RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] computer and car prices (was Re: [MLUG])

["Matt Ross" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

How many SUV users actually go offroad? For that matter, a bumper could be
retractable for offroad use.

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> And the clearance issue? You do that and you would have SUVs and
> trucks and
> such with ungodly low clearances - kind of against the entire
> concept . . .
> :) Semi's made sense because you don't normally take a cab-over offroading
> :)
>
> -- Brent
>
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> They forced Semi trucks to have the low bumper in the back to prevent
> decapitation, why can't we do the same to SUV's and the like?
> Aerodynamics
> aren't a problem, they're not speed demons, Looks aren't a
> problem, they're
> ugly anyway (sorry), and its something that can be incorporated without
> signifigant change to their design.  Unlike small cars, which would need a
> bumper up high enough to block the drivers vision to match the
> SUV's.  You'd
> have to put a fix or kill date on all older cars to match the standard,
> probably as much as 15 years, given the widespread nature of modern auto's
> and their bumpers.
>
> please CC to Congress ;-)
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