It's all in the attitude. If you're gonna play, go big or go home!

The town I live in has a hippie past with an overdeveloped focus on the politically correct. Here, the Prius outnumbers the Escalade by at least twenty to one.

I think the Escalade is an overpriced gas-guzzler and space-hog. It's way more car than anyone needs. But it takes a lot of guts to drive an Escalade in this town. People throw dirty looks & shake their heads whenever one drives by.

Sensible choice or not, drivers of the Prius seem to have the worst attitudes when they get behind the wheel. Somehow they believe that their choice in car advertises their care for the environment which thereby cancels out the bad karma they get for cutting that guy off in traffic, or accidentally almost backing into me as I walk to work.

Yeah. I walk to work.

Ultimately, the way things are going with climate change, driving any car can be considered indulgent.

Gold rims rock, though, especially if you have a matching gold grill in your mouth.