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ColinC

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8. Absolutely agree. My goal is to get an electric SUV when we can afford it, but

Reply to Old Crank (Reply #5)

Tue Jan 9, 2024, 04:03 PM

Jan 2024

I think your response provides a lot for me to consider for safety. Interestingly enough, I feel like the Tesla SUVs meet a lot of the categories that you laid out. I don’t intend to buy a Tesla partly due to the horrible person that runs it, but I will be considering a lot of the points you laid out when we purchase our next vehicle.

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Vehicle size makes them more dangerous [View all] Old Crank Jan 2024 OP

Moral of the story: buy a bigger car? ColinC Jan 2024 #1

PArt of the answer Old Crank Jan 2024 #5

Absolutely agree. My goal is to get an electric SUV when we can afford it, but ColinC Jan 2024 #8

This information is not new. Squaredeal Jan 2024 #2

I saw some numbers Old Crank Jan 2024 #7

I'm shocked MichMan Jan 2024 #3

In '66 or '67 I gave a college class speech on the issue sanatanadharma Jan 2024 #10

Given the extensive weights of most EV, it would make those the vehicles the ones most hazardous to others then MichMan Jan 2024 #4

However Old Crank Jan 2024 #6

My last reply to you I was thinking omly teslas were like that. ColinC Jan 2024 #9

Basic physics MichMan Jan 2024 #11