Airport shuttle

There really is no Uncooler way to get to the airport than taking the airport shuttle. I'm not talking airport taxi (which is less cool) or airport limo (which is way cool) but the airport shuttle. The shuttle is a big 15 passenger van that hauls as many humans as is possible (usually cramming upwards of two dozen people. Why do the shuttle? Short of having someone take you to the airport (not always possible) it is the cheapest way to go. But there are some disadvantages:

1. Getting picked up at home: they come 9 hours prior to take-off. You get to the airport and wait forever for no good reason.

2. They cram you into the van. They have it down to a science. So many stops...

3. Unsafe drivers. I've never been in a vehicle that moved faster and with more ins-and-outs than a shuttle van (all while he is filling out receipts and talking on his cellphone)

4. Getting picked up at the airport: the circle of hell. If you ever take the shuttle home from the airport, you get picked up, then the fun begins. They ride around and around and around non-stop until they have enough people crammed in the van to justify the drive to the valley. I've been in a shuttle that took three hours to make the 25 minute trip to my driveway.

Cheap is good but cheap isn't always better, practical or sane.