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Originally Posted by JustJess
I don't care how much money you feel like spending - then go burn it in a huge pile in your fireplace, if that's what you want to do. But your choice to waste a whole lot of fuel DOES affect me, and everyone else. It means you're burning through the supply we have even faster, and sending yet more pollution into the air, and you're still in a really huge car in the way and 9 out of 10 times, you're acting like an asshole (that's the general you, not YOU you).
As for SUVs, trucks, etc: I think 8 out of 10 people (and we all know how reliable my decided stats are!  ) who own them in MY area (being NYC, Queens, all very urban) are just dicks who want to have huge cars and drive like, well, dicks. They're unnecessary and annoying to the rest of us, and wasteful as hell. Their business? Sure, until they are parking poorly, taking up more than their fair share of space, driving like idiots, etc. So no, they're not any better than Hummers. Hummers are just the most extreme example of the assholes I'm talking about.
I'm not complaining about necessary usage, I'm complaining about ego usage. If you have that much of a complex, buy a sports car and get the hell out of my way. |
I can only assume your car is electric or at the very least a compact hybrid, for anything bigger is a waste of gas in which you would join group of dicks that you despise. Granted this thread really isn't about hummers but instead your hate for people who can have excess without even blinking an eye but not even freedom is free. Having to live with the decisions people make, whether you like them or not, is the cost of having freedom. Deal with it! If you really wanna gripe I think being concerned that north korea is playing with nukes is more a concern than your neighbors driving big SUV's.
The original Hummer H1 is a great utility vehicle. Why you may ask, just ask any military officer who has used/been in one. Now the H2 and the H3 are crap because they are nothing like the H1, they are just dumbed down fancy large SUV's like the escalade because the general public doesn't need nor can they afford military grade hardware.
Last thought, you have to keep in mind although not everyone needs a large vehicle some people actually do. Your not gonna fit a family of 6 in a toyota prius, nor would you trailer a 24' boat with it. Now granted when they don't need the use of a larger vehicle they could drive a smaller one but not everyone can afford or keep an extra vehicle.