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Monday, January 5, 2009 12:00 AM

Did I just buy an SUV?

I didn't mean to. I am an environmentalist. Really. But before I knew it, there it was, in front of my house.
By Mark Benjamin

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  • Monday, January 5, 2009 02:06 PM

    Mitsu Outlander is no crime

    Mikes Pace...classic

    Then--Tommy and Billy and Jane and Bobby and Jeff and Stacey

    Now--Sage and Hunter and Apple and Riley and Eli and Scout

    The hilarity of juxtaposing millenial yuppie kid's names with 1970's kid's names also brought me back to the days of being crammed into the back of a Oldsmobile Deluxe Cruiser wagon, third row facing backwards, sans seatbelt.

    Also very amused by the predictable rancor/uproar generated by this ever-so-slightly naughty purchase of this "SUV."

    Hey folks, this guy didn't buy an SUV, he bought a toy. Cut him some slack. Come to TX where I live & witness the endless parade of skyscrapers-on-wheels rolling the highways...tricked-out Suburbans, Excursions, Tahoes.....even the four-door, dual-wheel pickups. Now THOSE are glacier-killers.

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