BACK

From Carey:
It’s really amazing how ignorant you anti SUV people are when it comes to facts about vehicle mileage. Why do you pick on the SUV and truck buyers? In fact these vehicles get the same or better mileage than a heavy Mercedes or BMW luxury car. Cool down and get a grip…..or move to Europe so you can hang with other lefty communist.

Carey
the bmws and mercedes luxury cars are definitely gas guzzlers too. a lot of the anti-suv sentiment is surfacing because there are so many suvs. its become fashionable to drive a shiny truck. also, because technically they're "farm vehicles", they can pollute more than cars. older technology under the hood equals big profits and not only for the people who make suvs. the oil industry is booming with the reemergence of the v-8 and a big chunk of your money is going directly to dictatorships because guzzling gas keeps America heavily oil dependent. there's really nothing lefty or communist about promoting conservation.
thanks for your letter.
the Pig
www.gaspig.com

Carey: Putting down those who drive SUV’s is not “promoting conservation”.  This is the USA (read: free market economy), if you want to do something that will save oil put your thinking cap on and design a vehicle that can feel the need.  I drive a Toyota Camary that runs on natural gas for my commuting and need my Chevy Tahoe on the weekends for hauling toys, camping, taking the kids to ball games ect.

Gaspig: you are way ahead of the game using the camary on the commute. doesn't it irk you a bit though, that most of the suvs around you on the highway are also commuting? i understand its our right and all, but doesn't it get on your nerves?

i'm in no position to put anyone down cause i drove a pathfinder since '92. gaspig.com has some bite cause really, any campaign that's going to draw attention needs some spice. anti smoking ads make smokers look horrible and recent anti drug ads actually blame pot smokers for terrorism, good lord. this gaspig stuff is tame by comparison.

strange as it seems, i'm pro-USA and pro-business. and grateful to live in a nation that recognizes people's right to speak out. in other parts of the world where oppression is the norm, i'd be jailed by now; the same places where a lot of the USA's oil money goes.

the companies that sell suvs are also developing the cutting edge technology that can make cars super clean. already, with hybrids and cars like your camary things could be a lot cleaner. but to get the high-tech stuff from the drawing board to under the hood, in a free market economy, consumers have to want it. that's why so many people are pointing the finger at suvs, because when we buy them, we're jumping through the "farm vehicle" loophole that says throw the old motor under the hood cause 12 - 15mpg is fine.

i've talked friends into trading the suv for station wagons like the volvos and bmws. they're just so much cooler cause they have plenty of room for the family and all the stuff, and you have access to the roof-rack without having to climb up the side, so in some ways, you can carry more than an suv. not to mention, less gas, better odds if a tire blows (which they do), better performance and better looking. so far i'm batting a thousand, they're jazzed about the change!

sorry for rambling on... you obviously have a plan going that conserves fuel and works for your family. if more people operated that way i'm sure things would be quite different and suvs wouldn't be catching so much flak.

all the best,

the Pig
www.gaspig.com


Some BMW drivers aren't fans of SUVs either

BACK