There’s payload then there is actual use. 2,000 lbs would bottom out a caravan but just make an avalanche squat. The suspension and tires on the Avalanche are just better and will handle the load better. I know people that put 8 bags of concrete and some tools behind the seat of their Odessey and would bottom it out…

I have seen people using snow shovels. I cringe every time. 

Actually, you could get them without plastic after the first year. 

Actually, you could get them without plastic after the first year. 

Wait...The plastic was optional after the first year and the market wasn’t crowded with crew caps in 2001. In fact the Avalanche was credited as showing the crew cab was a viable option.

I know this will come as a shock to you, but some people like the way the Avalanche drives. I understand you like driving your GTI, but there are some who like driving SUVs just as much.

You are not going to get more waterproof than the bed of the Avalanche. I driven in everything from near tornados to blizzards and nothing gets in.

He is talking close to 2,000 lbs. I’ve seen 6-8 bags of concrete bottom out a minivan. A 1 ton van would work, if you don’t mind spending 30 minutes taking all of the seats out. The point in the Avalanche is you have the bed when you need it and the seats when you need them.

This is interesting because it seems most people from the US agree with you, even though the state laws concerning blinkers in roundabouts are not homogeneous. However, from what I have gathered from the replies to my original post, people from Canada, Europe and New Zealand all say to signal before entering. In the…

Interesting, from what I have gathered from the replies to my original post, people from Canada, Europe and New Zealand all say to signal before entering. In the US, the laws are all over the place. Some states have no indicator laws concerning roundabouts, Minnesota (and maybe others) exempts cars exiting roundabouts…

Also, it could be a friend popping over. How do you know it is an enemy until they rematerialize?

I can understand that point, but I feel the most accident prone part of the roundabout is people not yielding to cars in the circle because they don’t know what the people in the roundabout are planning. Part of the problem is they just started installing roundabouts in my area. So they are new for everyone around me.…

They just installed two small roundabouts near my house. They are so small there is only about 40 ft between the exits. People complain no one uses the blinker to exit, but there is no time. I tested it before, and if I wait till I am past one exit to turn on the blinker, it only has time to blink once before I turn…

Is this rule carried over to the US? I don’t understand how people waiting to get into the roundabout can tell where the cars in the roundabout are planning to exit when most of the time they can’t see the car enter the circle. 

Yes. I brought it up because there are people who think both ways are correct. I got this image from a site telling people how to use turn signals. People in my neighborhood think this is correct as well, and I never understood. People waiting to enter the roundabout can’t see how you signaled before entering.

Yes, but did they answer the age old question of proper indicator signals for roundabouts? Left or right signal in this scenario? 

I only recently found out that many non-iron clothing use formaldehyde to crosslink the fibers, making them wrinkle resistant. I bet Delta really like the idea of non-wrinkle uniforms and the manufacturer  gave them an extra dose. That could be another factor causing the irritation.

I think the main idea was it was the strike that slowed them down.

Once the Toyota accountants see how much more their operating costs are, and how they only make 1/3 per vehicle profit compared to Toyota, they might fall on their own pencils.