Reply #37: Don't do it.

[hobbywizard]

I've read this entire thread to see how people would respond. Nobody wants to hurt a cohort's feelings, which is cool.

If you have strong feelings about how humans impact their planet, then you should pass up the Explorer. Period. It gets poor gas mileage and to me, that's all she wrote. You aren't a rancher or some other professional who needs the space or power the Explorer offers. You don't have a valid reason to waste all that energy.

It doesn't matter what another buyer of the Explorer would do with it or how much they'd drive it. You have to worry about your principles first, and then consider the example you set to everyone you encounter in life.

I'm not saying this to get under your skin. I'm just sayin'....

Final thought - you've gotten along fine without a vehicle. There are cheap vehicles in the papers and on car sale websites all the time. This is not an opportunity. Buying it doesn't fulfill a need. And if you buy it, you no longer have the right to say Boo! about how anybody else wastes energy. You'll be a hypocrite if you buy it and profess to be concerned about our environment or our need to conserve energy.