I drive a new suv (paid cash) and use every inch of it, put about 10k miles a year on it, am very calculating about running errands and making useless trips, am a republican and a member of the surfrider foundation. I am not motivated by the cost savings as much as being as green as I can be. I wash it at the drive though car wash because the water is recycled and doesn’t drain into the storm drain and run off into our beaches.
My neighbor, drives a small car, thinks he is a do gooder for it, likes to give me shit about gas prices, thinks nothing of driving to get a coke at ampm when the mood strikes or a starsucks etc. His commute is less than mine yet drives about 17k miles a year. Likes to wash his car himself in the driveway using tire cleaner and way too much soap. When I point out were the water and chemicals go, he says he will stop washing his car himself when I sell my SUV.
My other neighbor is lucky to be alive after he was hit broadside by a truck that ran a red light. Thank god for he was in an suv. I won’t mention the nationality of the truck driver, only that he was uninsured.
My other neighbors, have a prius and an old camary, they are the nicest people I know, and are republicans.
