You are absolutely right! I've owned lawn tractors with more hp.
Yet a *smug-factor* kicks in when I'm sitting in traffic next to a car that is costing the owner $375.+ in monthly payments...huge repair fees and costs of high-test fuel.
Sure it has AWD, a NAV system, CD player. *Ronnie Raygun* Smugness: No payments, my property taxes went from $500./year to $37....insurance cut 75%....I'll never have to visit an emissions inspection station again....instead of a $98. fill-up at the pump, it's $30. tops. So what if a bicycle passes me on a hill ....I'm happy, comfortable and even camp.
Go ahead and tease me...I can take it. They criticized *Reaganomics* ....'tis my version thereof.....furthermore....*Facts are stupid things.* ;D
Hey, I'm with ya'. Well, halfway, anyhow.
I'm driving a '97 Crown Vic P71 with 200K on the clock. Insurance is cheap. Property taxes are cheap. And I only paid 1100 bucks for it five years ago. I do a lot of my own maintenance on it, so that's reasonable. It uses 87 octane regular.
True, it only gets bout 18 mpg around town, a little better on the highway, but I probably drive less than 6000 miles a year, so the out of pocket cost for gas is quite reasonable (I'm retired).
In the meantime, I have no problem merging onto the freeway, and I've got plenty of room to park my fat butt in comfort. Hey, to each his own!
Full disclosure: I've got a '91 Festiva as a backup.
Hey, I didn't mean any disrespect. I was just havin' a little fun with you.