If you don't drive a hybrid, you suck.

[rucky]

If you don't drive an American car, you suck.

American hybrids suck.

So basically, you suck.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

1. Uh........

There' s a bit of an essential flaw in your reasoning.

Hint: You're missing something.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. I walk

therefore I do not suck--if I did I would be coughing all the way to work!

[TomClash]

3. If you drive a car you suck

Period.

[rucky]

4. That would be the conclusion.

Apologies to all the non-sucky non car drivers

[NutmegYankee]

23. Translation - If you don't live in a dense city and work there - You suck!

[TomClash]

38. Imagination would help, wouldn't it?

Why can there be alternative transportation in other places?

[NutmegYankee]

64. Economics.

Some areas are just a tad too rural.

[hfojvt]

68. bicycling and walking tend to work well in small towns though

so a major metro area is hardly a requirement for a non-automotive lifestyle.

[NutmegYankee]

74. Sometimes you live in another town, or tens of miles away

and in a region where the weather can be uncooperative. Economics drives this - through housing prices, job locations, stores. Life isn't a fairly tale.

[taterguy]

75. Economics is just one of many factors that determine transportation choices

Generally, people prefer using cars to walking or biking.

You can have two nearly identical cities, where the only significant difference is the availability of parking.

In the city where parking is easy, more people will drive.

It has very little to do with economics, just personal preference.

[Pharaoh]

5. Thanks for the update!

I was not aware how much I sucked with my 4 cylinder German car!

I will now go out and shoot myself :hide:

Edited to add: Zig Heil! :patriot:

[Speck Tater]

6. I believe driving a very old economy car with good mileage

has a smaller OVERALL carbon footprint than driving a brand new ANYTHING, including a brand new hybrid. Nobody has to manufacture ANYTHING for me to drive my old 4-cylinder economy car. Especially since I rarely drive more than 3 or 4 times a month, and never more than 10 miles round trip. For long trips I take Amtrak.

[rucky]

9. You suck less. n/t

[Hissyspit]

31. Older cars less safe. This drives up insurance costs.

Poster doesn't suck less.

[Fumesucker]

40. That depends heavily on the car..

What really drives up insurance costs is age, driving record and type of car.

Young guy with poor driving record driving a sporty car is going to pay heavily, think frat boy in a new Mustang GT.

Older woman with good record driving even a high performance luxury sedan will be considerably lower, think soccer mom in an older Q45 or LS400.

[Hissyspit]

60. O.K. um... Not class conscious to realize that poor people pay with lives and health

because they can't afford new and safer cars.

I'm tryin', here!

[Fumesucker]

66. We are driving a $900 car right now, we fit pretty handily into the "poor" category.

I don't have a clue what you're talking about here.

Newer cars are not automatically safer than older ones, it depends heavily on the particular car in question.

As I pointed out, an early 90's Q45 or LS400 will be considerably more safe than a brand new Mustang GT, when you put the likely driver into the equation the safety disparity becomes even more pronounced.

Auto safety is determined largely by the driver, a competent and safe driver makes even an older car more safe than an incompetent and unsafe driver in the latest car.

[jbane]

73. You need to go back to school and finish the 10th grade

Maybe you can say something besides "you suck".

[TommyO]

7. Oh joy, trollbait!

:popcorn:

[47of74]

24. That was going to be my response...

This is either Trollbait or Flamebait. I'm leaning more towards Flamebait.

[TommyO]

50. In retrospect, flame bait would have been more accurate.

[DesertFlower]

8. i drive a mazda miata.

it gets 29 mpg. hubby drives a porcshe which gets 28 mpg. neither car is american or a hybrid. i guess we both suck. :sarcasm:

[DonEBrook]

10. Me too. Zoom Zoom!!

:D
uh by the way it's the most fun I ever have without being nekkid
:rofl:

[DesertFlower]

13. yep. mine is a 2005.

i absolutely love it. i'm 67 and i've had quite a few cars, but this one is the most fun. i had a 94 toyota celica -- to me that was a "fake" sports car.

[DonEBrook]

30. wow, I'm 66...I've had about a hundred cars including a vette,

3 Porsches, a 190SL but this is the most fun one yet! I bought it sight unseen off Ebay early this year (it's an 04) and it came with a hard top which I removed 5 minutes after it was delivered to me and it has been out in the garage ever since. (The top, not the car heh heh) :D

[DesertFlower]

37. hubby drives a 2007 porsche.

he had a 98 vette which was a lemon. i have the hard top. i bought the car new and immediately ordered the hardtop. i can't drive a convertible here in the summer. i'm in phoenix and it gets up to 118. i only like having the top off when it's below 80. otherwise it's too hot for me.

