I would never drive 80 miles a day for work. Your point is about wasting gas. If I own 5 automobiles, I drive only one at a time. My truck maybe 2500 miles a year. It's paid for, well tuned and ready to go. How is that wasteful? I know many with 2 new cars and a full size truck in my area.
As far as car collectors; most drive under 2500 miles a year, or less if antiqued or running classic plates. That's a restriction with collector car insurance policies. I have 2 and am not allowed to drive them to work. My collector vehicles have restrictions, cost under 300 year to insure, and have full replacement value however.
I don't know how many people you know that do ridiculous daily job commutes in full size trucks. I picked a new Silverado, which has one of the nicest rides. But every truck I tested has been honestly fairly uncomfortable to commute in. Most families, unless you live solo, have more than one vehicle. I moved to be close to my job. If you burn more than a gallon a day in whatever you may be driving, you are wasting more fuel than I use even with a full size truck.
The rationale of buying a higher MPG vehicle is OK if you drive 2 hours round trip. I live and work in a normal suburban area. I could move an hour away so that I could afford a bigger house, and mow another acre and burn gas on a tractor as well. There's always some rationale why people criticize, yet they may not be doing everything possible in all the other areas of their lifestyle they carve out for themselves.
8th Jan 2012, 14:19
I would never drive 80 miles a day for work. Your point is about wasting gas. If I own 5 automobiles, I drive only one at a time. My truck maybe 2500 miles a year. It's paid for, well tuned and ready to go. How is that wasteful? I know many with 2 new cars and a full size truck in my area.
As far as car collectors; most drive under 2500 miles a year, or less if antiqued or running classic plates. That's a restriction with collector car insurance policies. I have 2 and am not allowed to drive them to work. My collector vehicles have restrictions, cost under 300 year to insure, and have full replacement value however.
I don't know how many people you know that do ridiculous daily job commutes in full size trucks. I picked a new Silverado, which has one of the nicest rides. But every truck I tested has been honestly fairly uncomfortable to commute in. Most families, unless you live solo, have more than one vehicle. I moved to be close to my job. If you burn more than a gallon a day in whatever you may be driving, you are wasting more fuel than I use even with a full size truck.
The rationale of buying a higher MPG vehicle is OK if you drive 2 hours round trip. I live and work in a normal suburban area. I could move an hour away so that I could afford a bigger house, and mow another acre and burn gas on a tractor as well. There's always some rationale why people criticize, yet they may not be doing everything possible in all the other areas of their lifestyle they carve out for themselves.