SUV idiocy

[annuin]

Last week I was driving to the store, as you do, and en route to the store they've been digging up the road a lot and then putting temporary metal plates over the drying asphalt. Nothing too major, just a little bumpy due to the height difference of max. 1 inch. Now on several occasions I've had SUV's in front and behind me, all veer off into the other lane to avoid these metal plates. See, I can understand this behaviour if you were driving around in a horsedrawn Amish buggy with fuck-all suspension, but they're in a goddamn SUV! this thing is built to go off-road, you'd think they'd relish at the chance to get their SUV on something remotely resembling uneven road, because lord knows these SUV's probably never see anything other than asphalt and the occasional corner of grass if they accidentally take the corner into their driveway too tightly...

I'm wondering how happy people are with their gas-guzzling SUV's now that the gas prices around here have hit $2.05+/gallon for the cheapie-unleaded stuff...

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[djbloodrose.livejournal.com]

I've noticed that on this coast as well.

Also, SUV drivers around here tend to keep their tires deflated to cut down on the impact from road bumps. Then they wonder why the incidence of fatalies related to SUV tire blowouts is so high.

Those people should jsut invest in hovercrafts and be done with it.
I'm laughing at the Hummer drivers who have to pay the same gas prices us regular 4-door sedan people do ^_^

[zoomusikgrl.livejournal.com]

i've been saying it for years- suv's are a total waste of money, fuel, and space. oh, and they're dang ugly to boot. so typically american, gotta die with the biggest baddest toys. heh heh speaking of death. ;P