100 cars? a typical man. lol. hubby has had many more cars than i have. i get attached to mine and drive them for a long time. before the miata i had a 97 toyota corolla which i bought in 97 with 14,000 miles on it. they wanted $13,000. i said "i'll give you $12,000". i drove it out of there. i kept it till late 2004 when i bought the miata. i thought of keeping it. actually right after i got the miata it rained so i took the corolla, but then she was just sitting there. she kept saying to me "please drive me, i was good to you for 7 years." finally i put an ad on the internet. i sold it to a nice young woman for $4,500. i'm sure she's still very happy with it.

when i bought the miata i figured i'd keep it 2 years and then i would want something bigger. i've had it for more than 4 years and can't imagine ever giving it up.

[RedCappedBandit]

25. yeah, now try driving it naked

not that i've ever done that in my miata..

[DonEBrook]

28. I might but not with the top down, it's 34 degrees here.

:scared:
:D

[zorahopkins]

29. *aaaaaay Cool

Driving naked in a Miata *hen it is 34 degrees outside.

No* THAT is COOL.

Note: In protest of the continuing occupation of OUR *Hite House by the illegal and totally corrupt Bush/Cheney regime of thugs and cronies, I REFUSE to use the letter bet*een "V" and "X", and I urge you to do the same.

[Crabby Appleton]

43. I have a Miata and a Jeep, need 4 wheel drive in the winter

it's hilly and snowy here. My Miata is much older however; a '90. They're really fun to drive.

[DesertFlower]

53. hubby has a 2001 toyota tundra.

because i have the miata and he has the porsche, we need something a little bigger to do shopping. the tundra has 4 wheel drive. the road we live on is paved, but it was not when we first moved here. we have to drive up 2 steep hills. i did it with my corolla though. just last week we went up a road where he put it in 4 wheel.

[panader0]

11. I have a small construction company.

I really must suck, 'cause I have to use a 3/4 ton PU to haul my equipment around, including scaffold, mixer and grout pump. (and much more). I wish there was a hybrid 3/4 ton. But,for now, I have to have this truck.

[DesertFlower]

14. OMG. you suck big time.

:sarcasm:

[whistler162]

12. Door Brick wall...

Door you go through

Brick wall you can't no matter how hard you try.

SO STOP TRYING!

[BuelahWitch]

15. So BUY me one Baby!

I drive a 1993 Ford Tempo. I'm in need of a new car. :hi:

[doc03]

56. Those things run forever, it's all the little things

that fall apart. My mother had one, I replaced 5 electric window motors, door latches broke, heater vent controls broke, automatic seat belt retractors broke, don't know how many times front CV joints were replaced etc. My mother became to old to drive now my brother drives it, it's a 1989 and has probably 200,000 miles, not sure odometer broke too, the thing still runs great though.

[BuelahWitch]

72. Yes, I'm very thankful that I have mine

It ain't purty, but it gets me where I need to go. :hi: Plus I haven't made a car payment in several years!

[zorahopkins]

16. If You Drive ANYTHING, You Suck

If you o*n a car, you suck.

*alk (It's Good for you)

Take Public Transportation (Get to know your neighbors!)

Carpool if you absolutely must (Don't forget to leave the perfume and cologne behind *hen you do!)

And if you MUST suck, be sure that the stra* is big enough.

Note: In protest of the continued occupation of OUR *hite House by the illegal and totally corrupt Bush/Cheney regime of thugs and cronies, I REFUSE to use the letter bet*een "V" and "X", and I urge you to do the same.

[gratuitous]

22. Uh oh

I pedal a Sch*inn, *hich doesn't make your list of non-sucky activities. 'Sokay, though; I *as feeling kind of smug any*ay.

[zorahopkins]

26. Do You *ear A Helmet?

Riding a Sch*inn is definitely NOT sucky (At least I FEEL it is not sucky.....I don't know if Sch*inn *orkers are unionized or not, and I have no idea *hether Sch*inn provides its employees *ith free day care and a good medical/dental plan or not.)

But, do you *ear a helmet *hen you are out riding you bike?

Do you do all you can to slow those gas-consuming cars do*n, so that they must drive at the same speed you do?

Do you *ear Spandex?

Note: In protest of the continuing occupation of OUR *hite House by the illegal and totally corrupt Bush/Cheney regime of thugs and cronies, I REFUSE to use the letter bet*een "V" and "X", and I thank you for doing the same.

[gratuitous]

32. Al*ays, *ithout fail

I go an extra four or five miles on my commute to *ork so that I'm not on the road *ith motor vehicles except for about 20 blocks. The la* in my state says that bicycles are entitled to the full traffic lane, just like motor vehicles, but I avail myself of that only do*nto*n *here everyone goes 20 mph or less.

Spandex? Only on the STP or training rides. Just doing my part to keep America beautiful that *ay.

[SmileyRose]

17. I use animal products, own more than one gasoline engine, and use pesticide to kill roaches

I suck so bad there's no hope for me. Evar.

[zorahopkins]

21. O.M.G.!

OMG!

*hen you go to the store, do you use paper or plastic?

