Hummer hate in local paper...

[yzergod]

This ought to piss you off and know what I'm up against here in granolaville...

newspaper article...

From the article:

On July 28, Lawrence Goudy, visiting from Texas, rented a Hummer in Albuquerque and drove it to Durango. He discovered it "keyed," with a message on the windshield.

"You are un-American," read the message. "Why do you feel like you have to drive a car with such bad mileage? Are you going to war? (Expletive) you. Global warming is a problem."

[Agriv8r]

I DONT GET IT!! there a quite a few more vehicles that have a more damaging effect on th enviroment and have worse mpg. it has to be jealousy!!

[Boar-Ral]

Originally Posted by Agriv8r

I DONT GET IT!! there a quite a few more vehicles that have a more damaging effect on th enviroment and have worse mpg. it has to be jealousy!!

I think it has a lot to do with how much the vehicle stands out, too.* For poor fuel economy, take most of the Dodge Rams with a Hemi.* It makes the Hummer look fuel efficient by comparison.* But look at a parking lot with a few pickups scattered about and it is no big deal.* Find a Hummer, though, and bingo.* Add some keys, some expletatives, and viola.* And if the person was really anal, and did realize that the pickups are that bad, their option is to either key them all, or just pick out the most obvious, like the Hummer.* (Because really, I do not know many stories that involved environmentalists in what I would describe as an "ambitious" manner.* Most of them are students sitting on a government loan, or with mommy and daddy paying the way, so this is what they do in their spare time.* Key 50 trucks?* Too much effort!* Key 5 Hummers?* Yeah, I can do that and still have time to watch my soaps!)* ****heads.* I hope they all die in a fire.

[Nav4-NEOCON1]

I'm hoping for a runaway H1 to run them over. How stupid. Wish I could catch the people red handed while they're doing it. Now that would be interesting. Out here they burn them. Not lately though, but they have in the past, I'm sure you all heard about it. Yep, tons of huge suv's out here in Ventura County. Alot more than Hummers. What about the H3... 20 mpg stock. Not bad for a truck you can wheel right from the factory. You're right, they have too much time on their hands with no parental supervision. Check this out: Neo and I have gotten dirty looks driving both Corvettes, mine is 22 years old for goodness sake, it's not a C6 and I didn't pay C6 price for it either. They think we're wealthy and that's not the case. I think they are just jealous.

[Boar-Ral]

Originally Posted by Nav4-NEOCON1

I'm hoping for a runaway H1 to run them over. How stupid. Wish I could catch the people red handed while they're doing it. Now that would be interesting. Out here they burn them. Not lately though, but they have in the past, I'm sure you all heard about it. Yep, tons of huge suv's out here in Ventura County. Alot more than Hummers. What about the H3... 20 mpg stock. Not bad for a truck you can wheel right from the factory. You're right, they have too much time on their hands with no parental supervision. Check this out: Neo and I have gotten dirty looks driving both Corvettes, mine is 22 years old for goodness sake, it's not a C6 and I didn't pay C6 price for it either. They think we're wealthy and that's not the case. I think they are just jealous.

But that is where it gets even more ridiculous!* In Alberta, if I used violence to stop someone from vandalizing my H2, I would be the one thrown in jail!* Even when it is adults doing the vandalizing, they still get a slap on their wrist, and teenagers get an even more lenient sentence!* Even if they are made to repay the damages, I doubt most would be able to afford it.* (Maybe one or two vehicles, but I doubt most of these nutjobs pick one or two and are done with it.)* A lot of this stems from poor parenting and no real exposure to the real world.* Let's face it, I haven't read many stories of 40, 50, 60-somethings doing this, it is usually someone fresh out of university that thinks they know what the world needs and are here to show us.* Don't get me wrong, I know there are older activists out there, but most of what you see is these punks still wet behind the ears.* Like I said, a lot of it goes back to parenting.* If I even suspected one of my children was considering this, there would be a lecture coming that would make the Messiah himself jealous.* I'm so tired of reading these stories where someone torches a few vehicles and the parents always go, "But he was always such a nice boy."* Bull****.* You don't just go from sweaters and corderois by day to torching cars at night and your parents don't suspect a thing.* Ugh.* So angry.* Yeah, wait until I'm 80.* I'll do too ornery for death to even deal with.

[Boar-Ral]

I'm not sure what is up with my posts getting an asterisk after every sentence, either.

[wannabeH3]

i think it has to do a lot with jealousy

[Boar-Ral]

And if anyone is wondering why I sound so upset, it is because just last month I had my H2 keyed to the tune of $4,500.* They drove the keys in so deep that the side panels are dented and gouged.* Jail or not, if I found someone doing that, I think I would react instinctively before anything else kicked in, and they'd be having to unwrap him from my axles and driveshaft.