[medved]

There are legitimate uses for vans and SUVs, and occasionally you see somebody using one in a rational manner. The guy who uses a van or SUV to commute or drive around in, which, near as I can tell, is 90% of van and SUV owners, is a pig. That guy and california deserve eachother.

[AppyPappy]

guy who uses a van or SUV to commute or drive around in, which, near as I can tell, is 90% of van and SUV owners, is a pig.

Bull. My wife hauls the kids in an SUV and it is safer than the tin foil deathtrap she was driving.

[hedgetrimmer]

What are you, the car police? In Santa Cruz county many people commute in trucks or SUVs because if you drive a car with a low profile tire, and low to the ground like your average sedan, you cannot navigate the roads around here. Because we have so many communists in our county government, they do not keep the roads in good repair because they don't want you to be free to travel wherever and whenever you like. Being late to work because your tire popped hitting a pot hole is a very common excuse.

You should let people drive the car they want and worry about other things, like elitists who think they know whats best for everyone who pass unconstitutional laws forcing their totalitarion views on others.

[China Clipper]

Am I to understand that your decision of what is the right use of a SUV should determine whether or not I can own and use one? You have got to be kidding! Last I noticed, this is still a free country, and my decision on what vehicle to drive, commute in, or just cruise is NOT determined by your decisions, but mine. If I can afford it, and want to use it that is my decision, not yours. Please keep your decisions to yourself and your like friends, and don't try to force them on me.

[Fabozz]

"There are legitimate uses for vans and SUVs, and occasionally you see somebody using one in a rational manner. The guy who uses a van or SUV to commute or drive around in, which, near as I can tell, is 90% of van and SUV owners, is a pig."

Why stop there? There are legitimate uses for four-wheeled vehicles, and occasionally you see somebody using one in a rational manner. The guy who uses a sedan or compact car to commute or drive around in by himself, which, near as I can tell, is 90% of sedan owners, is a pig. A motorcycle would provide all his transportation needs and consume much less gasoline and road space.

[McLynnan]

The guy who uses a van or SUV to commute or drive around in, which, near as I can tell, is 90% of van and SUV owners, is a pig.

What do you drive? I will drive my SUV with no apologies to anybody. It suits my lifestyle and needs. I paid sales tax on it when I bought it, pay for my own gas, pay license and registration fees, and thus pay road taxes. In an effort to be a tiny bit more politically correct, I did recently trade down from a huge one to a more mid-size model. Get over it.

[freedomcrusader]

Where I used to work in Colorado, I knew two guys who commuted from the same part of town (5 min apart) and each of them drove their Expedition 30+ miles each way.

I'll have them both report to your re-education camp immediately!

[hopespringseternal]

The guy who uses a van or SUV to commute or drive around in, which, near as I can tell, is 90% of van and SUV owners, is a pig.

You are a liberal busybody who should mind his own business. And unless you ride a bicycle to work, you are a hypocrite.

[BlueLancer]

"There are legitimate uses for vans and SUVs, and occasionally you see somebody using one in a rational manner. The guy who uses a van or SUV to commute or drive around in, which, near as I can tell, is 90% of van and SUV owners, is a pig. That guy and california deserve each other."

Well, large houses use more energy than smaller houses, so Californians should also be restricted to homes that have one room per person, and one bathroom per house. If you're going to be the Rational Use Monitor, then let's really get it on: no limos, no taxi-use unless it's shared, buses may not operate unless they are full to capacity, elevators must not operate (after all, the stairs are there and functional, aren't they?).

I'm sure that you can come up with some other life-style restrictions for the rest of us ... but are the politicians and "celebrities" ready to do so as well? Not likely ...

So keep your hands off what I drive, what I live in, and how I decide to spend my money ... unless you feel personally brave enough to try and come and take it away from me. Then I will have to introduce you to my two very close friends .. Mr. Smith and Mr. Wesson.

[doodad]

whew, I feel so much better driving my camaro with the gutted cats and headers. Still trying to figure out how to shove more air and fuel through the system quickly, maybe you could help with your vast knowledge.

[Republicus2001]

I think goose-stepping Democrats are pigs!

[HIDEK6]

There are legitimate uses for vans and SUVs, and occasionally you see somebody using one in a rational manner. The guy who uses a van or SUV to commute or drive around in, which, near as I can tell, is 90% of van and SUV owners, is a pig. That guy and california deserve eachother.

I maintain that any person may use his legally purchased SUV for any legal purpose. Who are you to classify legitmate uses of a product that SOMEOME ELSE owns?

[John Jorsett]

The guy who uses a van or SUV to commute or drive around in, which, near as I can tell, is 90% of van and SUV owners, is a pig. That guy and california deserve each other.

When two people of my acquaintence were killed in separate traffic accidents (no SUVs involved, by the way), and a third seriously injured in another, I decided that having a mass of metal around me was a good strategy these days. So, yep, I'm one of the pigs just 'driving around' in a tank. If I'm ever hit, I hope to be a live pig.

[AlaskaErik]

The guy who uses a van or SUV to commute or drive around in, which, near as I can tell, is 90% of van and SUV owners, is a pig.

And who are you to make such a declaration? If I am productive enough to be able to afford an SUV, then it is my right to purchase one. I buy what I want, not what someone else thinks I should buy.

[Joe Hadenuf]

There are legitimate uses for vans and SUVs, and occasionally you see somebody using one in a rational manner. The guy who uses a van or SUV to commute or drive around in, which, near as I can tell, is 90% of van and SUV owners, is a pig. That guy and california deserve eachother.

Uh, if you don't mind me asking, what state do you reside in?

[Doctor Stochastic]

Another left-wing socialist telling people what they need.

[YOMO]

The guy who uses a van or SUV to commute or drive around in, which, near as I can tell, is 90% of van and SUV owners, is a pig. .................
They can have my SUV when they pry my cold dead fingers off the steerting wheel.

[Nuke'm Glowing]

OINK here. It's my choice. Why should I ever give that up? Why should the government mandate what vehicle I drive. Next thing you know we'll all be ordered to drive white Geo-type econodeathcars. Screw that. I've been in one accident in a small car and two surgeries later and a lifetime of problems to go, hell would have to freeze before I drive another one. Sorry, I'll be a pig. A safe pig. And if you don't like it, relocate to N. Korea. That way you can have government protection and mandates over everything you do. Meanwhile, let capitalism work in our country. If the nation wants those crappy little death traps, then they'll buy them.

[reillyoburbank]

B.S. Who are you to tell me what kind of car I can drive? The point is government has no business telling anyone what they can drive, eat, say, do (within the law of course) or where they can travel. Last time I looked this was still a "free" country. I am a Californian and proud of it! I don't care what kind of car the people in the lane next to me drive as long as they don't try to tell me what I can drive. You need a shot of reality here medved.

[Grampa Dave]

More kind rationale from an Car Nazi!

What do you drive Mr Pure?

[UpToHere]

SUV owners, is a pig

Not gonna honk, just gonna "oink, oink..."