Note: In protest of the continuing occupation of OUR *hite House by the illegal and totally corrupt Bush/Cheney regime of thugs and cronies, I REFUSE to use the letter bet*een "V" and "X", and I urge you to do the same.

[SmileyRose]

35. hanging my head in total suck shame - at the grocery, I use

bags made of recycled old jeans sewed with store bought thread - that's right, fabric woven by slave labor probably from China and likely assembled in guatamalan sweat shops.

I suck beyond all hope.

[zorahopkins]

39. And I Just Bet You Do Your O*n Bagging!

And I just bet you do you o*n bagging!

Come to think of it, just *hy do you go to the grocery?

Don't you realize that there are people *HO MAKE THEIR LIVING delivering groceries!!???

YOU are putting THEM out of *ork!

I hope you use a very BIG STRA*.

Note: In my continuing protest of the continuing occupation of OUR *hite House by the illegal and totally corrupt Bush/Cheney regime of thugs and cronies, I STILL REFUSE to use the letter bet*een "V" and X", and YOU SUCK if you don't do it, too!

[BlooInBloo]

18. If you breathe, you suck. Damn CO2 producers.

[pipi_k]

19. Non sucky person here...

I wiggle my nose and say a spell


I used to cross my arms, nod, and blink, but it used too much energy

:7

[Number_Six]

20. What part of....

...."I can't fucking afford a new car!" don't you get, troll?

Toodles. Go away.

[MercutioATC]

27. Did you READ the OP?

I believe it was meant to be sarcastic...

[BlooInBloo]

41. Now, now.... Don't go stealing the thunder from another DUer's poutrage.

[MercutioATC]

44. I just hate it when DUers exhibit the same reading comprehension as Freepers.

...especially when they get outraged and abusive over a sarcastic post.

[BlooInBloo]

47. I'm with ya, of course. I always said that sarcasm tags are for idiots.

:)

[rangersmith82]

33. I have a Toyota 4x4

And I have been driving it for 15 yrs

It was built in the US and when it dies I will replace it with another Toyota.

Its a 4 cylinder and even when gas was high it didn't affect my finances

I will never own a ugly little hybrid car, even if gas is 10 dollars a gallon.

Then again I would never own a Hummer2.

[dysfunctional press]

34. i am, therefore i suck...

nt

[donco6]

36. I'm gay and I smoke. I'm like Double-Sucky.

:)

[SlicerDicer-]

42. I drive my big 4.2 liter VeeeAtes!

They are Ze German! I get 30-32mpg city :) Good luck with that in american car.

VeeAte is Audi A8 :)

[MercutioATC]

45. LOVE that car!!!!!!

I have an '01 S8. Audi makes some amazing automobiles.

[SlicerDicer-]

54. buy a vag com cable (aftermarket if needed) they rock!

I love having vag-com

[RB TexLa]

46. And if you've ever bought anything from one of those damn foreigners, you suck too.

[JVS]

49. FUCKIN FURRINERS!!!!!

:sarcasm:

[JVS]

48. I walk, so everyone can kiss my ass!

[Incitatus]

52. Are your shoes made in China?

[SmileyRose]

71. The guy is obviously a freeper.

if he was a REAL progressive he'd walk stark nekkid and barefoot rather than spend a thin dime on goods made with mistreated cheap labor.

[michreject]

51. No hybrid meets my needs

So I'm stuck with a 10 mpg PU truck

[Warren DeMontague]

55. Not only that, but your favorite band sucks.

[The Inquisitive]

57. I drive a coal burning train produced in China that's been modified to drive in roads

Sometimes I drive it through the forest demolishing everything in my path and squashing all the animals that dare stand before me!

[JNelson6563]

58. I drive an '05 Dodge Neon

I get wicked good mileage and just plowed through pretty deep-ass snow a couple hours ago. I buy American and have yet to have cause for regret.

:toast:

Julie--Motorcity girl, born and bred

[MazeRat7]

59. Well then its official, I "suck". Glad to know I'm doing my part to help others feel better

about themselves... :)

Peace,
MZr7

[DainBramaged]

61. Rucky, you just think you can throw this shit out and not participate?

What, no balls to take the heat? YOU suck.

[rucky]

62. I do suck, but not for that reason.

I was making Buckeyes with non-organic peanut butter.

[DainBramaged]

63. Well thanks for playing, by the way do you drive?

Too bad you can't promote your website here, great stuff BTW. :hi:

[Iggo]

65. I drive nothing.

I get a ride to and from work. The rest of the time it's the bus, the bike, or the boots.

[Political Heretic]

67. Translation: if you're poor, you suck.

[taterguy]

69. Not if you're too poor to afford a car

:toast:

[Maine-ah]

70. I really suck

2001 Nissan Xterra. But I don't anybody on DU that would ride a bike in my neck of the woods today. Wind chill has pushed it below zero, and I've got snow and ice. I'm rural, but only 7 miles from town.

[Romulox]

76. The Ford Hybrid system is every bit as good as Toyota's. nt