Originally Posted by Old_Fart

The is really more of a rant than a question, but feel free to share your experiences.

I have been making a real, if gradual effort to use my car less and less over the past couple years. I commute by bike a couple time a week (working on more but a 35 mile round trip every day is too much as of yet). Last November I built up an Xtracycle for obvious (to this crowd, at least) reasons and I love it. Generally, I'm trying not to be preachy but instead to be ever less dependent on the car and maybe to be a good example for others.

Lately I'm finding that some of my good friends just don't get it. They won't accept my explanations of why this is important to me. To them it's not about money, pollution, traffic, or whatever, it's all an excuse to snub them. The little whiny details really don't matter for purposes of this post.

How many of you have gone through similar experiences with friends and family?