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    Chevy Volt To Get 230 MPG City Fuel Economy Rating

    Video: SUV Owner Strikes Back and Tows a Tow Truck
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    Image of sos10 sos10
    12/10/08

    In reply to Video: SUV Owner Strikes Back and Tows a Tow Truck
    100% fake
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    Image of simpsomatt simpsomatt
    12/10/08

    In reply to Video: SUV Owner Strikes Back and Tows a Tow Truck
    It's hard to be sure with the low-quality video, but it looks like the tow-truck's rear wheels aren't rolling. So maybe it is in Park and being dragged. Hard to believe that the SUV would have the power to drag the wheels like that, but maybe it does. (I have seen a tow-truck drag a car out of a parking place with the car in Park and the wheels skidding).
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/10/08

    @simpsomatt: I would think that if the car is partially elevated, it wouldn't have enough force against the ground to gain traction like this, especially to get enough traction to drag a tow truck with its brake on.
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    Image of FredicvsMaximvs FredicvsMaximvs
    12/10/08

    In reply to Video: SUV Owner Strikes Back and Tows a Tow Truck
    Definitely viral. The YouTube user even makes a point of including the make and model of the vehicle in the video description.
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    Image of adamhunterpeck adamhunterpeck
    12/10/08

    In reply to Video: SUV Owner Strikes Back and Tows a Tow Truck
    Really, who would be recording this?
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    Image of frigg frigg
    12/10/08

    @adamhunterpeck: TBWA\Chiat\Day
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    12/10/08

    In reply to Video: SUV Owner Strikes Back and Tows a Tow Truck
    Pure shillery
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    Image of frigg frigg
    12/10/08

    In reply to Video: SUV Owner Strikes Back and Tows a Tow Truck
    That's gotta be fake since the store behind the two truck is famous for its soup dumplings, and based on the lighting, it's midday and would ordinarily be teeming with customers.
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    Image of BigDragon BigDragon
    12/10/08

    In reply to Video: SUV Owner Strikes Back and Tows a Tow Truck
    Just another reason why SUV's are the best! Not sure what took GM so long to bring that thing to the states. It definitely looks like a staged video, but a lot of people around there do have cellphones with video features.
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    12/10/08

    @BigDragon: SUV's are nothing more than minivans on stilts. Besides, this would be unsuccessful in real life, because your average SUV is 4WD, thus can't do this without messing up the rear end, and the tow truck driver would probably be well prepared for this kind of shenanigans (You try to tow your average tow truck. You'll get maybe a foot, if you're lucky)
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    Image of BigDragon BigDragon
    12/10/08

    @Kaiser-Machead: When I sit down in my Escape and drive it around, it doesn't feel like a Caravan. I think you forget the wide range of SUV's out there. Sure, if you sit in the Chevy in this video it'll feel like a minivan like you said, but an Escape, Cherokee/Patriot, xTerra, and others are quite different from minivans. I'm not sure that all SUV's are 4WD either. Mine is, but when I was shopping for one late last year I kept coming across 2WD models at all price points.


    I too would expect the tow truck driver to be prepared for an altercation, but I also know police officers sometimes fail to put their own vehicles in park from time to time. It's possible this guy was having a Murphy's Law kind of day, but, as I said, it looks staged.

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    12/10/08

    @BigDragon: Unless the SUV is based off of a FWD compact/midsize, like the CRV and the like, it's a fair guess that most SUV's that aren't 4WD are RWD, especially the likes of Chevy, Ford, and Nissan.
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    12/10/08

    In reply to Video: SUV Owner Strikes Back and Tows a Tow Truck
    That thing got a hemi??
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/10/08

    @blazedshaggy: Isn't that just a tad blasphemous?@BigDragon:
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    Image of ZetaCrossfire ZetaCrossfire
    12/10/08

    In reply to Video: SUV Owner Strikes Back and Tows a Tow Truck
    This is why i have a chevy
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    12/10/08

    @ZetaCrossfire: marketing? oops! musn't awake the fanbois.... *shhhhh*
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    Image of Earthslide Earthslide
    12/10/08

    In reply to Video: SUV Owner Strikes Back and Tows a Tow Truck
    There's a Chevy ad above the comment section!
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    12/10/08

    @Earthslide: Sounds like someone hasn't been taking their Adblock-itrol...
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    12/10/08

    @bpapa9013: But I concur, that video does look rather staged.
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    Image of Unknown2U Unknown2U
    12/10/08

    In reply to Video: SUV Owner Strikes Back and Tows a Tow Truck
    Is that real? Looks like some weird viral marketing
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    Image of Serolf Divad Serolf Divad
    12/10/08

    @Unknown2U:


    Yup, first thing that popped into my head, too. The guy's a little too passive and she's a little too hot looking.

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    Image of superhappyfuntime superhappyfuntime
    12/10/08

    In reply to Video: SUV Owner Strikes Back and Tows a Tow Truck
    Me thinks this is a viral video released by chevy.
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    Image of Charging Mooses Charging Mooses
    12/10/08

    @latterman: methinks too!

    of course if it isnt, then thats the first and only time that city-person is going to use that much horepower.
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    12/10/08

    @Charging_Mooses: *** gahhh horsepower!

    horsepower!

    not horepower!
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    Image of maztec maztec
    12/10/08

    @Charging_Mooses: whorepower?
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    12/10/08

    @maztec: whorespower!
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