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LETTERS

Letter: Hey smart guy, why do you say SUV's support terrorism?
Letter: Hey Gas Pig, I gave you the ticket today - hope you saw it on your windshield
Letter: You ignorant fool, or should I say, you arrogant fool
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Letters 1/20 and 1/21:
More Letters 1/20 and 1/21
More Letters 1/20 and 1/21
Letter: I love my SUV, I love having a multi-purpose vehicle. But I really hate a lot of the stereotypes that are flying around.
Letter: even if I do not agree with your views, using a C119 in an anti-gashog publicitystunt is kind of counter productive Letter: If you want to be a more credible website... you need to get you facts straight. Letter: Hey, What's up with photo62.htm?
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Letter: This week I forked over $17, usually it hovers around the $13. I love my car.
Letter: I want to be socially responsible, and I was on the edge of chucking my civic duty for a truck that got under 20 mpg. I couldn't reconcile it, though, and seeing none with a higher fuel economy, left happy with my 89 Corolla with the bike rack
Letters: #1 I live in manhattan on a low floor near very busy Broadway -- #2 I ride a bike to work nearly every day, and have to weave around between the lumbering behemoths on their cellphones trying to kill me on a daily basis.. -- #3 I'm in the process of preparing a Production GT rally car and would love to run the GASPIG.COM banner. :)
Letter: i just came across your site in my nightly slashdot.org reading and i absolutely love it.
Letters: #1 I would like to pitch in, as I believe in your cause as much as you do. #2 We'll I live in Lisbon - Portugal, and I drive a Nissan Terrano #3I drive a Toyota 4x4 pickup. I'm not sure if that qualifies as a Gas Pig, but it sure guzzles gas #4(my nissan HAS found many a path)
Letter: Saw your car in the hood. Thought I'd send you this. <<h2_satan.jpg>>
Letters: #1 I live in Athens, GA -- a college town dominated by fraternity and sorority kids who think that there are no accessories to their wardrobes better than North Face fleeces and big SUVs! #2 I'm going to put it on my Jeep! #3 I think my car needs one of your stickers. #4 I'm going to put it on the tailgate of my 91 Ford Ranger pickup.
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Letter: Your a dork - Get a life a-hole
Letter: I go to a high school where everyone has a huge truck or SUV.
Letter: Dear Mr Pig: Jolly well done, definately one of the more amusing sites done thus far. Keep up the good work.
Letter: As a kid I grew up under Maggie Thatcher, and was taught to love everything that burned oil fast.
Letter: Two fuel economy cars, and one ford sport track..
Letter: "My 78 dodge lil red express truck gets an dismal 4.5 mpg city 12mpg fwy originally manufactured to blow huge holes in the o-zone"
Letter: "Most amusing are the letters from folks trying to justify their hideous purchases"
Letter: Here are the pictures of my car with the stickers on them
Letter: "A lot of drivers claim they need the extra space for kids. Funny. I also see families doing just fine in smaller cars, such as Volvos, Ford Escorts, and Potiacs" "I'm not a sticker type of gal. But if you have a clingy sticker for the window, I would use that"
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Letters: #1 Dunno if you've gotten any Gas Pigs from Australia yet, so I thought I'd drop you'se a line. #2 A very interesting site! I wonder if you'd like to link to each other's site... we're at: http://www.idontcareaboutair.com/ #3 I plan to stick it on my new Mini... can't get more small and utility!!! #4 I am all for the fight for cleaner vehicles #5 Would love to spread the word/message about gaspig.com's message... #6 I have two cars, One gets ~50mpg and runs on home grown fuel #7 In front of my house there are "No Parking School Zone" #8 Great idea! How can we get an anti-suv bumper sticker?
Letters: #1 Good to know others are out there trying to make people think about the decisions they make. #2 I like the changes to your site............"How am I suppose to fly in this crap?" Hit me funny..... #3 $17K to destroy a car why not get them to use some of those funds on things like education for under privileged kids
Letters: #1 Are you just talking about the larger ones, in terms of poor gas mileage, etc? #2 A little battery charging, and some silicone brake fluid, and we made it down to the local gassing hole for a 20 gallon sip (1/4 tank). #3 I can help you with this, explosives are relatively cheap
Letters: #1 FUCK YOU MAN...U MAKE ME SICK....SUV HATER!!!!!! #2 If you are so upset about your vehicle's fossil fuel consumption just sell it #3 I wouldn't change in my Excursion for the world.
Letters: #1 Are you at the corner? If so then we're neighbors #2 Dont know if you know about this car (called SMART)
Letters: #1 convert my 1973 VW beetle to CNG or propane! #2 it bothers me that you always park you gaspig by my house
Letters: #1 you are truly sick #2 Screw off dickhead #3 Hey forget it....i own a Suburban 2500 so don't send me anymore of these stupid emails. #4 Are there any large (think small poster) sizes available? Hell I'll take anything. Thanks.
Letters: #1 I would love to deck my car out in GASPIG stickers #2 most Americans are overweight #3 I would like 12 stickers - 4 each of small - medium & large
Letters: #1 The ladies luv it coz girls prefer guys with large penis' and small cars #2 I am a Father to a (Soon to be) three year old

Letter: "You certainly ARE NOT environmentalists. No self respecting person concerned with the environment would be flying around burning gallons of jet fuel to perform some stupid stunts. For shame. For shame."

