RE: [Paddlewise] ACA and Subaru

I'll ignore comments on past and current US presidents as it is way far
removed from paddling, but your comments about why people do what they do,
hits right to my original point about making posts of this kind on a
paddling list.
You seem to be operating with the assumption that anyone who doesn't do what
makes sense to you simply isn't thinking straight or doesn't have all the
right information.
I hate SUVs because they are often driven belligerently and otherwise over
aggressively. Nevertheless, I believe that the people who buy them have
thought their decision through very carefully and buy the SUV for its
tank-like qualities. They get their way on the road, and are likely to fare
better in a collision just because of how massive they are. The fact that I
don't like their decision doesn't mean they are either mentally incompetent
or uninformed.
Likewise I recently bought a high performance car (from Subaru) because I
wanted one (mid life crisis or second childhood - take your pick). I thought
it through carefully. I can afford the car, the gas, and the insurance. I
think the air is generally clean enough, and we don't seem to be running out
of oil as fast as anyone predicted 20 years ago. The fact that you disagree
with my reasoning and decision doesn't invalidate them.
We both share paddling as an interest, but obviously we do not share common
views on politics or automobiles.
The point (I've almost forgotten myself): Posting a request on this list to
pester Subaru about deciding to classify a vehicle as an SUV is no more or
less appropriate than posting a request to pester Subaru into making
vehicles available that have more horsepower.
Serious paddlers can have both views and neither of them really has anything
to do with kayaking.

Steve Brown

-----Original Message-----
......... they don't, they buy according 
to advertizing and lots of other crap that has nothing to do with 
logical decision making.  If half the car buyers bought with their 
brains and with knowledge of what they were doing, the trends would 
not be as they are.  Buying a $40k SUV when a $25k van provides the 
same overall utility doesn't make economic sense.  Buying an SUV when 
a small car provides for all their _needs_ (e.g. one person commuting 
to work = 80+% of their driving) also doesn't make sense.......

Mike
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