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PAB

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Originally posted by: tennisflip
Originally posted by: tfinch2
Originally posted by: PAB
Originally posted by: tfinch2
Originally posted by: PAB
Originally posted by: iversonyin
How much MPG does a Suburban get?

Mine is a 3/4 ton 4x4 turbodiesel - averages about 8-11 in town and 16 on the highway.

What is the purpose of the suburban?

#1 To look cool.
#2 Going to UPS and Sams Club.

Suburban? Cool? LOL

No kidding, what made you think that a suburban is a cool ride?

Eight inches of ground clearance, 4WD and enough torque to pull a house and run down hippies in the street. When I drive that thing, I'm sitting like 3 feet above the road and can see everything. Its just a cool ride :)
 

jagec

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Originally posted by: PAB
Eight inches of ground clearance, 4WD and enough torque to pull a house and run down hippies in the street. When I drive that thing, I'm sitting like 3 feet above the road and can see everything. Its just a cool ride :)

yeah...I'm sure you run over hippies ALL THE TIME. You sound like those H2 freaks, constantly talking about how they "crush other cars" and "drive right over (insert impossibly huge object)".:roll:

I'm sorry, Suburbans are not considered cool. But hey, what matters is that YOU think you're cool...so if it's worth a $100 fillup for you, be my guest. But it won't make your penis any bigger.
 

AlienCraft

Lifer
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Originally posted by: Queasy
Originally posted by: Aharami
what I dont understand is why we havent built any new, more efficient refineries? is corporate greed the only reason? I dont buy the environmental reasons. There are plenty of barren lands in the US where noone lives. Why cant we build one or two there?

Because it is more cost-effective to upgrade and expand existing oil refineries than it is to deal with the regulatory, governmental, and environmental hassles that goes along with building a brand new plant on unused land no matter how barren it is.

Just look at where they want to drill in ANWR...it is about as barren as it gets and the enviro-nutties still have politicians scared of drilling there.

Maybe it's not an unfounded fear.
Given the claims by the oil industry about how "it won't be that bad", being cautious about drilling in an area that is about as remote as one can be, I wouldn't call them "enviro-nutties". But I would call the oil industries constant thirst for easy oil unrelentless.

 

jagec

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Originally posted by: Slew Foot
Originally posted by: jagec

Yes, and I...I...sold my stock in January! *sobs*

Surprisingly, their stock isnt doing very well.

But look at the 1-year chart, and find January. I shouldn't have set my stop-limit order so high.
 

PAB

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Originally posted by: jagec
Originally posted by: PAB
Eight inches of ground clearance, 4WD and enough torque to pull a house and run down hippies in the street. When I drive that thing, I'm sitting like 3 feet above the road and can see everything. Its just a cool ride :)

yeah...I'm sure you run over hippies ALL THE TIME. You sound like those H2 freaks, constantly talking about how they "crush other cars" and "drive right over (insert impossibly huge object)".:roll:

I'm sorry, Suburbans are not considered cool. But hey, what matters is that YOU think you're cool...so if it's worth a $100 fillup for you, be my guest. But it won't make your penis any bigger.

I'm actually looking for a 2000-2003 H2! See FS/FT!
 

DaiShan

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Originally posted by: PAB
Goddamn diesel prices - $80 to fill up the suburban with a 1/4 tank today!

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/8192/img06487lt.jpg

We invaded iraq - wheres my cheap oil? Wheres my relief at the pump?

Lousy stinking corporations screwing us all every day!


HAHA I said the exact same thing, I mean if we're gonna invade I at least want some cheap oil!!

BTW, time to start shorting oil futures ;)
 

DaiShan

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Originally posted by: tennisflip
Originally posted by: tfinch2
Originally posted by: PAB
Originally posted by: tfinch2
Originally posted by: PAB
Originally posted by: iversonyin
How much MPG does a Suburban get?

Mine is a 3/4 ton 4x4 turbodiesel - averages about 8-11 in town and 16 on the highway.

What is the purpose of the suburban?

#1 To look cool.
#2 Going to UPS and Sams Club.

Suburban? Cool? LOL

No kidding, what made you think that a suburban is a cool ride?


Go to the clubs much? You can pack like 10-15 girls in a Suburban. Getting out of a Suburban packed with hot girls you ==cool.
 

PAB

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Originally posted by: DaiShan
Originally posted by: tennisflip
Originally posted by: tfinch2
Originally posted by: PAB
Originally posted by: tfinch2
Originally posted by: PAB
Originally posted by: iversonyin
How much MPG does a Suburban get?

Mine is a 3/4 ton 4x4 turbodiesel - averages about 8-11 in town and 16 on the highway.

What is the purpose of the suburban?

#1 To look cool.
#2 Going to UPS and Sams Club.

Suburban? Cool? LOL

No kidding, what made you think that a suburban is a cool ride?


Go to the clubs much? You can pack like 10-15 girls in a Suburban. Getting out of a Suburban packed with hot girls you ==cool.

