Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:03:00 -0700 To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: Yup; the Internet is screwed up.
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toddlers around and drive to and from work. An SUV in almost all cases is added luxury.
My SUV carries seven passengers and allows me to haul gear including conduit, lumber, ladders, etc. It's actively dangerous to do some of these things in a sedan.
I'll just point out that that "depends on the sedan". I had a sedan[1] where I could carry three full sections of commercial scaffolding _inside_ the car. Six 5'x5' uprights, six 2'x10' platform sections, and all the cross-braces. 10' sections of conduit, or plumbing pipe were a 'nothing'. I could put half-sheets (4'x4') of plywood _flat_ on the floor of the trunk, and close the trunk lid. I had about 1500 lbs of actual cargo capacity, but I "wasn't legal" with over about half-a-ton on board. -- [1] A Cadillac Fleetwood on the 'long commercial' chassis, with a crica 8L engine, it routinely delivered 27+ mpg on the highway, with the A/C on, when lightly loaded.