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Originally Posted by JumpinJesus
One of the questions I've always asked myself is: why are people so defensive about their cars?
Okay, I haven't always asked it, but I do whenever I read threads like this.
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I think when it comes to SUV's it's about size. It's hard to drive them and stay in a lane designed for horse buggy, so many downtown streets are difficult. It's usually impossible to park and take one space. They suck up gas, so if the whole supply and demand thing is true they are contributing to rising fuel cost. As I said I have a F-150, not really an SUV- it's technically a truck. But with the canopy it's really not much different really. When I'm driving in urban areas I find myself in two lanes and when I park I almost always end up taking up two spaces. Though I do try to find an empty area of the lot as far from the store as possible. Otherwise I end up returning to my truck and find I can't get it, several posts here confirm my suspicion that that may not always be an accident on the part of other drivers. It's not like I think to myself "fuck everyone else I want two spaces" or "screw the people behind me, I'm a two lane kinda guy." No, I end up doing these things because it's too big to do anything else. People see these things, notice one guy driving and it pisses them off. Honestly I see their point. Then you have people giving crap to large vehicle drivers and it causes them to become defensive.
I saw a comedian once who asked "Will the owner of the Hummer please raise your hand so the rest of us can beat the crap out of you." There was lot of applause.