RE: SUV's suck
Greeting from Memphis, the car-jack car-stealin rape capitol of America SUV's suck. I can fit my PA, 2 guitars, small amp, and even a 3 piece drum kit in my 62 Mercury (and the dingle balls, hula girl, black power air freshener, and dice look pretty fabulous driving down the road too). Yes, I carry a cell phone in case I get stuck in the ghetto. But if I do in my car, I know enough about it to maybe get it going again (unless I am stupid enpough to run out of gas got mugged once when I let that happen). But atleast in my car, no one in the ghetto want to mess with me as much as if I was in a brand new $500 a month SUV. Hell, they could figure out how to crank my car! And with my neon under plate floaters, they sure as hell will be easily spotted when I get the cops on thier ass.
Re: SUV's suck
Good for you, and I'm glad you love your 62 Merc. I happen to love my SUV, fit all my gear into it, I'm a damn good driver, and I hate Starbuck's. This is much like the music debate, either you like it or you don't...but please don't try and stamp a # on my forehead and call me just another asshole because I drive an SUV. This is great. Here we are, an incredibly open minded community when it comes to music, but quick to plug SUV drivers as a certain type. My wife owns an Pathfinder, and I am thrilled. Unlike her last little dinky car, I like the idea that she's got a hunk o metal around her surrounding her. Makes me feel more at ease that she's gonna come home to me unscathed every single day. I like that feeling when it comes to the most important thing I have going in my life. That's worth the price and the stigma right there. Of course, the reason *to* bag on SUVs is because their emission standards are lower than cars. In LA, this means the quality of air, which actually has been improving in recent years, is on the way toward greater brownness again. To me, that's enough of a reason to never buy one again. I don't like contributing to the further deterioration of the air I breathe. Anyhoo, OBTwang, the new Alejandro is quite nice, if a bit brief. Nine songs, half of them covers, the other half equally as engaging originals. It's mostly acoustic rock with strings, not unlike most of the live album. Off to work. I got me a day job for awhile. Gone (temporarily) are the days of sweats, slippers and cats. Neal Weiss
RE: SUV's suck
I can fit my PA, 2 guitars, small amp, and even a 3 piece drum kit in my 62 Mercury (and the dingle balls, hula girl, black power air freshener, and dice look pretty fabulous driving down the road too). OK, I can accept someone who is driving a Ford Escort station wagon to say that SUVs are gas guzzling machines. I'm a little more confused by somone owning a 62 Mercury trashing SUVs. If it's because you hate the people that often drive them (and I won't say 'always'), that's fine. Hopefully you don't mind when those same people make rash judgements about you as a slacker musician driving an old car. (My point there isn't that you are a slacker musician- my point is, stereotypes aren't always true). Sure, there are assholes who drive SUVs and there are a lot of people who think they can handle like a car. There are also assholes who drive every type of car imagineable. If you hate SUVs because they are gas guzzling machines, my guess is, the emissions on a 62 Mercury are probably not going through a catalytic converter so it's doing more than it's fair share of polluting. Plus, I doubt it's getting the 35 MPG that the Escort is. And then we have people living in split level suburban homes bashing SUVs. Would those be suburban homes that either a) destroyed farmlands b) wetlands or c) some animal habitat or just contributed to the fact that we all need cars in the first place to drive from our suburban sprawl to our jobs?. How did George Jones' driving mistake turn into this conversation? Jee-sus! -paul [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Enough, please (was RE: SUV's suck
Please be considerate when using P2. The great majority of folks do not subscribe to P2 to discuss SUVs. No doubt there are plenty of folks with strong opinions about them, pro and con, but please try to find a more appropriate place to vent them. The traffic on P2 can be awfully overwhelming, even when we stay more-or-less on-topic.--don
