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This is why u should never overfill ur blinker fluid compartment. Dumbasses. :D

I don't understand how that California patrolman couldn't stop his car.

Put the damn thing in N or reverse. Jesus. Killed his whole family.

Yeah, the timing of that whole thing was when Yuppies wanted to drive SUVs, but didn't bother to check the tires. The higher center of gravity, with an under inflated tire, was not going to end well.

Of course, now that TPMS are common, that tells these people they have an under inflated tire. My Wife's Nitro, gets just plain rude and obnoxious about it, when it detects a low tire.

So if it’s not an out of the box tube chassis rock crawler it could never have been meant for anything but paved roads? :spock:
The Explorer was designed as an SUV. Back in the ‘80’s, when it was designed, SUV meant off road capable which means a high center of gravity and loose suspension.
Now that people have willingly stripped away their own personal responsibility SUV means glorified minivan because they had to be dumbed down for people that bought them thinking they could drive them like a car.

Hey dumbasses(people in the article). If your accelerator sticks ...put the car in neutral.

They'd probably have to put down the Starbuck's and stop talking to their hairdresser on the handsfree.

That's nice and dandy, but Ford knew what they were doing. They weren't making the Explorer for the off-roaders.

This, it was marketed to soccer moms. "Look at all the groceries this baby holds!"

Exactly. My FJ TRD performs at MOAB right off the line.

Does that include the Corinthian leather?

I think it was more of a solution for the wife who wants a mini-van but a husband who won't resign himself to driving one.

Ford has had repeated problems with their f1 line, Exploders, and Pinto(Set the Wayback Machine) catching fire whilst standing still because of their use of cheap parts and bad designs.

Another reason was, there was something about this vehicle that exempted it from the CAFE standards. Because it was built on a light truck body and not a car body, it was classified differently and the fuel efficiency standards were lower. Does anyone remember the details of this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdFM0K_6c6M

Yup, that’s all they talked about was groceries and never once picture it off road.