Next time you park next to an SUV, do not scratch it with your keys.
~Ulrika~
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Ulrika Zugzwang
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10-29-2005 23:12
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Jamie Bergman
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10-29-2005 23:24
What?! No way. The SUV is the American Dream. It comes 3rd on the list.... right after the House in the Suburbs and Marrying the High School Football star.
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Cocoanut Koala
Coco's Cottages
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10-29-2005 23:28
Do you actually do that, Ulrika?
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Ulrika Zugzwang
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10-29-2005 23:46
Do you actually do that, Ulrika? ~Ulrika~ _____________________
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Rinji Kawabata
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10-30-2005 00:42
Sure, make the drivers of SUV's more determined and make our collective insurance rates go up.
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Osprey Therian
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10-30-2005 01:11
I have a good friend who drives an SUV - and she lives WITHIN SIGHT of her job. The thing wouldn't even warm up by the time it got there. I can't understand it AT ALL. She's very nice, but holy moley... she could ride a bicycle.
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Hiro Pendragon
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10-30-2005 01:22
That hurts the mindless consumers without educating or helping the problem.
And some people actually use SUVs for moving lots of stuff around... so there's no way if it's a useful SUV you're scratching or a status symbol. ... Unless it's a Hummer. Those people are just asking for it.  DDDDDDIf Hiro had a lawyer, he'd add: "just kidding, everyone" _____________________
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Huns Valen
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10-30-2005 02:07
People who key cars are lowly cowards.
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Adohan Zephyr
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10-30-2005 02:54
You're an Idiot.
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Teeny Leviathan
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10-30-2005 02:56
People who key cars are lowly cowards. Gotta agree with the blue guy. If you can't look someone in the eye and tell them directly, you are a coward. |
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Neehai Zapata
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10-30-2005 03:13
People who drive SUVs hate America and Freedom.
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Surreal Farber
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10-30-2005 05:07
They are slashing tires of SUVs and setting them on fire in some European cities. Your suggestion only differs in degree.
It takes a lot more effort and courage to persuade though discussion and polical action, but it is the right thing to do. As demonstrated in the 70s during the Oil Embargo, high gasoline prices DO change car buying habits. Also legislation. I know that it is easier to scratch someone's car than to take the time to talk to them, to donate to political causes, or to work for political change. And how do you define an SUV anyway? Only vandalize Navigators? Or are you going to do the little Escape too. (which incidentally made it onto the top 100 mpg cars list). The Mini gets appalling gas milage for what it is.. as does the new VW bug... how about them? _____________________
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Josie Hamilton
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10-30-2005 05:21
And what does keying the SUV say to the owner? Do you think they say to themselves "Gee, that person must be PO'd about my overuse of gasoline, so I should change cars" or do they think "Damn punk assholes that have nothing better to do then scratch my car."
It seems like a useless exercise with no point to the intended victim. Try putting a card with some stats under their wiperblade that might actually educate. |
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Zapoteth Zaius
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10-30-2005 05:27
And what does keying the SUV say to the owner? Do you think they say to themselves "Gee, that person must be PO'd about my overuse of gasoline, so I should change cars" or do they think "Damn punk assholes that have nothing better to do then scratch my car." It seems like a useless exercise with no point to the intended victim. Try putting a card with some stats under their wiperblade that might actually educate. Depends if they've seen this thread I guess..  _____________________
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Roxie Marten
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10-30-2005 05:34
Next time you park next to an SUV, scratch it with your keys. ~Ulrika~ Let me put this in simple terms. You are a moron. I drive a SUV but you don't give a damm about the fact that I live in a rural area that gets it's fair share of snow. 4WD allows me to drive to work in the morning. Nor do you care about the fact we do alot of camping and we can put all our gear into the back of the car. We don't do the RV thing. We are also historical reenactors, having a SUV means we get all our gear to a event. I would like to see you stuff a 15X20 pavilion, swords. armour, fencing gear and enough period cook ware to feed a group of people into a geo metro. There are many other parts of my life where having a SUV makes it easier. You do not know my life style and needs. How dare you preach what kind of car to drive. So go back to your Earth First terrorist buddies and leave us alone. Rox (driving SUVs before they become a yuppie status symbol) |
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Gabe Lippmann
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10-30-2005 05:44
And how do you define an SUV anyway? Only vandalize Navigators? Or are you going to do the little Escape too. (which incidentally made it onto the top 100 mpg cars list). The Mini gets appalling gas milage for what it is.. as does the new VW bug... how about them? Exactly, are we talking about gasoline use or just the damn symbol the SUV represents? I see a fair amount of gas guzzlers out there and they aren't limited to SUVs. _____________________
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Surreal Farber
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10-30-2005 05:47
Let me put this in simple terms. You are a moron. I drive a SUV but you don't give a damm about the fact that I live in a rural area that gets it's fair share of snow. 4WD allows me to drive to work in the morning. Nor do you care about the fact we do alot of camping and we can put all our gear into the back of the car. We don't do the RV thing. We are also historical reenactors, having a SUV means we get all our gear to a event. I would like to see you stuff a 15X20 pavilion, swords. armour, fencing gear and enough period cook ware to feed a group of people into a geo metro. There are many other parts of my life where having a SUV makes it easier. You do not know my life style and needs. How dare you preach what kind of car to drive. So go back to your Earth First terrorist buddies and leave us alone. Rox (driving SUVs before they become a yuppie status symbol) BTW, I love the way you put this. Heh... I have the small SUV too... and I use it for almost the identical thing. Stuffing a period tent, all the furniture, period cooking gear, etc. into my old Toyota was impossible. I just pulled a trailer through 4 states too doing my own cross-country move. Add winters and mountain roads... I love it when people endorse breaking the law out of self-rightousness. _____________________
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Neehai Zapata
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10-30-2005 06:14
I drive a SUV but you don't give a damm about the fact that I live in a rural area that gets it's fair share of snow. 4WD allows me to drive to work in the morning. Nor do you care about the fact we do alot of camping and we can put all our gear into the back of the car. We don't do the RV thing. We are also historical reenactors, having a SUV means we get all our gear to a event. I would like to see you stuff a 15X20 pavilion, swords. armour, fencing gear and enough period cook ware to feed a group of people into a geo metro. There are many other parts of my life where having a SUV makes it easier. You do not know my life style and needs. How dare you preach what kind of car to drive. So go back to your Earth First terrorist buddies and leave us alone. I don't think anyone doubts that there are myriad excuses to drive an SUV. Amazingly enough, not everyone drives an SUV so there must be some way that other people tackle the obstacles you overcome with your vehicle. I could list 100 reasons why an SUV would make my life easier. I just choose not to drive one. _____________________
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Euterpe Roo
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10-30-2005 06:16
I drive an SUV (not a monster truck-sized one, but still an SUV). I primarily use it to move my child, my 80-pound greyhound, my recycling, and, at one point, saddles/hay/feed/farrier equipment for a foundered animal (Yes, I am truly a conflicted soul). I could not afford a new car/truck; if I could, I would purchase a Prius. As it stands, I am waiting for the first wave of "Prius as used car."
