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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
I just purchased a small SUV hybrid. The mileage stats are 31 highway and 34 city. We do most of our driving in the city. Why not a smaller vehicle? I am 72, 6' 2" tall and disabled. All the Prius's in the world are useless to me if I can't get in them.
The vehicle is meeting expectations for mileage, is comfortable, is fun to drive and is American.
I also forced the dealer to replace the engine under warranty after it started using too much oil...
'But it doesn't smell like it's burning oil' says the dealer. 'But it is and I don't like it. Besides your salesman told me about that 'incredible reliability' of the Mercedes engine and it doesn't even have 40,000 miles on it. Please replace it.'
They did and made a big point out of showing me the old block and proclaiming that they didn't find anything wrong but I felt much better that they did. I didn't want the thing blowing that much oil into the environment...
I'll never buy another one again but after the first 4 years, it has been a good car...
It's those that can't afford to keep their cars maintained that should frighten people that want to save the environment. All the smokers and chokers... They are going to grow by leaps and bounds now that no one can afford to replace, or fix, their four wheeled pollution machines...
A friend bought a Lexus hybrid and I pointed out that they could have done a better job choosing a better fit.
They drive mostly highway miles negating the hybrid feature...
But they feel good driving it. Go figure...
Funny how people managed to get by for decades without the "cargo" space that SUVs provide. You fell for the marketing hook,line, and sinker. I'd totally buy a party-van over an SUV any day. While the gas mileage is terrible on "Party Vans", you can't argue with the cargo space provided in those things, and you get to paint evil wizards and naked warrior chicks riding polar bears on the door.
The country is loaded with "environmentalists" just like you.
If you're looking for absolution, go elsewhere. Why do you need any of these overly large vehicles? Don't tell me it's the kids. By definition kids are small and compact. When I was a wee one, three of us fit in the back of a Carolla. The Corolla is almost twice the size of the 79 we fit into, don't tell me kids have expanded at the same rate.
Odd your bicycle doesn't fit in your dinoguzzler, mine fits in my 35mpg Honda Fit.
I didnt mean to. I'm a feminist. Really. But before I knew it there she was, on the floor.
This article attempts to assuage your well-founded guilt. I only hope you don't take others down this road with you. Has it occurred to you that Americans are dying and being maimed in the Middle East to support your insatiable appetite for petrol? This is no laughing matter. What kind of an American are you?
I own an Acadia CUV (GMC) that I love. It's the first vehicle I have ever owned that my husband can actually get into. All the other ones were like a sardine can for him. He couldn't fit his 6 foot 200 pound frame into them without his knees being under his chin. I also hauled a desk my granddaughter bought to her home. She didn't have any way of getting it there. Along with numerous other things. I am like the guy earlier who made mention of that fact what good does it do to complain about SUV's destroying the planet when literally nothing is being done about birth control that is going to drive the human race into oblivion. I see it as being a far more important issue.
So, here we are in the Sam's Club parking lot in Fort Collins, Colorado. Almost all the vehicles I walk past, once I've parked my Ford F-250 "Powerstroke" diesel pickup, are SUVs. Almost all of these bright FWD boxes belong to people who, ironically, hate WalMart and think of themselves as environmentalists. I am one of them. I hate Walmart but shop at Sam's. I favor a high gas tax to help wean us from the imported oil we all love to hate, but I hate ponying up to fill the forty-gallon diesel tank on my truck.
In the Sam's Club parking lot, all the moms are beautiful, all the men successful. They all have bike racks on the backs of their SUVs and ski racks on top. Most of these folks are up to their eyeballs in debt, thanks in large part to the high price of buying, driving, maintaining, insuring, and pampering their overpriced sport utility vehicles.
I hope the price per barrel of oil doesn't stay below $75.00, so we all don't backslide into SUV-Land when we need a new rig. Let's face it, we need greener cars. But I don't want to get rid of my beloved pickup truck, either. Looking at my truck, as I return with my goodies from Sam's Club, makes me feel good -- I feel big, solid, rugged, and handsome. Listening to that "Powerstoke" pumping out horsepower as I drive away makes my penis hard. And what man doesn't love that?
Are we confused about SUVs? Sure. Will we sacrifice polar bears and our children's futures so we can keep driving them to hockey practice? You darned betcha we will.
Because frankly, about 2/3rds of American adults are too damn fat to squeeze into a normal car. In a few years all minivans will come with a Rascal Scooter option with the electric lift ramp to derrick your bulk in and out of.
Mark, what were you thinking? The planet is in peril and you want to throw $$$ into a SUV crossover/bendover? Who had you by the balls? Well, it is what it is as my Dad used to say. I just hope you don't stop recycling. I'll send you a copy of John Denver's Greatest Hits to listen to so you can pretend that you're in the Rockies while looking for a parking space downtown.
Happy New Year Mother Earth!
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