I drive an SUV hybrid because it gets better gas mileage than my old sedan and better mileage than any of the station wagons tht I was interested in. We wanted a diesel wagon so we could go bio, but there were none available in the U.S. in 2006. Also because when I'm stuck in traffic my engine turns off so I'm not polluting while I'm at a standstill.
I also do it because I _love_ driving SUV's and would have never done it before. I live in the land of SUV's and if you don't drive one it is very difficult to see. (which certainly doesn't make me need one, just means I like it for now.) It's a complete treat that I don't feel guilty about. I've also chosen to lease for only 3 years with the intent of trading in for a prius or a diesel or *crosses fingers* an electric as they are trickling out onto the market agian in the next few years.
Either way a hybrid is a step up and I'm happy to see anybody going in the right direction. Whether it's farther that I would go or nowhere near as close.
I have nothing against SUV hybrids - definitely a step up from even non-hybrid compacts! But having that bumper sticker on it seems pretty odd when most people are not going to realize that you are, in fact, driving a hybrid. I wouldn't have thought twice about it if not for the sticker.
I guess I can see driving an SUV if almost everyone else is just for visibility, but god, I hate driving big vehicles. Heck, my mom's Taurus drove me nuts, felt like a boat to me. I've always had compacts (usually a Corolla).
They might have been advertising it just because otherwise you wouldn't have noticed it was a hybrid. I know when I was reading the reviews on the Highlander Hybrid that it was one of the complaints of the reviewer. If he was going to spend some $6,000 more for a hybrid he wanted people to know it! heh.
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I also do it because I _love_ driving SUV's and would have never done it before. I live in the land of SUV's and if you don't drive one it is very difficult to see. (which certainly doesn't make me need one, just means I like it for now.) It's a complete treat that I don't feel guilty about. I've also chosen to lease for only 3 years with the intent of trading in for a prius or a diesel or *crosses fingers* an electric as they are trickling out onto the market agian in the next few years.
Either way a hybrid is a step up and I'm happy to see anybody going in the right direction. Whether it's farther that I would go or nowhere near as close.
That's just my perspective though.
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I guess I can see driving an SUV if almost everyone else is just for visibility, but god, I hate driving big vehicles. Heck, my mom's Taurus drove me nuts, felt like a boat to me. I've always had compacts (usually a Corolla).
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