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Betts Hedges
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10-30-2005 06:27
Posting the idea in the forum, apparently elicits almost as good a reaction as walking out of the local grocery store and finding a long jagged key mark raggedly dug into the side of ones car.
Ulrika - your posts in the pasts have never lacked courage. It's difficult to figure out what a person would be like in RL by what you read in a forum or 3D world, but based on what I have seen, I cannot imagine that you would ever lack in courage or would do such a chickenshit thing. So my guess is that your post is to elicit a reaction (I sincerely hope). As Rox pointed out, some people really need an SUV. I actually wished I had one for trying to navigate through all the debris, flooding and broken water pipes etc. after hurricanes [Renee, Katrina] and now Wilma - things are a mess here and hubby & I are looking for a more practical (fuel efficient) solution in the next car we buy for problems like this. Are there "in your face" SUV assholes, who are just driving them because it's big, they can run over you with it (and want to, and believe they have a RIGHT to) etc? Yes - I believe there are. I see them on the expressway here in S. Florida every single day. It's an attitude that says "I am more important than you." They are the people that cut in line in front of you, who demand medical treatment before you, etc. etc. etc. They think that because they can afford a <insert price> XYZ car that this gives them more privilege than you. They can consume more gasoline, get in line first, get better product, get better medical treatment, etc. The center of the problem is much deeper than just the SUV. It's the attitude. It's what Americans value. It's WHO is telling American's what they should value. Want to change it? Convince someone to watch 2 less hours a week of television. Convince someone to turn away from every third object they were going to buy in a grocery store (this is a new game I play - it's saved me a ton of money). Change the focus from taking care of THINGS to taking care of PEOPLE. I'm not saying it's wrong to have things - it's just that the level of importance that we place on them as a society is pulling our society apart and will ultimately weaken this country to the point that it becomes third world. (***screams uuuuugggg - Rose Karuna wrote this - logged in at friends house! Sorry Betts!) . |
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Surreal Farber
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10-30-2005 06:48
Hehe Rose....
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Roxie Marten
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10-30-2005 06:50
I don't think anyone doubts that there are myriad excuses to drive an SUV. Amazingly enough, not everyone drives an SUV so there must be some way that other people tackle the obstacles you overcome with your vehicle. I could list 100 reasons why an SUV would make my life easier. I just choose not to drive one. Yes, they are the idiots you see going down the highway with so much crap crammed in to their car they can't see to drive. See the photo for proof. As I told the moron who wants to key cars. You do not know my life style or my needs. Rox |
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10-30-2005 07:01
Next time you park next to an SUV, scratch it with your keys. ~Ulrika~ Ummm... please note the above comments are not the opinion of Neualtenburg. Ulrika, how bout a disclaimer when you troll? This wins the award for the most lame protest method of all time. The driver will have no correlation behind the fact that her car was keyed because it's a gas guzzler. How bout slapping a bumper sticker on the truck that says "I'm killing your environment"... still illegal, but slightly more intelligent. _____________________
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Neehai Zapata
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10-30-2005 07:01
Instead of using an SUV for all my transportation needs, I just rent a truck from the store when I need to move items that big.
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Roxie Marten
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10-30-2005 07:02
BTW, I love the way you put this. Heh... I have the small SUV too... and I use it for almost the identical thing. Stuffing a period tent, all the furniture, period cooking gear, etc. into my old Toyota was impossible. I just pulled a trailer through 4 states too doing my own cross-country move. Add winters and mountain roads... I love it when people endorse breaking the law out of self-rightousness. Thanks, this is a pet peeve of mind. We are turning into a nation of busybodies who think they know better than anyone else, what our individual needs are. The other day I heard a woman on NPR just foaming at the mouth about suvs. She was calling from Ann Arbor. I am happy for her and all the other folks who can ride a skate board to work in the morning and the biggest thing they ever carry is a cup from star bucks. I do not hear them rail about limos or sports cars. The average high performance car is not exactly known for sipping the gasonline. Personally I am more afraid of someone jacked up testosterone driving a car that can go 0-200 in 2.2 seconds than a soccer mom herding her brood off to school morning Thease people don't give a rap about the facts. They see something big and start shouting "EVIL EVIL" I have heard the SUV craze is starting to die off. I am gladd that means those of us who have used thease cars for many years can have them back. Rox |