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I drive an 'SUV'. It's over 10 years old too.
I am also very careful to keep it tuned up and running right. I only drive it when I have to but honestly the room is unbeatable. It holds our bikes and can haul around my dogs, skis and a weekends worth of luggage too and not blink.
Sure it gets 14MPG and I would max out the filling quota on one of my credit cards and have to start filling it again when gas was so high but it was at the time I bought it the safest SUV on the road (although maybe that was because it spent so little time on the road those first 2 years. Mercedes quality? BAH!). And, in this economy, it's paid for... Biking isn't an option in my very bike unfriendly town. I've almost been hit twice while riding. 'Almost' is enough for me...
How to live with the decisions that you have made...
If I had it to do over, I'd probably have chosen a different car but at the time I needed a vehicle and that one was available cheap (dealer demo) and I liked the safety and at least the perceived 'quality' PR spin.
I have thought about getting a Prius but the idea of taking on a car payment in this economy sounds deranged... I'll keep it running as long as I can and turn it over to be recycled...
