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10-14-2003, 14:33

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About ten years ago I bought a Jeep Grand Cherokee for my wife who was having our first child. It made sense then to carry the Kids and dog and stuff plus the safety factor and winter traction. A Jeep was pretty big then, not so now!

My last car was my 1996 Honda Accord. By 2000 the number of really big SUV 's like the Expedition, Excursion, Yukon..... was so dense where I live that driving in that little Accord was no longer a pleasurable experience.

My typical trip would have someone with questionable driving skills right on my tail while they chatted on the phone or did their makeup, or shouted at the their kids or had the Dog in their lap. Pulling over to let them pass did not work either because they would then drive slower in front of you than you were driving in the first place, or the next SUV would get on your tail. The other thing is that most SUV lights are so much higher off the ground having one behind a car is very uncomfortable to the driver.

I am not a slow driver either, it is just that the style here in NJ is to Tail Gate, it does not necessarily mean that the person behind you wants to pass all the time either.

I got rid of the Honda in 2000 replacing it with the Toyota Tundra. I have not had the angst that I used to have with the Honda. I miss the better mileage, but fortunately I am putting less miles on the Truck than I used on the Accord.

Bigger is Better as far I am concerned, until the government coerces everyone to be smaller.

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Just curious, on the Hummer the engine is in the middle of the pasenger compartment, where is the engine on the H2?

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