Thursday Aug 09, 2007

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So, I'm pretty proud to be a liberal but sometimes liberal types just confuse me. I was driving down the road and pulled behind an old VW bus the other day and the only bumper sticker he had was those 'one less SUV' ones. Then again I'm just assuming he's a liberal type. But I'm thinking, yeah, one less SUV but you're driving a BUS! That's no GEO metro there. Never mind at the moment I read this I was about to pass out from the exhaust fumes this thing was spewing. The emmissions from that old thing had to be way worse than any new SUV and I'm sure the fuel econmy isn't any better. Plus from my past experiences from owning old VW's and from friends who have had them, you pretty much have to constantly ad oil to these things from leakagae and excess burnage. One less SUV, come on. That is about as good as those "I'm for clean air" stickers you used to see on every other piece of crap old VW a few years ago.
acet:
I'm pretty sure that sticker was a bit of hipster irony, which is one of Portland's biggest exports.
dmac:
I drive one of those "satanic spawn" SUV's and, in fact, I don't get all that bad of gas mileage! That, and I pass the DEQ every single bloody time. Bigger does not necessarily mean badder but I'm afraid some people just don't see it that way. *sigh* Besides, I'm only five foot three and driving a big ol' Pathfinder puts me up high above the rest of the traffic. It's the only time in my life that I actually get to feel "tall" and it's a perspective that makes me feel much safer than having my ass draggin' on the ground in some little sub-compact that gets 300 miles to the gallon. IT's all about the trade-off, I suppose. Good gas mileage vs. feeling safer on the road.

Hmmmm, why am I justifying all this to you??? Probably because I've taken so much shit from liberal Portlanders over the years and have developed an overly sensitive attitude about my vehicle. Sorry for the rant..... frown

How've you been lately, BTW. Sorry I've been so absent at SGPDX functions. Still working my ass off, like 65 hours a week. In fact, today was the first day in like 45 days that I've actually NOT had to go into the office. Crazy....... whatever

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