re: #22 Shiplord Kirel

A few years ago, a communist party publication suggested that people install brush guards on their SUVs to project their willingness to knock careless peasants students and workers out of the way. I think that is going a bit far, especially since my Ford pickup has a brush guard (for the very good reason that driving through brush is incidental to my work). It may be true for those who never get close to the boonies though.

I was surprised this go around in Paris this last Jan. I saw a lot more mid-sized European model SUV’s and minivans then I have ever seen in the many times I’ve been there in the past.

Hard to tell how many of these vehicles are driven by suburb dwellers driving onto the city versus which ones were actually owned by Paris city residents, but still, it was odd to see so many large vehicles in Paris proper.

And gas fluctuates around 5-6 eros a gallon (about 4 liters).