Some Won’t Give up Hummers No Matter How High Gas Price Go

Some folks love their Hummers so much, they just don’t give a damn about high gas prices. Nothing will stop them from driving these monsters. Of course, a lot of the people that say that have plenty of money to burn, so what’s it to them? Sure, Hummers haven’t exactly been welcomed onto the streets by other drivers, and Hummer owners may find themselves the targets of flying eggs. But apparently, all of these factors don’t mean that Hummer lovers are going to give up their precious status symbols.

From USA Today

Maybe mega-SUVs are going the way of dinosaurs. Hummer sales have dropped 40% this year. But these beasts and the men and women who love them certainly don’t behave like endangered species.

“I told my wife when we bought this, ‘Honey, we’re investing in steel and rubber,’ says William Welch, a Philadelphia surgeon who, cigar clenched between his teeth, offers a guided tour of his lovingly tended jet-black H1.

“If it was $10 a gallon,” he says, “we’d still be out there.”

Some elephants… are just jerks. (+2 Simpsons Fan Points if you get that reference). Luckily, there aren’t too many of them left, since Hummer sales have slowed down so much that GM’s looking to sell. That means we’re less likely to see 45-year-old housewives barreling down suburban streets in these things on their way to a nail salon, for which we’re thankful.

Link [USA Today]
Photo credit: Flickr user George E. Norkus

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