^^^

This guy knows what I'm talkin about.
 

jagec

Lifer
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Originally posted by: PAB
Originally posted by: DaiShan
Go to the clubs much? You can pack like 10-15 girls in a Suburban. Getting out of a Suburban packed with hot girls you ==cool.

^^^

This guy knows what I'm talkin about.

The problem is getting them IN the Suburban in the first place.

Unless you loaded your washer fluid with chloroform or something.
 

tfinch2

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Originally posted by: PAB
Originally posted by: DaiShan
Originally posted by: tennisflip
Originally posted by: tfinch2
Originally posted by: PAB
Originally posted by: tfinch2
Originally posted by: PAB
Originally posted by: iversonyin
How much MPG does a Suburban get?

Mine is a 3/4 ton 4x4 turbodiesel - averages about 8-11 in town and 16 on the highway.

What is the purpose of the suburban?

#1 To look cool.
#2 Going to UPS and Sams Club.

Suburban? Cool? LOL

No kidding, what made you think that a suburban is a cool ride?


Go to the clubs much? You can pack like 10-15 girls in a Suburban. Getting out of a Suburban packed with hot girls you ==cool.

^^^

This guy knows what I'm talkin about.

I'm sure your diesel ghetto urban suburban scares away more girls than it attracts. Access denied.
 

EatSpam

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Originally posted by: tennisflip
Originally posted by: tfinch2
Originally posted by: PAB
Originally posted by: tfinch2
Originally posted by: PAB
Originally posted by: iversonyin
How much MPG does a Suburban get?

Mine is a 3/4 ton 4x4 turbodiesel - averages about 8-11 in town and 16 on the highway.

What is the purpose of the suburban?

#1 To look cool.
#2 Going to UPS and Sams Club.

Suburban? Cool? LOL

No kidding, what made you think that a suburban is a cool ride?

All the gangstas have one.
 

Aquila76

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Originally posted by: jagec
Originally posted by: PAB
Eight inches of ground clearance, 4WD and enough torque to pull a house and run down hippies in the street. When I drive that thing, I'm sitting like 3 feet above the road and can see everything. Its just a cool ride :)

yeah...I'm sure you run over hippies ALL THE TIME. You sound like those H2 freaks, constantly talking about how they "crush other cars" and "drive right over (insert impossibly huge object)".:roll:

I'm sorry, Suburbans are not considered cool. But hey, what matters is that YOU think you're cool...so if it's worth a $100 fillup for you, be my guest. But it won't make your penis any bigger.

You forgot to add that he's blocking the view of the other drivers while not looking cool.

OP, you REALLY want to know why gas/diesel/oil prices are so high? Look at your pic. You just gave them about $50 in profit! Vehicles like yours are the reason the prices are so high - you feel you need to spend $100 a week to feel cool instead of actually being cool.
If someone bought something thinking they had to have it to be 'cool' with a recurring commodity purchase that had to be purchased from you, and you could raise the profit margin of that commodity at will, you'd be doing the same thing. It's just good business sense. OBEY THE MACHINE!!!
 

KK

Lifer
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Originally posted by: Aquila76
Originally posted by: jagec
Originally posted by: PAB
Eight inches of ground clearance, 4WD and enough torque to pull a house and run down hippies in the street. When I drive that thing, I'm sitting like 3 feet above the road and can see everything. Its just a cool ride :)

yeah...I'm sure you run over hippies ALL THE TIME. You sound like those H2 freaks, constantly talking about how they "crush other cars" and "drive right over (insert impossibly huge object)".:roll:

I'm sorry, Suburbans are not considered cool. But hey, what matters is that YOU think you're cool...so if it's worth a $100 fillup for you, be my guest. But it won't make your penis any bigger.

You forgot to add that he's blocking the view of the other drivers while not looking cool.

OP, you REALLY want to know why gas/diesel/oil prices are so high? Look at your pic. You just gave them about $50 in profit! Vehicles like yours are the reason the prices are so high - you feel you need to spend $100 a week to feel cool instead of actually being cool.
If someone bought something thinking they had to have it to be 'cool' with a recurring commodity purchase that had to be purchased from you, and you could raise the profit margin of that commodity at will, you'd be doing the same thing. It's just good business sense. OBEY THE MACHINE!!!

By that same logic, is how I feel about any car, it's just transportation to get you from point a to point b. I mean all you need is a little car that can get you 50+ MPG, no need for any of these other cars that get less than 40MPG. If you have a car that gets less than 40, you are just doing it to be cool right?
 

cHeeZeFacTory

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huh...$80 for 1/4 a tank, dam so it cost $320 to fill up full? omg. I must be reading the post wrong. A 120 gallon tank?

 

PAB

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Originally posted by: cHeeZeFacTory
huh...$80 for 1/4 a tank, dam so it cost $320 to fill up full? omg. I must be reading the post wrong. A 120 gallon tank?

No, I had 1/4 of a tank left.

42 galllon tank * $2.81 a gallon = $118.