*hugs* The vitriol here is NOT aimed at you, pumpkin... but it's a strong enough issue for me that this -is- the nice version. Just... try not to be too mad at me, okie?
I live in the suburbs, spend an inordinate amount of my behind the wheel time in the country, am built large enough that I have to either choose an SUV or a full sized van/truck just to not have my head stuck into the roof, and have a tendency to be hauling anywhere from 50 - 350 pounds of computer/electronics gear with me at any given time.
The shitheads I'm speaking of are the five-foot-nothing pencilnecks that want to be rabid little chihuahuas at my feet and yammer about 'elevated emissions' (which is bullshit; the Explorer's cleaner than half the current Toyota/Honda lines), elevated fuel costs (the Explorer is -the- most economical vehicle in the size class I require), 'environmental impact' (which doesn't happen unless they, and yes it usually is the SAME shitheads, change lanes without looking first and nearly hit me, forcing me to make my OWN damned road to get away from their ignorant selves), and 'aesthetic pain'.
That last one... came from the Driver of a Scion Xb. I very nearly peed myself laughing at this uptight little dick telling me MY vehicle was ugly, when he was driving a Kenny's shoebox.
I have driver/passenger protection. I have the best fuel economy in the class. I have lower 'harmful emissions' than the vast majority of what's on the road. I have enough space that I'm not having to hang the other half of me out the window just to fit inside. I've enough cargo space to hold the gear I carry without damaging anything. I've got clean body lines and a very pretty pearled green paint job. Should an emergency situation arise, I've enough power and durability to get through it with a minimum of damage.
And I've got a titanium cane that I'm going to shove up the ass (sideways, mind you) of the next poppinjay prickling that gets in my grill.
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Date: 2005-03-18 05:14 pm (UTC)I live in the suburbs, spend an inordinate amount of my behind the wheel time in the country, am built large enough that I have to either choose an SUV or a full sized van/truck just to not have my head stuck into the roof, and have a tendency to be hauling anywhere from 50 - 350 pounds of computer/electronics gear with me at any given time.
The shitheads I'm speaking of are the five-foot-nothing pencilnecks that want to be rabid little chihuahuas at my feet and yammer about 'elevated emissions' (which is bullshit; the Explorer's cleaner than half the current Toyota/Honda lines), elevated fuel costs (the Explorer is -the- most economical vehicle in the size class I require), 'environmental impact' (which doesn't happen unless they, and yes it usually is the SAME shitheads, change lanes without looking first and nearly hit me, forcing me to make my OWN damned road to get away from their ignorant selves), and 'aesthetic pain'.
That last one... came from the Driver of a Scion Xb. I very nearly peed myself laughing at this uptight little dick telling me MY vehicle was ugly, when he was driving a Kenny's shoebox.
I have driver/passenger protection. I have the best fuel economy in the class. I have lower 'harmful emissions' than the vast majority of what's on the road. I have enough space that I'm not having to hang the other half of me out the window just to fit inside. I've enough cargo space to hold the gear I carry without damaging anything. I've got clean body lines and a very pretty pearled green paint job. Should an emergency situation arise, I've enough power and durability to get through it with a minimum of damage.
And I've got a titanium cane that I'm going to shove up the ass (sideways, mind you) of the next poppinjay prickling that gets in my grill.