Re: PC--What is it good for?

On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:53:23 -0800, archmage@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Nate Edel) wrote:
>In rec.arts.sf.written Ken from Chicago <kwicker1b_nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
>> "Nate Edel" <archmage@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
>> > I don't get the point of SUV limos; isn't the hassle getting in and
out
>> > contrary to the whole "luxury"/comfort concept?  Although I guess the
>> > climb might do decorative things (very briefly) for the legs of
>> > accompanying women.
>>
>> Don't SUV limons have stairs? I think the appeal of SUV limos is also
plenty 
>> of head room so you can actually sit up straight.
>
>Do they actually have all that much headroom? My impression is that a lot
of
>the extra height is in the undercarriage, and that they're not much
taller
>inside than a well designed large sedan.  Now, uncool as they are, a
stretch
>*minivan* would have a lot of headroom :)

A Hummer or an SUV does have more headroom than a sedan -- not by feet,
but certainly by the decimeter. In a typical sedan, the crown of my head
touches the ceiling when I sit down, plus 5 or minus 10 centimeters or so,
and I'm not even the tallest person in the world. Adding 10-20 cm of
height helps a *lot*. It's not like you'd be walking upright, but at least
you wouldn't be crouching.

Jasper