JulesMaximus
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halik
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haha im paying 2.30 a gallon at this point and im loving it. I think this is the SWIFT KICK IN THE ASS this country has needed. Everwhere else in the world people are drive tiny cars and/or diesels with 30+mpg.
I WANT see the pain on soccermoms faces when they are filling up their H2 that is necessary for grocery shopping. I WANT TO see the cringe on the driver's faces while they are filling up their foot lifted full size v8 pick up truck that doesnt have a single scratch on the bedliner. Hell ill laugh at anyone driving cars over 4000lbs.
Just wait till the prices get even with the european standards .... around 3.50/40 bucks a gallon.
<- drives about 30 miles a week ... car that gets 24mpg
I WANT see the pain on soccermoms faces when they are filling up their H2 that is necessary for grocery shopping. I WANT TO see the cringe on the driver's faces while they are filling up their foot lifted full size v8 pick up truck that doesnt have a single scratch on the bedliner. Hell ill laugh at anyone driving cars over 4000lbs.
Just wait till the prices get even with the european standards .... around 3.50/40 bucks a gallon.
<- drives about 30 miles a week ... car that gets 24mpg
I filled up last night. The pump must have been close to empty because it took way longer than normal. I had time to wash the windshield twice and the back window once and still end up pacing and waiting on a 9 gallon fillup. 2.23 for 87.
I don't know about where you are from, but around here most people who can afford an H2 or Navigator, Escalade have enough money to kill that filling up won't make them flinch
Can cars serve the purpose most people use SUVs for? Can cars serve the purpose most people use semis for? In one case there's an actual need, in another case it's just people being morons. Open your own eyes there, chief.
They're guilty of gas-guzzling, which is the topic here.. but they attract fewer accident-prone people who can't drive for sh!t, are less fatal to anything they DO hit, and don't block other drivers' vision. Definitely a lesser evil. Additionally, fewer people use them as daily drivers.Originally posted by: Modeps
Try talking about sports cars and the like instead.
The vast majority of driving is peoples' commutes. The vast majority of commuters do it alone. Your analogy is a bit off, as the average SUV usually has 1 person in it, not 3.
I have two cars. One gets 30 mpg.. the other gets 35mpg. 3 cyl and 4 cyl. Personally I don't mind having a car that uses less gas... even though people call it a skating shoe with an engine.
I remember buying gas at 1.29 not long ago and spending 10.50 to fill up my tank. Now it costs around 15 dollars to fill up my tank. sheeesh. Good thing I drive to work 8 blocks. I was making hour long trips every day to student teach at a school. 20 dollars of gas in 4 days. geeesh.
I remember buying gas at 1.29 not long ago and spending 10.50 to fill up my tank. Now it costs around 15 dollars to fill up my tank. sheeesh. Good thing I drive to work 8 blocks. I was making hour long trips every day to student teach at a school. 20 dollars of gas in 4 days. geeesh.
An interesting read, regarding the 9/10 of a cent pricing, and temperature adjusting gasoline.
They stick it to us any way they can!
They stick it to us any way they can!
I wouldn't say that's a great example. What if you put those 3 people in the SUV in a Hybrid? Instead of 3 people getting 15mpg, you'd have 3 people getting 40+mpg. Obviously you have to sacrafice somewhere. In this case it would be comfort, because a four door sedan has no where near the internal space as an SUV obviously, but we're talking purely about efficiency here.
Try the Matrix/Vibe.
I'm not very tall (about 5'10.5") and I have the seat comfortably adjusted in my Matrix. There's tons of room in the back seat as far as leg room. Definately more than my Grand Marquis had, though it's definately not as wide. It could still comfortably seat two full grown adults in the back seat though. Even if the smaller econoboxes are too small, the larger cars aren't that bad. My wifes Avalon gets about 25mpg with a V6, purely in town, back and forth to work. That car is huge on the inside and blows your average SUV out of the water as far as gas mileage.
it went up to 94.5 cents a LITRE today.
thats unreal.
i drive a sunfire and it costs me like $37 to fill up
thats unreal.
i drive a sunfire and it costs me like $37 to fill up
Sell your SUV and you won't have that problem.
<-- Worthless, tree-hugging SUV hater. Actually, I just hate the drivers as they're consistently the cream of the crop as far as stupidity is concerned.
StageLeft
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What, you need to stretch out entirely while driving?! My dad, who's 6,3" has NEVER complained about the size of a car. We used to own a subaru JUSTY, a MINI (the original ones - you know with like 15 horsepower and weigh about 150 pounds). He drove them all. People just get accustomed to size and then suddenly anything smaller just won't cut it. There is a vast multitude of sedans which are more than large enough for a fully grown adult to sit in without knocking his head on anything; front AND back seats.
This belief is b.s. SUVs DO NOT have more room. In fact, they have less. I'm 6'9" and I can tell you that I have FAR more problems in SUVs than in cars, front seats or back. Anyone that tells you otherwise is lying to justify thier gas-guzzling piece of sh*t.
You drive 8 blocks to work?
I hope the prices don't escalate enough to cause rampant problems in the economy, but the prices don't hurt me that much. I bike to work, around 3.5 miles each way. It must suck for those who don't have an easy alternative, and will eventually cause bigger problems though...
Rob
JulesMaximus
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No it isn't. Take an non-supercharged engine and add a supercharger and the gas mileage will be about the same.
Originally posted by: Modeps
Originally posted by: MechxWarrior
Originally posted by: Cashmoney995
And who here wants to reelect Bush?
Him and Dick are so F'd up that Halliburton after signing a 20 billion dollar contract with them cant even do any work! So guess what? My dad is taking vacation from them. WTF. I am donating a bag of pretzels to OBL so he can send it to Bush, therrrrre is the Weapons of Mass Salt and Destruction!
I fail to see the connection between Bush and OPEC. Please next time do research before your brainless accusations come out from no facts.
Have a nice day sir.
$1.89 gas here
Hahha that's exactly what I thought. :beer:
btw, prices around me are a very large range (as far as gas prices go) they range from $1.99/9 to $2.09/9 , all within 1 mile of each other.
Aside from the rising crude oil prices affecting the gas prices, another reason that prices are rising is because Bush allowed the refineries to be consolidated and bought out. So yes, Bush is theoretically partially responsible for rising gas prices. Less refineries = higher prices
source: Bloomberg news on the radio
rising gas prices -> mad consumers -> support leader who brings more oil -> Iraq -> mad Muslim OPEC countries -> rising gas prices ->..... you get the drift
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