For those keeping score...I share Larry's disdain for those he describes below (though the bumper stickers he describes don't annoy me as much). So maybe this one is a draw?
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Larry Lyons<larrycly...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>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:301223 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
