Re: LA Times: U.S. Love Affair With The Car Ending

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Re: LA Times: U.S. Love Affair With The Car Ending

Posted on: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:18:07 -0800

Whose leg are you pulling???

Almost no one takes their SUVs off paved roads!

On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 11:38:55 -0500, RJ wrote:

>On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 07:14:42 -0800, Scott en Aztlán
> wrote:
>
>>SMS said in misc.transport.urban-transit:
>>
>>>Actually what needs to be done is to find ways to encourage people to
>>>leave the SUV or mini-van at home, and use a smaller vehicle for
>>>commuting, and use the larger vehicle only when necessary.
>>
>>Or, better still, use public transit for commuting, and *rent* the SUV
>>when you actually need one.
>
>The major rental companies will not let you take even a 4x4 SUV off
>paved roads. So if that's what you want an SUV to do, you have a
>problem

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