Thu Dark Griin Afrod Vihicul Fenamenu

Ai liv in Mill Valley, California, a kwaiet, clin, byutiful litul taun, nesuld in redwud tris. It'z wun uv thu welthiest eriuz in thu cuntri; al thu homz cost miliunz uv dalurz, thu carz ar lukzuri vihiculz and thu pipul ar afen snabi.

Risentli, ai'v notist sumthing streinj - thu rodz ar fild with Dark Griin Afrod Vihiculs (DGAVs). Yu can't draiv enywer withaut siing severul uv them. Evri parking lat haz at list 2 or 3. ai went to Marin Outdoors and wuz suraunded bi them. It'z cripi.

Faddish baiing habitz ar nuthing nu tu thu yupiz that liv hir. It siimz that aidiuz catch an laik waildfiur and no yupster wantz tu bi left bihaind. In thu erli 1980s it wuz hat tubz and BMWs. Mor risentli, Interplak hi-tek tuthbrushez and blak Saab 900S terbo cupz.

Thu DGAVs, hawevur, ar truli u sain uv ubsesiv cunsumerist status warfer. Thu mujoriti uv thu onerz prababli never liv thu peivd rod, and ar unlaikli tu keri mor than 2 kidz and u bag uv grosheriz. And wai Dark Griin, afen cald "British reising griin"? Thu pulis in Mill Valley wil stop yu for going 2 mailz over thu spiid limit.

For yirs, thu onli afrod status simbul wuz thu Range Rover frum British cumpani Land Rover. Ther iz nao an eksplozhun uv papyulur vihiculz that ar besikli thu seim: Honda Passport, Isuzu Trooper and Rodeo, Mistsubishi Montero, Ford Explorer, Plymouth Navigator, Jeep Cherokee, Toyota 4Runner, Nissan Pathfinder. Thu campetishun iz thik at thu hi end ($50,000) az wel, with thu Acura SLX, Lexus 450LX, and Toyota Land Cruiser al casting and performing laik u Range Rover.

Mebi the yupiz nid thu DGAVs tu truvers ther stip draivwes. Mebi draiving an afrod vihicul projeks thu impreshun that yu hav thu taim tu go aut intu nechur iven tho yu nevur du. Meibi it eksplenz wai "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" wuz orijinuli riten abaut Mill Valley - the'r al programd Pad Pipul.

Bisaidz ther besik shep, al thiz vihiculz hav wun thing in camun: the'r uveilubul, and seling laik creizi, in Dark Griin. 

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I have to deal with off-road vehicles that have never seen dirt as well. I live in Santa Monica, and all of the yupsters from Brentwood and other trendy parts of the Westside drive those damn things. Huge, gas-sucking beasts of utility vehicles that will never get muddy. It's almost as bad as the yupsters who ride $4000 full-suspension mountain bikes that are spotless...
Adam Rakunas

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