Originally Posted by pawoSD

Every time I see (several times per day) some rich soccer mom bringing her daughter somewhere in their extra extra large 2008 GMC Suburban, Escalade, or Yukon XL etc...I feel like shooting out their tires. Why do you need a 19 foot long 7000lb 12 mpg vehicle to bring your daughter places. Insanity. Its almost like the people who can afford to waste a lot (not all those people, but a large amount of them) take it as far as they can and waste endlessly.

I agree on most SUV owners being inelastic customers. Gas will always be a "small" cost to them on a yearly basis, even if it was $10 per gallon.

But then there are the people that can't afford to drive an SUV, but do as a status symbol. I went through a drive through yesterday (only got some fries!) and the guy in front of me in his 2002 Expedition TURNED IT OFF while he was ordering! ha! Started it again when he had to move forward to the window. He must be feeling the pump pain.