We're making a holiday visit to my sister-in-law and her family. They live on top of a mountain so four wheel drive is necessary to get up the road to her place if it snows. I went to Enterprise Car Rental in Boulder, Colorado to pick up the 4WD car I had reserved online. After I filled out the paperwork they proudly showed my my rental: a brand-new Hummer H3.
"Well, there goes my environmentalist credibility."
"Sorry-- it's the only 4WD we have left."
"That's OK-- it'll be in interesting change from the Volkswagen I drive at home"
So, I've been hauling my family around the lefty-green bastion of Boulder in our rent-a-Hummer, getting into the fuel-burning lifestyle. The other day, I actually had a guy in a Prius flip me the bird. Priceless.
