Whyfore the huge offroad car in the middle of a city, Mister Huu?

Considering how he dropped in mention of carbon deficit and climate change on the Ethiopian interview in the same breath as his newfound interest in Fairtrade I'm surprised he's not jumped on the hybrid bandwagon yet.

Yeah, he talks about being in "carbon debt" and yet adds to it by driving around in that thing. Hypocrite.

I, on the other hand, refill water bottles, turn off all lights and appliances when not using them, use energy-efficient light bulbs, and walk everywhere I need to go.

I only walk a lot because I didn't have a car for 2+ years and never really liked driving much in the first place.

I hate driving. I have untreated ADD - not ADHD, as I am NOT hyperactive - my attention span is too short to ever be able to drive properly. I don't even have a driver's license at the moment, and if I were to get one, I'd have to do the written test, 5-hour course, and road test all over again.

I'm supposed to be on meds - but I'm not, so there you go. That's why I'm rather... flaky.

Fair nuff. I don't have that excuse, I'm just a bit crap at it.

I have to drive around here or else I'd get no where, but I do not drive a SUV. I don't mind though. I do however shut off all lights, use those energy efficient bulbs and use refillable bottles too.

My guess is it's a lease. He didn't have a car in NYC before, maybe he got so used to having one in Australia he wanted one close by at all times. It does make it easier when getting around with kids in tow.

A bigger car also probably makes them feel safer when there are more paps following them too, especially when the kids are with them. I love my small car. I learned to drive with a full-size van and the greater difficulty in parking and their lack of agility on the highway eradicated any desire to own a van or SUV of any kind.

I've had a driver's license since 1975 and I haven't used it since. Too paranoid. If hubby ever bites the dust I'm totally screwed - it's a move near transportation or retirement village here I come I guess.

Re the Land Rover - can't say anything too bad about it since my brother-in-law is a salesman in Paramus for them but I know what you mean about the carbon footprint stuff (which is why I hate when most celebrities hawk things since most of the time you find out they don't practice what they preach). I'm sure it's a lease and I guess the traffic downtown/parking isn't as bad as midtown

Here where I live, I can't get anywhere without a car since there are virtually no taxis, buses only come around every so often, and we have BART but that's about it. Ahhh, living in suburbia, it's like I'm right out of something like Desperate Housewives.

Love that picture of Hugh! He looks so bulky and huggable there.

Funny how so few of us enjoy driving. I had a wicked, multi-fatality accident years ago based on a looney driver and have never felt comfortable since. I'd feel safe if Mr. Hugh was driving though.

I reversed into a police car once... that's probably my biggest driving low-point so far. :p

Hahahahaaa, then what happened? My first week of having my license, I backed up into a parked truck, one of those ones with the huge wheels all suped up so I couldn't see the bumper since it was so high and didn't know it stuck out so freaking much. Then just a few months ago, someone at the school parking lot hit my parked car, and pooey for them and their insurance, had to cover $4,000 worth of damage when their car wasn't even scratched.

I have a typical mum-taxi - driving across town at rush hour in a ten minute journey that can take up to an hour. Typical british town driving where the streets were designed for horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians and more recently planners have introduced "traffic calming" and other restrictions that mean you can't take a direct route to anywhere. The only thing I like about driving is listening to the radio.

icelemt38 wrote:Hahahahaaa, then what happened?

Not a lot. I did it very slowly, rolling backwards down a hill when my gearbox failed (it was a very old, very shitty car) and luckily didn't do any material damage except to my ego :p
The policeman was very understanding, it just got reported as an accident.

Well that's good.