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Post by nightmare75 on Oct 17, 2007 15:35:41 GMT -5
I can see a justification for owning a big SUV. Maybe you have a big family with three or four kids and you like to take roadtrips or haul a boat and the family out to the lake or something. The problem for me comes in when Mummy or Da-Da decide to drive the big honkin' SUV to the city by themselves everyday. That's just ridiculous and flagrantly bad for the environment.
I like what my neighbors do. They own a Chevy Suburban, presumably for their 3 (with a fourth coming, I think) children and their long yearly road trip to Texas and for hauling kids and friends around town. But they also own a Prius and a Mitsubishi Galant for when the parents commute. Why can't more people be sensible like that? If you have to have an SUV for commuting, couldn't you at least stick to a Ford Escape or Toyota Highlander or something like that? Those will at least make ~25 mpg on the highway and can be just as nice on the inside as a Suburban or something like that.
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Post by IGNIGNOC on Oct 18, 2007 2:48:44 GMT -5
The SUV has a purpose, for sure. However, that purpose is most decidedly NOT as a status symbol. It is to haul more than ONE person over less-than-ideal terrain (such as OFF-ROAD?!?!zomg), hence the designation SPORT Utility Vehicle. If you want to haul a lot of people across town, or on long trips, get a van. They're more aerodynamic, get better gas mileage and can be far more comfortable than any SUV.
Also, I have a big problem with the asshats that purchase 2-ton pickup trucks with the biggest, baddest turbo-diesel engines, duallies and crew-cab, which will NEVER, EVAR haul anything heaver than his fat ass around the city. Generally, those things are expensive, so if you can afford to get one, you can probably afford to get a Geo Prism (with its 35mpg) as well for around-town driving. Honestly, it's time to stop living like a hedonist...
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Post by ciscokid on Oct 18, 2007 11:58:34 GMT -5
Those trucks are awesome! Driving around the suburbs, showroom clean, not a grit of mud on the 40" tires, spotless chrome rims, bedliner, and sometimes carrying a dirtbike. Said dirtbike is also totally spotless aside from the dead bugs collecting on the front of the handlebars from doing 80+mph on the freeway.
Then you get closer to it and see the cowgirl up sticker on the back window and find this monster being piloted by a 4'11", 98 lb. barbie doll.
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Post by Nemesis on Oct 18, 2007 17:59:33 GMT -5
Some nutjobs at my work butcher the beauty of the English language.
One of them got to the point of saying: "be vewy caweful with your system inputs"
It instantly reminded of Elmer Fudd, from Looney Tunes.
"SHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! Be vewy, vewy quiet. I'm hunting wabbits! huhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuh"
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Post by nightmare75 on Oct 18, 2007 23:37:49 GMT -5
Do a lot of people in Portugal speak English?
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Post by DeltaMustang65 on Nov 24, 2007 5:11:26 GMT -5
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Post by coley666 on Nov 24, 2007 6:12:53 GMT -5
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Post by vitg on Nov 26, 2007 1:29:14 GMT -5
A very personal Phail - After slogging my way to 96 % complete, including 41 Gold Licence & 7 Silver my GT3 save game died Nooooooo !!!! Just cannot face doing it all again just yet, not that fond of GT3 if the truth be told anyway. Might just finish all Gold Licence, just for own satisfaction, and do the rest in about 6 months or so. Goddam I am pissed. Time for a drink.
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Post by ciscokid on Nov 26, 2007 13:34:09 GMT -5
I've gone back to play GT3 a couple times since GT4 came out. Meh... those gold licenses are awfully difficult to aquire.
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Post by JV on Nov 26, 2007 16:08:28 GMT -5
I am playing GT3 right now! My PS2 refuses to read GT4
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Post by nightmare75 on Nov 26, 2007 17:03:15 GMT -5
My GT3 save still has all bronze license tests >___>
I was never into GT3 the way I'm into GT4. I'm not at 100% in two saves yet, but it wouldn't take a lot of effort.
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Post by DeltaMustang65 on Nov 29, 2007 17:36:36 GMT -5
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Post by Lupin_IV on Mar 12, 2009 23:39:52 GMT -5
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Post by nightmare75 on Mar 13, 2009 11:47:31 GMT -5
That's just funny. What in the hell were they thinking? I was convinced that they were going to roll the Jeep, but then the front axle snapped off. And they just kept going! After the axle went, I would've stopped and said, "Hey, maybe we should think about this a little . Or maybe call a professional" but no, they had to keep trying. They were going to be damned if the mud bog beat them.
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Post by ½ A Gram on Mar 13, 2009 16:17:37 GMT -5
does't it make sense, if you're going to try a straight up "yank out" in a mud bog like that, to attach the towline to oh, I dunno...the frame? In...oh...I dunno....multiple points?
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