@coach joe posted:Lee I was just kidding, I figured anyone that had ever driven any jeep CJ and older would realize the Samurai had a high COG. Marketing is where the problem was. Just like the old 3 wheeled ATVs. People watched the commercials of professional riders doin incredible things and bought them and let little Johnny have at it until he rolled it over on himself and broke some bones. Bye bye 3 wheelers.
Joe, I had no way to know you were kidding as so many people back then asked if I'd rolled the thing (as if you couldn't just look and tell it'd never rolled) and still does on those rare occasions when it comes up.
I must admit, of all the vehicles I've owned throughout my life, that is the one I miss the most. You couldn't go very fast in one, but it was a blast to drive, especially in the climate I lived in at the time, in North Florida.
I agree fully about the marketing for Suzuki; Samurais were marketed the same way sports cars were, and young people bought them and drove them outside the envelope of what would be safe for something like that. I grew up in a college town, so several rolled there, from mostly young people who'd been given them after high school or for college by parents who didn't think about it head of time (or more likely, never drove anything like that themselves).
