Mustangs, SUVs, Trucks and Baseball Bats. And Nuns.

Do you need an SUV? Really? REALLY? Look, we're not saying they should be outlawed but we think people should have to think twice before buying one.

What made us think this? The Ford Mustang. Now we heard you saying, "What the hell you talkin' 'bout now, fool?" Eh, we don't know either, but these articles from the NYTimes got us thinkin'...

Driving: Mustang Fever, All Over Again What we found interesting was this passage

Less than three hours later, they had traded in her Ford Explorer S.U.V., bought the Mustang and driven it home — a purchase that Ms. West, 33, hadn't even considered until she saw the car.

This crap drives us crazy! For people who need them, an SUV isn't easily replaced with a Mustang. She didn't have an SUV because she needed it. She just wanted it. She probably didn't like the cost of filling it up at the gas station but maybe she figured (we're paraphrasing her thought process here), "We can send some poor boys to take care of that."

But before the SUV (now Mustang lady*), we read Driving; My Life, My F-150 Pickup. We're sorta at a loss here...

There's not a lot to do out here, so my friends would drive around, singing to the radio and knocking over mailboxes with baseball bats. Sometimes I'd go too fast and the local highway patrolman would pull me over, but I usually got a warning ticket out of the deal. The patrolman was a big fan of chicken gizzards, and he stopped by Mom's store a lot. Eventually he married her.

Now it's true, we had a 1992 F-150 pickup. We even bought it new. We were kids! But we didn't go around busting up stuff. I'm not saying we didn't drive over any nuns carrying orphans**, but we didn't bust up anyone's stuff.

So what the hell are we sayin? How about: don't buy a big truck or SUV unless you really, legitimately need it. The world will be a better place. And do we really have to say "don't go around busting up stuff"? There's always something better to do.

Clarifications:
* Mustangs are better than Explorers for the Earth. Marginally, of course, but they are better.
** We were totally wasted, so it doesn't count.

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Comments

[ethan]

big trucks suck. audi for life.

[Tom]

Heh, I read that article and I wondered the same thing. Trading your SUV for a Mustang on the spur of the moment? That's like trading your washing machine for a pool table. Both are nice, but one doesn't substitute for the other.

[keef]

You can have my SUV when you pry it from my cold, dead, hands. Don't ask me to use common sense or be prudent.

Keef