Letter: "I asked a friend that was in the Oil industry why they wouldn't opt for their home cronies oil instead of ours"

Letter: "IF THE DRIVER KNOWS HOW TO DRIVE AN SUV AND REACTS CORRECTLY IN A SITUATION WITH QUICK TURNS, HE CAN MANEUVER WITH AS MUCH CONTROL AS A CAR"

Letter: "I know you're for a safe environment, but your website is unclear on HOW you're proposing to achieve that.... or whatever you're trying to achieve"

Letter: "go on get dirty - or give up the big ugly truck - or do what ever the hell you want - but take responsibility for your own actions. Is SHOPPING AT THE STORE a SPORT now?"

Letter: "The website is excellent informative and funny - also not a stale one sided argument"

Letter: "I am one of the many people that do drive a large vehicle, although I am doing my part for the environment."

Letter: How them stickers holdin up? "I love em... I'll send you a pic with the texas truck with gaspig.com on it, I've already had a few shoot me the bird so I think it's working."
----------"What Would Satan Drive?"

Letter: "I find your response to the letter deeply disturbing. What DO you stand for?"

Letter: "I am willing to cut the top off this car and drive the piece of shit to where you are located....."

Letter: "For instance, did you know that Chevron has an oil tanker named after Condoleeza Rice"

Letter: "OK, I am a pig and do feel guilty using my '96 landcruiser to commute to work in. However...."

Letter: "I say to those idiots that think they need a 10,000 pound truck to go to the store and haul the kids around - wake the f#@k up!"

Letter "My best friend and I saw your article in FHM and we LOVED the idea of dropping an SUV out of an airplane" Response: but there are other less expensive and cool things we can do... dynamite, driving it from a cliff, volunteering it for target practice at a military facility, parking it inside a building that is slated for demolition, you name it we'll film it! how about setting it up with remote control and test driving it in the mohave desert - to see how it turns, rolls, and how it handles really really tough terrain
...........Driving it off a cliff is ingenious and the remote control is unbelievably exciting

Letters: "I saw the gaspig.com Pathfinder tonight near LAX, and that was just about the best thing I've seen in ages!"
-----------"My girlfriend just saw your car while on her way to Hermosa Beach"
-----------"1990 Ford Bronco/5.8 litre Gas Guzzling Pig!"
-----------"I'd enjoy watching it commit suicide by jumping to it's death out the back of a C-130"
-----------"I'd like a sticker for my car... If you've still got 'em, send one!"

Letter: "I loved reading the letters to gaspig.com, and your responses to some are hilarious"

Letter: WOW!!!!!!!!!!! I'm speechless!!! How Freakin' Awesome of a DVD you have!!!!

Letter: "I commend you on your site, information, and crusade for a better environment."

Letter "I just logged onto your site to see what it was about and found the glory of all websites" "I just got the stickers. Thanks a bunch! East Coast Gaspig is on the way!"

Letter "Your campaign appears to be a good effort to bring the issues with SUVs to a broad audience" - Union of Concerned Scientists

Letter "The only monstrous things on 4 wheels we need are those of emergency and military."

Letter "Hey man, I don't want your fat ass in front of me! If I wanted that I'd just go and build a brick wall on my hood to simulate the effect."

Letter "Contrary to what you whinny liberals think, Alaska is not going to implode if we drill there. I hate to tell this but GET A LIFE......."

Letter "If I didn't tow, didn't use the 4x4 to get in dirt trails to our cottage, or drive in snow 1/3 of the year or two heavy trailers that no minivan or car could tow, maybe I would consider a car"
.........."there REALLY are alot more SUV's on the road in the US relative to Canada"

Letter "I read some of the letters that you posted and I'm always amused by how angry some people get when you start talking about conservation and I would like to shine a little ethical light on the subject."

Letter "Why does it mean that just because a vehicle is large in size mean that it a gaspig? Most of those Toyotas are only 4 and 6 cylinders! Which is the same as most all the cars on the road. Besides, bigger vehicles are SAFER!" -- "It doesn’t seem that your helping all too much. Just trying to get some attention."

Letter "I am also impressed by the dialogue that removes some of the ranting and "I am right and you are wrong" attitude which ends up creating two monologues instead of a dialogue and everybody leaves just as close minded and ignorant as they came in."

Letter "I wish the manufacturers would build a hybrid full-size suv that would fit my needs."

Letter "Why don't the anti-SUV people just come out and admit that what they really want is gasoline rationing......."

