# bumper sticker/vehicle combo **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 20, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-sticker-vehicle-combo/669325 "2013-09-20T16:45:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-sticker-vehicle-combo/669325/1 "2013-09-20T16:45:25Z")
Today I spotted a Ford Expedition bearing Gandhi’s classic quote on its bumper: “Live simply so that others may simply live.” For anyone not familiar with the Expedition, this is a 5500-pound vehicle with a fuel economy (MPG) in the mid-teens. (for comparison, a Honda Civic weighs half as much and has double the fuel economy.) ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-sticker-vehicle-combo/669325/2 "2013-09-20T16:49:24Z")
Maybe they only put regular gas in it. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-sticker-vehicle-combo/669325/3 "2013-09-20T16:54:06Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > Today I spotted a Ford Expedition bearing Gandhi’s classic quote on its bumper: > > “Live simply so that others may simply live.” > > For anyone not familiar with the Expedition, this is a 5500-pound vehicle with a fuel economy (MPG) in the mid-teens. (for comparison, a Honda Civic weighs half as much and has double the fuel economy.) Saw the same one years ago on a high-end Mercedes. I guess not buying the Ferrari qualifies. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-sticker-vehicle-combo/669325/4 "2013-09-20T16:58:00Z")
**"I spent 4 years in college for _this?"_** BMW 740iL 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-sticker-vehicle-combo/669325/5 "2013-09-20T17:01:51Z")
After India achieved independence and Hindus and Muslims decided to start fighting each other, Gandhi said, “Everybody is eager to garland my photos and statues, but nobody wants to follow my advice.” Seems rather appropriate here. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-sticker-vehicle-combo/669325/6 "2013-09-20T17:04:14Z")
From the 80s. "Thank You, [PaineWebber"](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paine_Webber) on an old beat-to-hell VW bug. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-sticker-vehicle-combo/669325/7 "2013-09-20T17:12:07Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Saw the same one years ago on a high-end Mercedes. I guess not buying the Ferrari qualifies. A Mercedes may cost its owner a lot of money, but I’ll bet it has more moderate fuel economy than the Expedition and can be made using considerably less than 5500 pounds of steel. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-sticker-vehicle-combo/669325/8 "2013-09-20T17:30:28Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > A Mercedes may cost its owner a lot of money, but I’ll bet it has more moderate fuel economy than the Expedition and can be made using considerably less than 5500 pounds of steel. This was a good twenty years ago. As I remember, it was a [500/600 model.](http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/bymake/Mercedes-Benz1993.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumper-sticker-vehicle-combo/669325/9 "2013-09-20T20:23:37Z")
Not a bumper sticker, but the combination of car and message apply here. The car was (is, it may still be running around for all I know), an older model boxy square economy car of some sort, red in color. It isn’t in terrible shape, but has old worn paint, and one of the taillights has been duct taped on (a nice fairly subtle taping job, but still), and the red part of the taillight is a piece of flexible red plastic. The license plates say “spoild” (Spoiled, I’m pretty sure). Every time I saw that car, (and it was still tooling around Anchorage when I left), I always thought “well whoever is “spoiling” you isn’t doing a very good job”. 😃