Hey Andy!
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Posted on 04/25/2005 11:05:09 AM PDT by pigsmith
April 25, 2005 — Donna Bijas of Middletown, N.J., hates SUV owners and the way their vehicles obstruct her view as she tries to back her Nissan Altima out of parking spaces: "I hope gas prices send them to the poor house," she said.
In level-headed reflection, people on both sides of the SUV debate tend to agree soaring gas prices are nothing to cheer.
But among some SUV haters, there's the road-rage factor: Perhaps prone to seething in traffic over what they see as an egomaniacal, menacing and gas-guzzling group, some see high gas prices as payback.
"I laugh as I fill my economy car for a fraction of what they do, watching them wallow like the pigs they are," said Andy Bliss of Los Angeles.
Several people told ABC News via e-mail — in response to an online query — that they gloat as SUV owners appear to suffer at the pumps. And as the national average price for regular gas approaches $2.25 per gallon, some SUV owners may be paying nearly $100 per tankful.
"I hope gas goes to $5/gallon just to teach these selfish, spoiled yuppies a lesson they'll NEVER forget," wrote John Marranca Jr. of Buffalo, N.Y. ...
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
Mr. Marranca sounds like he voted for John Kerry.
Poor baby.
Hey Andy!
Spitting, seething rage. Pathetic.
Wow, a 45-gallon tank! How do I get one of those?
Friends of ours own a Jeep dealership and they are selling them as fast as ever, along with full-sized pickup trucks. No one around here in a panic.
"...What do I have to fear from a wheatgrass-eater in a hybrid?"
I could never be a liberal, as I'm not a bitter, whiny, self-righteous priss (not that there's anything wrong with that). Remember, these are the "tolerant" ones saying these things.
"Donna Bijas of Middletown, N.J., hates SUV owners and the way their vehicles obstruct her view as she tries to back her Nissan Altima out of parking spaces: "I hope gas prices send them to the poor house," she said."
Hey, Donna Bijas - kiss my a**, you whiny bitc*.
He voted for Kerry, no doubt about, else how can someone has some much bitterness in him.
Can I ask a really silly question? What's the difference between an SUV and minivan?
It seems to me that both vehicles block viewing angles for other people, especially those driving cars. Neither get very good gas mileage (minivans may get 2-3 mpg better, which isn't all that much). I frequently get stuck behind minivans going 5 mph under the speed limit, so it's not like there aren't problems with minivan drivers (freeper minivan drivers excepted of course).
So why is one reviled and the other sacrosanct?
One of the things I love about Liberals is their sense of community and open dialogue. They just can not resist say something like "I detest you and I hope you go to the poor house and die". It make political discourse so much fun these days.
The real hit on the effect of gas prices on SUVs is yet to be felt..and the big losers will be the auto manufacturers..The vast majority of them are leased, and the residual values originally predicted on these leases are now so out of whack as to be ludicrous. Figure that 1 million SUVS's coming off lease in the next 3 years may well be worth $5-10k@ less than predicted. Do the math..that's a staggering $$$ amount of losses to book..
I wish it was $2.25 a gallon... I paid $2.859/gal. this morning.
Where did ABC go to find such juvenile trash? I bet all these people sit around in cafe's, hating American.
$1.929 here in mid-Missouri for gasohol. $1.949 for straight 87 octane gasoline.
But these are the same fools who spend 7 bucks on a cup of Starbucks Coffee, I laugh at them in the winter time as I tool around in 4 wheel drive and they can't even get out of the driveway. Yeah I spend 30 bucks to fill up, but I save 5 dollars on the coffee I don't buy.
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