Agreed. The flight school/Fixed Base Operator my husband and I used to fly (rental) aircraft out of loaned the use of its parking lot to the San Antonio Spurs basketball team whenever they had an away-game. There were MANY Hummers (no H1's, though; not practical for most city driving) and other large vehicles -- large SUVs, pickups, etc. -- and a few convertibles of various types. At first glance, one would say, "Figures. They make enough to afford it." While that's certainly the case of major sports figures, the following is equally valid -- these guys are TALL. They do not FIT in normal sized vehicles comfortably, so they either get a really big vehicle or a convertible (so head room is unlimited).
If you took a look at all the Hummers and oversized vehicles on the lot, you'd notice one commonality very quickly -- the driver's seats in almost all the vehicles were pushed so far back as to be invisible (hidden behind the pillar between front & back doors) or appear as though they were in the back seat. Proof of the leg room someone who is NBA height needs to drive/ride comfortably/safely.
Terrorist sympathizer? Ugly phrase, and illogical, though per the NSA apparently all Americans are potentially in that camp.
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Originally Posted by AshenGrey
Anyone who purposefully buys a Hummer H2 or a Dodge RAM (which both get 6-8 MPG in "real world" mileage) is really nothing more than a terrorist sympathizer in my opinion.
These are the sort of statements that are nothing more than flamebait and do
nobody any favors. Please stop. This is nothing more than W's 'with us or against us' (or Anakin's?) turned on its head.
I'm waiting for one of Rush or O'Reilley's lackeys to find that post and then start talking it up in AM radio... lot of good that'll do the cause.
Tolerance.
Generalizations and stereotypes exist because they are true often enough, but be really careful when applying them. Especially with qualifiers like 'anyone' or 'everyone' or lumping a hardcore Marine in with Richard Reid.
It only takes a single case to disprove such a statement; then it looks absurd and gets ignored.
Clearly not ALL who buy large vehicles for personal use are simply picking up Molly and her friends from school, using all 3 rows of seats. Boats, campers, landscaping-on-the-side, etc... all valid reasons for a family to have a larger vehicle.
Of course, I cannot disagree with the 2nd half about buying small purposefully.
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