>What annoys me is the Hummers I see driving down impeccably paved streets, >their owners sipping lattes from Starbucks and sporting "Drill Baby Drill" >bumper stickers. Admit it, that is a *lot* of SUV owners. Possibly most. > >Pickup trucks and SUVs have their place. I used to have an old F150 once >upon a time. I bought it because yeah, I was moving a lot that summer, and >the little Toyota sedan I took into Texas hill country was not cutting the >mustard on the deep ruts and scattered boulders of Utopia's back roads. And >oh yeah, it was the used vehicle currently for sale in that town of 300 >people :) But honestly now... most people don't need them. >
Driving in the DC area, I see far too many of this type. Huge Escalades or Landrovers fully tricked out and the driver swilling a decaf latte made from skim milk. Most of those things get millage in the single digits. What even more aggravating is that they have major temper tantrums when driving down I95 or I66 over the high occupancy lanes. Selfish, self centered and with an obnoxious level of self entitlement. 90% of them have the drill baby drill bumper sticker or other pro right wing republican stickers on them. As far as I'm concerned, there should be an obnoxiousness tax on their land yachts just for that irritating lot. FWIW for city driving I'm averaging over 32 mpg in the new Mini and in the high 30's on the highway. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:301178 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
