soccer
> practice than modern SUVs. :-)

That sounds like a dream setup. I love it.  (It **really** gets 30mpg on
the hiway? Which engine?


George

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