The Escalade is coming to surpass the Mercedes as the vehicle of choice for road bullies. And I say that even knowing the old bus driver joke: “What’s the difference between a Mercedes and a porcupine? With a porcupine the pricks are on the outside.”
It isn’t just the sticker price. Porsches are expensive too, but too small to compete effectively in NYC traffic, where bulk and balls rule. You know what, though? Continuing the German theme, I’ve noticed that a LOT of Volkswagens are driven by assholes. To me that’s counterintuitive. BMWs cost a buck or two, but don’t seem as bad as Mercedes drivers. Maybe it’s because BMWs are marketed for quality and Mercedes’ are marketed for prestige.
SUVs in general are horrible, but the Escalades are the worst.
You have to understand Manhattan traffic. There’s a kind of grace to it. Most everybody understands the flow, that three lanes of traffic, all kinds of vehicles, will move as one, flowing around potholes, misplaced manhole covers, and terrified New Jersey drivers in Toyotas. Praying, maybe, that the accelerator doesn’t get stuck while behind a large and grumpy cabbie from Central Asia.
Funny. Even cabbies just off the boat from Kazakhstan seem to understand the flow of Manhattan traffic. The SUVs disrupt that with their bullying. I’m surprised that SUVs drivers aren’t occasionally dragged from their vehicles and beaten to death.
I’m not into violence. But I bet that Escalade drivers will be after their charming General Motors vehicles fall apart after 65,000 miles and the parts department had been outsourced Kazakhstan where the cabbies come from.
Taken from this post:
‘What’s the difference between a Mercedes and a porcupine?’
