I always thought a "hummer" was something gay men did to each other...

Try this; When you see someone driving in a hummer make eye contact with the driver, and give a thumbs down while shaking your head in a 'pity' way. I have done this while riding my bike on several occasions and it really drives them nuts, almost nuts enough to put down thier cell phones to flip me off. The beauty is that the hummers are such a status symbol designed to be impressive, when you display non approval it strikes at the base of why someone would be driving one of those things.... Well in a completely ineffective way.

Gramsci wrote:I always thought a "hummer" was something gay men did to each other...

Oh my god, you have never experienced this with a hetero female? You are really missing out.

n.c.,

I give the "thumbs down" the "thumbs up." I too, have done this. It's way better than the finger. so great! the shaming.

On a camping trip this weekend, m'lady and I got into the habit of making the "limp finger" gesture at the folks in their sports cars. Start with the index up like you're making a "number 1!" gesture, and then bend it slowly like a softening dong. so fun!



Faiz

kenoki wrote:guaranteed my crappy old taurus is probably as bad if not worse (in terms of exhaust, and probably even gas guzzling) than your average h2-h3.

Actually, no. Depending on the state of disrepair of your car, It's probably still better.

The fuel economy of a 1995 Ford Taurus was 20/30.
The rating for a 2005 H2 is 9/13 and for the H3 it averages about 16.

I was a little surprised to find out that my Miata is quite poor for fuel economy at only 20/26 given that it only weighs 2,500 pounds. I still feel ok that 1.) the mpg is twice that of the H2, 2.) it's light, and causes less damage to roads. 3.) it's prettier. 4.) it doesn't take up 1/2 the width of a city street when parked. (although some motherfucker still managed to clip the driver's side mirror off of it)

The only thing I feel bad about is that it's poor for carpooling.

i'm going to start giving the thumbs down to anyone holding anything with a upc on it

kenoki wrote:i'm going to start giving the thumbs down to anyone holding anything with a upc on it

You're not talking about barcodes are you?

Someone remind me why we're not harrassing bands that travel the country for their touring pleasure in large fuel-inefficient passenger vans.

I've always maintained that there is a creepy classist focus to this anti-SUV discussion, and none of you are doing anything to dissuade me.

thank you bradley! i understand some of the anti suv stuff but still. it just seems like a bandwagon for the ultra liberal/way too pc people to jump on.

Hummers get 12 miles to the gallon (as do some other big dumb SUVs). That is not only stupid, it is irresponsible.

PS
The vans I tour in get over 20, usually 26 on the highway, just so you know.