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Yellowstone mom
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We just ordered a 2004 Sienna which will arrive in 100 days. This past week, our '95 Windstar died--leaving us w/o a car until the Sienna arrives. Ultimately, we'd like to have 2 vehicles.
Here is our dilemma: We live in Yellowstone N.P. where our only road in/out is a 2-lane 70mph speed limit road (60miles long) where tourists, RV's, delivery trucks, and local-rancher-large pickup trucks are all passing one another on curves, hills and double-yellow lines. We'd like to look at AWD wagons (like a Subaru Forester/Outback) as a 2nd vehicle, but we worry that getting hit head on by these larger vehicles will be fatal - - since we'd be lower to the ground in a smaller vehicle than our (soon-to-come) Sienna. QUESTION: Wouldn't mass and height matter on a road like this? (Our 7-yr old would sit in the back middle seat-- where we hope the combination of side air bags and low rollover potential will keep her safe.)
Here is our dilemma: We live in Yellowstone N.P. where our only road in/out is a 2-lane 70mph speed limit road (60miles long) where tourists, RV's, delivery trucks, and local-rancher-large pickup trucks are all passing one another on curves, hills and double-yellow lines. We'd like to look at AWD wagons (like a Subaru Forester/Outback) as a 2nd vehicle, but we worry that getting hit head on by these larger vehicles will be fatal - - since we'd be lower to the ground in a smaller vehicle than our (soon-to-come) Sienna. QUESTION: Wouldn't mass and height matter on a road like this? (Our 7-yr old would sit in the back middle seat-- where we hope the combination of side air bags and low rollover potential will keep her safe.)
