[Spridgets] Another British Engine

[Linda Grunthaner]

My 94 Saturn SW2 went off road at the supermarket last year got hung up on
the cement curb for small trees. She hasn't been the same since and I am
starting to suspect a bent structure. My junkyard mechanic can't figure out
exactaly what is making the noise in that area when I turn the wheel but
suggests I replace the front end parts as we replaced the struts & many
bushings. I've had her since new still love every mile on her (near 300K)
and still do not want to replace her due to reliabilty #1, comfort #2, and
loyalty #3. BTW I can fill it up with loads of crap as she works like a
little pickup and I stopped counting how many times I moved friends &
relatives : ) Although I do wish I never ran up that cement curb, I wonder
if she could be converted into  a 4x4?
Lin

On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 11:19 PM, <bjshov8 at tx.rr.com> wrote:

> I've owned 1 minivan and one SUV.  We bought the SUV specifically for its
> offroad capabilities, and we have used them.  We have been places that
> required 4WD low range.  Before that I had the minivan, and I took it
> camping lots of places with challenging roads.  The minivan had more room
> inside, was more comfortable, and got much better fuel mileage than the SUV.
>  My contention is that most people that drive SUV's would be better off with
> a minivan.  From your description of how you use your SUV, you didn't do
> anything with it that I didn't do with my minivan.
>
> This may be somewhat regional but in my area almost nobody takes their
> SUV's even off of paved roads.  I understand that in other parts of the
> country there are more people that take them offroad, or at least drive snow
> and mud roads to where they live.
>
> Of course we have a lot of people that drive pickups and never carry
> anything more than an ice chest in the back.
>
>
>
> > There's nothing intrinsically wrong w/ SUVs -- until people went all
> > Freudian with the size. We've got a 2001 Xterra. We liked the looks, it
> > would fit the bari sax and the telescope, and it was an SUV for people
> > who actually used them for sports. Mostly, it carries astronomy, SCUBA,
> > and surf gear (sometimes all three!).
> >
> > It goes off-road avery so often, but not often enough to justify 4WD,
> > so, we got the 2WD version. That said, we can take it pretty much
> > anywhere we've wanted to go, with or without a road.
> >
> > I'm sure there's a certain amount of self-selection, but most of the
> > people I know who own an SUV, use it for either cargo, or off-road.
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