Letter "the entire world is begging Americans to pull our heads out of the sand, join Kyoto, and consume responsibly"

Letter "i REALLY WANT a sticker to put on the side or the window or something becuase i get terrible gas millage so the phrase "gaspig" goes along with it pretty well." Bronco

Letter "I WOULD LIKE A LARGE OR MEDUIM PLEASE...I INTEND ON STICKING IT ON THE WINDSHILD OF MY 1971 BRONCO" Bronco

Letter "The reason she (the wife) drives the extra cab truck is that in the event of an accident she and my daughters can sit on the curb giggling while the wrecker tries to pull the sad little Nissan you drive out from under it. Sucks I know, maybe you should have worked harder in school so you could afford the luxury of survival."

Letter "the gaspig phenomenon is a disturbing example of the extent to which the adult public is susceptible to fads. mass interest in sluggish, oversized, overweight, inelegant, laughably expensive cars can only be explained in terms similar to those of the interest, say, young people have in expensive, ugly shoes."

Letter "and don't let any ignoramus tell you that disparaging gas guzzlers is un-American. islamist terrorism is financed by oil money, pancho!"

Letter "Hey Gas Pig tell me what caused the Ice Age and then what caused it to end!" "Gas Pig needs to put his efforts toward something real!"

Letter "I have owned it for about 1 year and 7000 miles of the 15000 that I put on it were in the dirt. I feel that this is being used the way that they were ment to be used."

Letter "I am a devout anti SUV guy. I love your message and your web site is great. Keep it up!"

Letter "Thanks for the sticker. I drive a lot, so it gets seen quite a bit. Go Pig!"

Letter "Saw the vehicle along PCH and went to the website. I like your message. Very quick couple of friendly suggestions......."

Letter "I saw your Nissan parked on PCH, and am wondering why don't you just sell it and get an Insite? I don't understand why you rail against SUVs, yet you have one".

Letter "as long as we are so dependant on foreign oil supplies from the Middle East, there will continue to be an American presence there, which is one of the things that causes the helplessness, resentment, poverty and fear that develops into terrorism!!"

Letter "Saw the car on PCH, Nice! I enjoy your site and as a driver of smaller cars I am annoyed with large foolish cars. Yet I find myself in the position of buying a new (used) car, and being tempted toward an SUV......"

Letter "Tree Hugger, Pinko, left wing liberal anti-American enviro-whiner......"

Letter "Well you'll be happy to hear that I've gotten rid of the Trooper...I mean, I never even used the 4 wheel drive! So I got a 2WD Cherokee instead...haha!"

Letter "I truly dont think its the desighn of a vehical we should be pointing fingers at. I think its the fuel......."

Letter "HIGHLY relevant Wall Street Journal article, July 30, front page, left column: After Long Detente, GM Green Group Are at Odds Again/Automaker Cuts Emmissions From Plants but Clings to its Defense of SUVs/Did Someone Get Snowed? by Jeffery Ball......"

Letter "Hey-- I thought you'd find this article interesting and encouraging.... gaspig.com is looking good!...."

THREE LETTERS
Letter "ironic how your vehcile is one of those reviled SUVs, eh?......." "I can tell you this about today's modern SUVs: They are actually remarkably efficient when compared to cars of only a few years ago, and even with some of today's "efficient" cars....."
Letter "And I've always wondered: Why pick on SUVs? And I think I've stumbled on the answer: Jealousy..." "SUVs are youthful (Xterra, Tahoe, Avalanche), or they exude power and and "I've arrived" feeling (Excursion, Escalade, Suburban.) And SUVs also emote freedom, as if the owner is saying "I work this hum-drum job, but I can jump in my Pathfinder and head for the hills to escape this jungle." Most don't, but its the idea that you could that makes all the difference...."
Letter "There is a simple concept that many seem to have forgotten: Freedom. It isn't your business or mine what someone wants to drive, whether their choice of vehicles is "justifiable" or not
"We can no more destroy the earth than we can alter the course of the Moon...."

Letter "I drive one (an SUV) myself (a '94 Ford Maverick - which isn't sold in the US) which gets between 30 and 40 miles per gallon (UK)......."

Letter "I am retired from a long career in Law Enforcement. I buy big cars because they survive crashes and believe me I've seen a lot of crashes...The fact that they pummel small cars is sad, but there is probably no change in sight in my lifetime, so I buy big cars. It's called physics....."

Letter: It was especially amusing reading SUV owners defending themselves and their need to drive a 3-ton vehicle as a daily commute.

Letter: When I put gas in my car this morning I could have sworn it had blood in it.

Letter: I > deserve to buy the car I can afford without a bunch of cultural busy-bodies > trying to make me feel bad about it.

Letter: Your site says there are "better, safer, and more fuel efficient cars for handling snow". But I couldn't find any information or links to such cars.

Letter: I hate the fact that I use so much gas, and I wish I had enough money to buy a hybrid.

A Lot More Letters: "Frontline", a PBS news program aired a show called "Rollover". Viewers, like me, responded with a hundred letters. My letter is third from the top. You can read it here or click through to Frontline's website where all of the letters are posted.