I dunno.
Maybe I'm just cynical.
I look at that and I see "rationalization."
Like...he's trying to rationalize his way out of a situation. For instance...
...the ol' guy lost his license (again?) to a DUI, and now he's resorting to carting his liquid courage home on his daughter's old bike.
Sigh. Come spring, he'll be back in his ol' F-250.
Boy. Ain't that the high life??