Awwww, poor Texans
The former managing editor of The Daily Texan, Sholnn Freeman, has an interesting piece in the WSJ today about SUV sales dropping in Texas.
Texans Think Smaller
HOUSTON -- Like a lot of other Texans, Paul Lanier likes driving big pickups and SUVs. But that was before gasoline prices jumped above $2 a gallon.
Mr. Lanier, a 53-year-old high-school football coach and a lifelong Ford truck man, in February traded in his family's Expedition and his own pickup for two Honda Motor Co. CRVs. The small sport-utility vehicle averages 25 miles per gallon in mixed city and highway driving, according to government figures -- 47% better than the Expedition's 17 mpg average.
Mr. Lanier says he feels "a little naked right now" without his big F-150 pickup surrounding him.
[...]
It can cost almost $100 to fill up a full-size SUV these days. That's jolting the loyalty of some of the big vehicles' most die-hard fans: Texans.
Texans Think Smaller
HOUSTON -- Like a lot of other Texans, Paul Lanier likes driving big pickups and SUVs. But that was before gasoline prices jumped above $2 a gallon.
Mr. Lanier, a 53-year-old high-school football coach and a lifelong Ford truck man, in February traded in his family's Expedition and his own pickup for two Honda Motor Co. CRVs. The small sport-utility vehicle averages 25 miles per gallon in mixed city and highway driving, according to government figures -- 47% better than the Expedition's 17 mpg average.
Mr. Lanier says he feels "a little naked right now" without his big F-150 pickup surrounding him.
[...]
It can cost almost $100 to fill up a full-size SUV these days. That's jolting the loyalty of some of the big vehicles' most die-hard fans: Texans.
posted by bda at 10:10 AM
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