suv

So i was just talking to a co-worker about a new car gavin and i are probably getting.
And the second he says "so that's like a suv right?" I feel compelled to say "yeah, we want to be able to go skiing and camping without a problem."
He then brings up the fact that people feel the need to justify the fact that you're buying a large car now-a-days.

Totally true, and also understandable. Natural resources and all that.
When we were deciding on what kind of car to get Gavin brought up some things he said he needed.

1 - i'm a first time driver and he wants me to live if i ever get into a crash (bigger car - less likelihood of getting squished)
2- we don't have a garage and we need to be able to get out of the long island snow the likes of which caused us to dig for almost an hour before noticing that the weight cracked the windshield of the loaner we had (true story)
3- we need to be able to fit our tent in the back when we go camping, two bikes for when we go biking etc etc.

And since I've never driven anything i really didn't care as long as it didn't look like a minivan.

But thinking of the environment makes me guilty for wanting to be comfortable.

Yeah, we could have gotten a four door and dealt with digging the car out every snowfall, get a couple roof racks and hope they hold, somehow stuff our tent in the backseat..

Is it alright to want to be comfortable now-a-days? Are we being amoral in these times?

makes ya think...