<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Manny:
You must be having a bad day, Paragon.
I didn't mean to hurt anybody's feelings here - if I did, I apologize. I certainly wasn't trying to start any fights with anyone.
I said what I meant - in every post. When I talk about driving on a slope, you respond with emotionally driven phrases like "your obvious ignorance" - maybe it is just me, but I consider that a personal attack.
I'm done - have fun with yourself...
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Fine, you simply can't admit that you made a mistake in your first post. You have attempted to backtrack by saying you meant something else. Now, you want to wash it all away by labeling this as a personal attack.
First you say "You should not rely on gauges while performing steep ascents, descents, or sideslopes." You did not say solely rely or rely only on, you said do not rely. Which in effect was saying that the gauge is useless, since you can't rely on it. You proceeded to say "the gauge will not help you" in one of the next sentences. Then you attempt to rewrite those comments by saying "All I said was you should not rely on gauges to tell you when it safe without factoring all the factors involved."
It's truly sad that you can't admit to the difference and the misinformation you provided in the first post.
Then you try to split hairs by saying that my comments about the 45 degree and the H1 were wrong based on what you said. But you again, erroneously, said "most clinometer/inclinometers designed for 4x4 use are useless in a Hummer H1 because they get pinned well before the actual point of rollover threat." This is obviously inaccurate, even as you admit, because MOST actually do go to 45 degrees and a few do not.
Simply put, you came here to a year old thread to talk about your column in a magazine under the guise that you are an expert but when taken to task on your comments, you cry about it. I certainly have nothing to lose/gain by posting my opinions here but you should at least think before you type, being that you are an off-road editor and all.
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