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ant wrote:
VtSkier wrote: Richard Henry wrote: "Sven Golly" wrote in message . .. "Richard Henry" wrote in news:42purfF1jp1uhU1 : Raising the center of gravity? Yeah, that'll help. Those mods also widen the track. Suzuki rollover claims were highly exaggerated. No worse than your typical Jeep CJ. http://www.crash-worthiness.com/arti...i-lawsuit.html Which really isn't saying much. My son rolled a Geo Tracker, the first generation after the Samurai. A former employer's son was killed in a Jeep CJ roll over. Tall, narrow, short wheelbase = easy roll over. The Geo Tracker is a Suzuki Vitara, and it's not narrow at all. It's almost square, in fact. Gives it horrible axle hop, due to short wheel base and tight suspension, but it's not particularly tall and it sure ain't narrow. My son's was narrow. Early version, first iteration after the Samurai. They got wider as they got updated. I drove one of the first Samurai's in the area. The price was about what a good used pickup was at the time. About 7000 bucks. I actually liked the Samurai, but bought the pickup (this was in 1988 or 89) because the Samurai just wasn't big enough. They will go over though if you hit a bump at high speed. That's the axle hop. My son got a wheel off the edge of the pavement and corrected too much. Did a barrel roll down the ditch line. Fortunately didn't hit anything. There's a pic on that site of someone jumping a vitara at a beach. It's getting some good air. Compared to my... 1) Subaru Forester, it's narrow and short. (Subaru was traded for...) 2) Toyota Tacoma. The Tracker is still narrow and short. 3) Wife's PTCruiser, the Tracker is still narrow and short. about the same height as the Forester and much shorter than the Tacoma. BTW, my son's Tracker was a soft top, which had a shorter wheelbase than did the 4 door version. |
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