"Duane Bozarth" wrote in message
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Doug Kanter wrote:
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My point was that some people believe freedom of choice is actually
passed
down from a deity, and this is especially true of cars for some reason.
In
fact, freedom of choice in this country originated with guns. Period.
Nothing to do with a god, although you really touch a nerve with some
people
if you suggest this. :-)

There's a significant difference in the concept and the implementation
which seems to have escaped you...

I don't think so, but it's early yet.

Look, you have to admit that if you sat down with (let's say) 100 people and
said "Do you know that you can achieve all your stated goals (for your next
car purchase) with a vehicle that gets 30% better gas mileage?", there would
be some people (and I believe it's a large percentage) who'd actually say
"Holy **** - I really didn't know that". And, there would be some who'd
already done as much research as they could, and maybe just gathered
knowledge over the years, and really DID need a big pickup truck or SUV.

I'm not saying that you shouldn't let people buy what they want. What I *am*
saying is that I doubt very much that many consumers really know what
they're getting into with SUVs, and would make a different choice on their
own, given the right information. The glut of these vehicles in used car
lots is some indication of this idea.