It all comes down to envy, jealousy and the "why him syndrome." If you drive fun cars and live long enough, something like this will happen at least once in your lifetime. I've only had one incident with someone writing on the side window in lipstick on my H3. When I was 20 someone threw a handful of tarry pebbles from a parking lot on the seats of a one month old '65 Corvette (in those days we thought it was safe to leave the windows down in the summer) - I was beside myself, years later someone keyed the side of the same car in a nice area of Santa Monica.
Then you have Hummers, which like it or not, bring out strong reactions - mostly positive from men, a somewhat puzzled look by women at times, and downright disgust from tree huggers & the less educated. People group the H1, H2 and H3 together due to the good marketing job GM has done on the H2 and 3. I'm known at the hardware store as "Hummer Man" in my small town and I find my kids give me Hummer floormats, Tshirts, garage mats,etc for Christmas and my birthday and tend to identify me with the Hummer now - these vehicles do that. Has anyone ever seen a Corolla T-shirt or been called Accord Man? NOT! The spit on the windshield is the price you pay for driving something that stands out, makes a statement, doesn't look like every other cookie cutter SUV or car out there, and in many ways says who you are and that you really like to go offroad - and to me it's worth it!
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