Re: Why indeed

On 5/12/2011 12:50 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
On Wed, 11 May 2011 20:20:43 -0700, "Julie Bove"
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"Pete C."<aux3.DOH.4@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"gloria.p" wrote:

On 5/11/2011 4:28 PM, Pete C. wrote:


The few "Smart" cars I see on the roads here literally scare me. I
expect a gust of wind to blow them in front of my truck where I will
punt them onto someone's roof.

Pete you are strongly reminding me of the song "Macho, macho man..."

You drive a big truck because it's your choice. Many of us have made
other choices that we are happy with. Why are you so defensive?

I'm correcting the very false claims that people who drive large
vehicles do so to impress others somehow, the very false claims that
people who drive large vehicles whine about fuel prices, etc.

And the bit about the "Smart" cars scaring me is entirely true, I am
uncomfortable when they are near me on the highway. I've read reports on
them from reputable sources that indicate their handling is pretty
abysmal, and I find they somehow have less visibility than a motorcycle.

I know some people who own trucks simply because they love trucks! I don't
think they are doing it to impress people.

My nephew drives a truck. It's not a super big one. That truck has helped
him to make some money. People pay him to haul away junk or pick up large
items for them that wouldn't fit in their vehicle.

No regular automobile is of any use to me and price has nothing to do
with it... the priciest luxury sedans can't navigate here in winter or
on unpaved roads in spring and fall. For me a 4 X 4 with big wheels
is a necessity, in rural areas those roller skate sized piss pots are
useless for most of the year.

I will need to mention that to my friend who has a Smartcar and lives in a mountainous rural area and is able to drive every single day.

Those who commute to work via
Interstate can use small vehicles but around here that necessitates
long round about routes getting to the Interstates, not possible
during inclement weather and even in mild weather the extra distance
wastes more fuel than driving a large vehicle directly. During the
fuel shortage of the '70s I tried a motorcycle, it was great going to
work on a nice sunny morning, but countless times I had to bum a ride
home when a huge rain storm kicked up mid day... I did the bicycle
thang too, absolutely useless when weather prevents peddling home...
and both are extremely dangerous. If someone t-bones me while I'm
driving my Landcruiser odds are good I can walk away... I don't want
to think about driving some silly Pinto-like circus car let alone a
cycle. Driving so-called poor mileage vehicles all my life I learned
long ago about conservation, best is not to drive unnecessarily and as
much as possible carpool... many of my neighbors phone each other
about planning shopping trips together. The nearest decent shopping
is about a twenty mile drive, I have neighbors that we typically
carpool at least two, often three of us go together, we take turns
driving... we all have SUVs, couldn't all three of us fit with our
packages in a tiny pisspot. I rarely see large vehicles with fewer
than two occupants but at least 90% of the gas misers on the road only
contain the driver and the only social life they have, a cell phone.

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