[Green Tea -3]

“Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race”

- William E. Gladstone

War No More

No More War

Kim Dong Won - ^{Always Be My Baby}
• Peace
• Love
• Harmony

My hero: GOD

My white on white G-Shock watch is nasty nice

Never has any truer words been uttered than this - "Never fault the one who gives his all, it's the one who gives up trying that deserves the blame".

Aloha,

The only remnants remaining from my once prized and beloved Toyota Prius are the after market Volk Time Attacks Rims.
Those rims stored in my Mom's garage is the only reminder I have of my ex and no I'm not talking about girlfriends here.
Being as though I am no longer a habitual commuter nor is it essential that I have a primary car at my disposal; I feel as though I'm no longer doing the environment "dirty" because pollution flat out sucks.
I've been easing my transition back into public commute and despite the infrequent time schedules of buses I feel having a vehicle would be disadvantageous to me. Not only that, but being able to walk and get fresh air does indeed do the mind, body and spirit good. Plus, fresh air rules.

I treated my Mom to Dim Sum where we had a lengthy "adult" conversation pertaining to important matters involving myself. If I recall correctly the one issue my Mother brought up which we had conflicting opinions on was her vehicles. Now for those of you who may be out of the loop, my mother owns 2 SUVs. One is a Porshe Cayenne Turbo and the other is a BMW X5. The latter basically a garage queen as it hardly sees the light of day or the night of a full moon. My Mom decided to drop a bombshell on me by offering to let me have her X5 seeing as though I sold the Prius. If this were any other time of my life I'd have grabbed for the keys right then and there and yelled yippee kay yay. Fortunately I know my priorities in life and the last thing I need is the burden of a $70,000 vehicle causing me griefs. I nixed the idea altogether because I'm happy without a vehicle.

I've tried to make it crystal clear to my Mom that she should seriously consider selling her BMW. Though I can't force her to do anything she doesn't want to do. I'm just not gonna accept my Mom's proposal and thats that. What I would like to see her do is sell both of her vehicles but thats in a perfect world as anyone with any sense knows the world is far from perfect! Personally I'd love to see her drive a Kia Forte but hey, thats just me.

I love my Mom to death but I see her being so unrealistic here. If you were me what would you do? I know Soompiers are a very enlightened bunch of individuals so I trust and more importantly value each and everyone of your expert opinions.
Its like I'm in water with a weight tied to my foot as I struggle to keep from drowning.

- G^Are G^Are

Never Stop Smiling

[babii3xquiisit3]

Omg so much reading. Your essays were more amusing in the L&R section

[BoAFreakVer.300]

I don't see what the problem is. You have no car, she has 2, she offered to give you one, you said no. You already made up your mind and the only thing preventing you from moving on is your persistent need to impose your values to others.

[G4nismo]

[Banana_Muffin]

"The only remnants remaining from my once prized and beloved Toyota Prius are the after market Volk Time Attacks Rims.
Those rims stored in my Mom's garage is the only reminder I have of my ex and no I'm not talking about girlfriends here."
ROFL! That made me stop reading!

[boa808]

What exactly is your point?

[Vivskies]

Remember kids, Soompi isn't your own personal blog.

[[K]Jae]

+1 That's how im feeling after reading it 2x

Dude you can make EVERYTHING more clear without the descriptive wording and such.
Soo.
Pollution sucks
1. Your environmentally friendly
2. You would rather commute then drive
3. Your mom being a spender rather have two cars then one
4. You want your mom to drive a more nature friendly car?
5. Your mom wants the x5 to get some daylight so shes using you to take it out?

Maybe there are other points but this is what i got so far reading it over many times.

I think you made the right decision in not taking her car. You display an act of responsibility and showing that you don't need to rely on your mom for simple matter like transportation.

I would take the car if my parents handed it to me like that. I don't like pollution also but sometimes its very inconvenient for me to take the bus to school and work, especially when i got loads of books to bring. Plus I just like driving xD

[leejunkified]

You probably know your mom can´t sell that car for 70,000 now, and she rather let you have it than have it sit in the garage.
But, if you're OK with commuting, then what´s the problem? It would be different if you really NEEDED the car. She was just trying to be helpful, not unrealistic (at least that´s my point of view). You can just tell her you really don´t need a car but that if it would be ok to use it ocassionally if you do happen to need it.

[aznB]

who the hell puts volk TA's on a Prius??
I swear all the weirdos are from Vancouver...

[FusionGT2]

Poor people, you have never faced the wraith of this guy... just ignore it all and move on lol. Pointless.

[NismoGTR]

who the hell puts volk TA's on a Prius??
I swear all the weirdos are from Vancouver...

LOL, that's what I was thinking. And this guy types extremely odd.

[Summer Breeze]

If you don't want the car, I'll take it!

[Daikirai]

Poor people, you have never faced the wraith of this guy... just ignore it all and move on lol. Pointless.

They just don't understand the true genius underneath the words.
Or they just think he's a random person, typing up an idiotic post.

Sorry, GreenTea. As much as I love you, I stopped reading after looking the block of text.

[MsKrnDoll]

if it was me i would make the porche the garage queen but that's just me..if it really bothers you about the fact that your mom has an X5, have you checked whether it's a dual pipe or a quad pipe? if it's the dual pipe then at least she's using less gas than she would if she drove a quad pipe..that's all i can think of..lol

[iitzjesss]

you should post more in the love and relationships...its more entertaining there

[azn akira]

who the hell puts volk TA's on a Prius??

my thoughts exactly....

man i miss my straight pipe turbo rotary, it offset all the "good" people like the op do by driving prius's and using public transportation....one day on the race track in that probably polluted more than one whole year of prius driving, it was a good feeling

[ilikesnoopy2]

get a 1st gen honda insight. yay.

[G4nismo]

my thoughts exactly....

man i miss my straight pipe turbo rotary, it offset all the "good" people like the op do by driving prius's and using public transportation....one day on the race track in that probably polluted more than one whole year of prius driving, it was a good feeling

no smog/emission inspections in SC ftw...not that i have straight pipes or would want one

[OMGHIyori2U]

lol