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Originally Posted by blownintegra
Living in Texas and realizing that 90% of the A-holes that drive trucks is to compensate for a small wiener, or some breeding $lut to ensure that she kills other offspring to ensure hers will grow up and breed, I can barely contain my happiness at this news.
I have been preaching this for years, that humans see height as a status or power thing. That's what these trucks have represented.
I am all for a GVW and/or formulaic gas tax. You can easily base this miles driven between registrations/by EPA mileage average/by average fuel costs. And come up with a "registration fee"
Come up with that formula, and it will force people to drive something more efficient and keep trucks for what they are made for.
This will kill these things for good.
You want to drive a truck? Buy a farm and clean up the atmosphere with plants you grow, since you all have belched out enough hydrocarbons for 3-4 people.
No need for 5000 lbs battering rams. Want to drive a brick? Get an RV. You don't fit in a small car? Cut off your legs or get your stomach tied up!
And you know what I voted for Bush, so I'm not green radical. (Who's gonna admit that!)
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While I may be an A-hole compensating for my small wiener, I don't think I should be penalized for owning a truck. Sure, I could sell it off and use the money to actually lengthen my penis, but still, I like my truck. It comes in handy when I've got to move stuff and while this isn't a problem in Texas, the 4WD is kinda handy on the snowy, hilly terrain around here. Plus, it's a comfy cushy ride, all decked out with cruise control, a pretty decent stock stereo, power windows and such... Sometimes it's nice not to worry about bottoming out on speed bumps. Sometimes a tailgate party can be more fun when you actually have a tailgate to lower. Plus, mountain biking, kayaking, skiing is a lot more fun when you can toss your equipment in the back without having to deal with one of those drag-inducing, pain-in-the-A-hole roof racks. So yeah, I like my truck, and I plan on keeping it until we completely run out of gas.
I'm not saying that I'm unwilling to compromise. That 26 gallon tank costs a fortune to fill. I spent around $85 the last time and gas has gone up since then. I've slowed down.
I take the slow way to work, eco-driving all the way. My Scan Gauge is on back order, but when it finally does come in, I will start considering some ecomods. As of right now, adjustments in driving have gotten me around 25mpg on my last tank, and this tank looks to be shaping up pretty well. If I can keep up that kind of mileage, well, that's what I used to get in my old Miata, which was sized directly in proportion to my wiener. Granted, I definitely wasn't ecodriving the Miata, not even close. The tach in that car read from 1000RPM straight to "WHEEEEE!!!"
As soon as some parts come in and I can get my Civic on the road, I'll be commuting that. That will be most of my driving right there, and my impact will be lessened. Now that Civic goes like a go-kart and normally, I wouldn't be getting peak economy out of a car that handles like that. Hopefully my driving habits I picked up from driving the truck will stick with me and help subdue the "WHEEEE!!" affect. I'll be shooting for well over the EPA rating in that car, but I don't think I will double the mileage I'm currently getting in the truck without some serious ecomods.
So, I'm trying reduce my impact on the world, and more importantly to me, my wallet, while retaining my truck for those days when I just can't deal with the size of my genitalia. Sure there are a lot of people who don't mind blowing extra money on gas so that they can run their lift kits and big tires (sorry JJW, lol
), but you can't lump all truck owners together like that. Some of us are a little more efficient than you think... And I'm sure there are even a few out there that could put a porn star to shame.
Then again, maybe Texas is just a different world. After all, I am a New Englander and that just makes me cool, no large wiener necessary.
