<This is probably why you often see Mrs. Smith alone in the big SUV or van at the grocery store. Wasteful, maybe, but probably not as wasteful as two cars her family would have to pay for.
How about a 2 car family with Mrs. Smith running apparently menial errands in the gas-hog, thus upsetting the tree-huggers of the community who are unaware of the fact that Mr. Smith drives 40 miles a day to work and back in the protective case of some mini-car during inclement weather (storms, winter months), and maybe via a scooter/motorcycle during pleasant weather (warm and sunny, summer months).
...or...
Maybe the Smith family is simply ignorant of the facts.
Maybe the Smith family is indifferent to the facts.
Maybe the Smith family cares a great deal about the facts, but other issues require that they own only gas-guzzlers.
The reasons are likely as numerous as there are owners of gas-guzzlers, and the rationale might even be acceptable to many, but certainly not all -- or perhaps acceptable to a few, but certainly not many.
Regardless -- only in America...
"What a country!"
-- Nikolai Rostapovich, played by Yakov Smirnoff
Cheers,
Dan
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